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6th February 2025 by Susan Fenton
Gloucestershire Greens are delighted to have it confirmed that the Gloucestershire County Council elections are to go ahead, despite the council’s Conservative leader trying to have them cancelled. Adrian Oldman, coordinator of Stroud District Green Party, said: “Around the country, people are being denied a vote at local elections in May because the Labour government […]
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9th January 2025 by Susan Fenton
We today issued the following press release as a response to the Conservative request for May’s county council elections to be postponed. Gloucestershire Greens say the Gloucestershire County Council elections in May must go ahead, for the sake of public trust in local democracy. The county’s Green parties – Stroud District, Forest of Dean, Cheltenham, […]
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6th December 2024 by Susan Fenton
Stroud district councillor Natalie Rothwell-Warn has been awarded a Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) from the University of the West of England in Bristol, for research into mainstream secondary education in England. Cllr Rothwell-Warn, who is a Green Party district councillor for Stroud Slade ward, is pictured at her graduation ceremony on November 25 at […]
2nd September 2024 / 5th September 2024 by Susan Fenton
Does the education system do enough to give young people the knowledge they’ll need to thrive in the green economy and help restore nature’s balance? That’s the question to be discussed at our next Cloud Café online discussion. The free event, on Wednesday September 11 from 7.30-9pm, explores how educational success should be considered within […]
10th July 2024 / 29th October 2024 by Susan Fenton
Green Party councillors have been appointed to lead Stroud District Council, at the council’s Annual General Meeting, held last night (Thursday May 23) at Ebley Mill, following the recent local elections. Cllr Catherine Braun was elected to continue as Leader of the Council, with Cllr Pete Kennedy appointed as Deputy Leader. Cllr Kate Kay becomes […]
29th June 2024 / 29th June 2024 by Susan Fenton
A former Chair of Stroud Labour Party has confirmed she will be voting Green in the General Election on Thursday and is urging all Green supporters to do the same, and not be swayed by Labour’s argument that they need the votes of Green supporters to be sure of replacing Conservative Siobhan Baillie as Stroud […]
17th June 2024 / 17th June 2024 by Susan Fenton
The Green parliamentary candidate for Stroud, Pete Kennedy, took part in a debate on BBC Radio Gloucestershire last week along with candidates from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. They all responded to questions sent in on a variety of subjects by members of the public. Click here to listen to the debate: Here’s […]
15th June 2024 / 21st June 2024 by Susan Fenton
Where the public can meet the local Green MP candidates before the General Election The local Green parliamentary candidates have a busy couple of weeks coming up, with hustings events as well as media interviews and campaign work. The latest details are below, but do check back in case things change. Wednesday June 19 Event […]
12th June 2024 / 12th June 2024 by petekennedy
Green Party Manifesto Launch The Green Party launched their 2024 General Election manifesto today. The full version is available here, and Pete has picked out a few of the key issues for Stroud. 1. Public ownership of public services Bring our public services back into public ownership. This includes railways, water companies, and the Big […]
3rd June 2024 / 3rd June 2024 by Susan Fenton
Gloucestershire County Councillor Sue Williams created controversy when she defected from the Conservative Party to the Greens in May, putting GCC into No Overall Control. Sue’s move came less than a week after the Stroud District Council election results, which gave the Greens a record 22 seats, making the party the biggest group on the […]
