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10th April 2024 / 10th April 2024 by susanfenton
Green councillors Catherine Braun, Chloe Turner and Carol Kambites met yesterday (Tuesday April 9) with the minister of state for rail, Huw Merriman, along with MP Siobhan Baillie, to call for a decision on the campaign to reopen Stonehouse Bristol Road station. The government has still not made a decision on Stroud District Council’s application […]
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6th April 2024 / 7th April 2024 by susanfenton
The Green Party has published its manifesto for the Stroud District Council elections in May, and has announced the names of its candidates. There will be Greens standing in all 51 council seats in each of the 27 district wards. 53% of the candidates are women; 47% are men. The party aims to become the […]
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13th March 2024 / 7th April 2024 by susanfenton
The Green Party has announced its ambitions for the Stroud District Council elections in May. With 14 councillors currently, the Greens have been part of the ruling alliance on the council since 2012 and have led the alliance since 2022. The party aims to build on its success by fielding candidates for all 51 council […]
6th March 2024 / 7th April 2024 by susanfenton
The reopening of Stonehouse’s Stroudwater Station is unlikely to be given the go-ahead before the General Election, given that no funding was announced in the Chancellor’s Budget today (March 6). That’s according to Pete Kennedy, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Stroud, who claims that the proposals – along with urgently needed accessibility improvements to Stroud’s […]
6th March 2024 / 6th March 2024 by susanfenton
Why are the May local council elections so crucial for Greens? What happens when voters decide to vote for the alternative to the two main parties and elect Greens to represent and serve them on local authorities? And what can the future hold when Greens are in power on councils? These are questions that will […]
26th February 2024 / 7th April 2024 by susanfenton
The Green group on Stroud District Council has welcomed a new member, as Cllr Helen Fenton has joined the Greens. Helen was elected in 2021 as one of 15 Labour councillors, but has been part an independent group since September 2022. The defection means that the Green Party now has 14 seats on Stroud District […]
23rd February 2024 / 7th April 2024 by susanfenton
The Green councillors on Gloucestershire County Council have this week won extra money for flood management schemes, free bus passes for veterans and community libraries. The funding comes as the result of amendments proposed by the council’s Green group when the council met to set the annual budget for the financial year starting in April. […]
16th February 2024 / 7th April 2024 by susanfenton
Can the media be trusted to report honestly on climate change? That was the question posed this week at our latest Cloud Café online debate. And the answer, according to guest speaker Dr Jonathan Fuller, is a definite no. Jon, founder of Climate Genocide Act Now, said crucial information about the existential threat presented by […]
13th February 2024 by susanfenton
The leaders of the progressive alliance running Stroud District Council are delighted that government inspectors have agreed to their request to pause the examination of the draft Local Plan – which sets out where future housing development should take place. The examination process will be paused until December 5. This allows seven months to resolve […]
12th February 2024 by susanfenton
The Green Party has selected Cllr Chloe Turner as its Parliamentary Candidate to stand for the new North Cotswolds constituency. Cllr Turner represents Minchinhampton on both Stroud District Council and Gloucestershire County Council. Boundary changes have created the new North Cotswolds constituency, which incorporates a wide ribbon of villages and small towns previously unconnected by […]
31st January 2024 by susanfenton
With the mainstream media filtering, misinterpreting, downplaying or even ignoring news about the environment, how much can we trust what we read in the papers? Honest and full coverage of issues like climate change is never going to sit well with the interests of corporate media owners. Much reporting is not grounded in research or […]
12th January 2024 by susanfenton
Press release issued by the Leadership Alliance on Stroud District Council The leaders of the progressive alliance that runs Stroud District Council have welcomed the Conservative group’s request for an Extraordinary Council meeting about the Local Plan, saying it will clear up the misunderstandings and inaccuracies shared by Conservative councillors. The Conservative group petitioned for […]
5th January 2024 by susanfenton
Green councillors have called for central government funding for more council houses to be built, after the Government asked councils at short notice to commit to providing more houses for migrant families in 2025. Stroud District Council unanimously agreed at the full council meeting on December 14 to allocate at least two homes for occupation […]
15th December 2023 / 15th December 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud District Green Party has paid tribute to “irreplaceable” long-serving district councillor Norman Kay, who died in Stroud Hospital on December 12, several weeks after having emergency surgery for a heart condition. Norman had been a Green District Councillor for Nailsworth and Horsley since 2016 and took great pride in representing the community where he […]
15th December 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud District Council is to ask the government to make the ‘illogical and inconsistent’ voting system fairer for residents from overseas, after a Green Party motion was carried by at the full council meeting last night (Thursday December 14). Of the councillors, 25 voted for the motion and six against. There were 10 abstentions. The […]
7th December 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud District Green Party says the government should offer a Small Business support package to help local firms thrive in their green transition. Parliamentary candidate Pete Kennedy, pictured at the local farmers’ market, said: “I visit independent businesses and social enterprises all around Stroud District and so many tell me that they want to make a […]
22nd November 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud Greens welcome the national party’s 10-point plan of distinctive tax and spend policies aimed at delivering a fairer, greener country. Outlining the plan, co-leader Carla Denyer said the chancellor’s Autumn Statement was “another failed opportunity to end the cost-of-living crisis, tackle the climate crisis and restore crumbling public services on which we all rely.” […]
14th November 2023 by susanfenton
Gloucestershire County Council is to serve more locally sourced and plant-based food in its staff cafés and at council meetings and events, thanks to a motion by Green councillors. The motion, calling for a sustainable catering and procurement policy, was proposed by Cllr Beki Hoyland (Green, Forest of Dean: Blakeney and Bream) and seconded by Cllr […]
1st November 2023 / 2nd November 2023 by susanfenton
The mainstream media narrative is that migration is a problem, that there are ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ migrants. Meanwhile, the tragedy of the small boats continues. Stroud District Green Party’s next monthly Cloud Café on Wednesday November 8 from 7.30pm to 9pm will explore the wider political, climate and economic context, acknowledging that the world as […]
28th October 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud’s Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie has been officially asked to retract “inaccurate and misleading” statements that she made about Stroud District Council in Parliament. In the House of Commons on October 16 she incorrectly claimed that the council is run by the Green Party and Labour Party. While this statement may be politically convenient for Ms […]
28th September 2023 / 3rd October 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud-based campaigner and Green Party member Val Saunders will be among the speakers at an online discussion about the government’s repressive attempts to undermine the independence of juries. The event, on Wednesday October 11 from 7.30 to 9pm, will describe how courts are restricting defendants from explaining their motivations, disallowing relevant evidence and stopping juries […]
14th September 2023 by susanfenton
The Green Party campaign to stop the government from scrapping vital water pollution rules has saved Stroud’s MP from having to choose between supporting her government or saving our rivers, says Pete Kennedy, Green parliamentary candidate for Stroud. The Conservative government threatened to remove legislation (known as the nutrient neutrality rules) that protects waterways from pollution created by new […]
29th August 2023 by susanfenton
A cross-party group of leading politicians have today united behind Stroud District’s draft Local Plan. The move comes after national planning inspectors suggested that it be withdrawn. Without a Local Plan the politicians say that Stroud District risks becoming a “Wild West” for developers – which would mean homes being built without the roads, schools […]
25th August 2023 / 4th September 2023 by susanfenton
The world needs an economic system that recognises the limits of, and is compatible with, the natural systems of the planet and the aspirations of the whole of humanity. That’s the theme of Stroud District Green Party’s next Cloud Café online debate, on Wednesday September 13 from 7.30pm to 9pm. Elizabeth Lee, organiser of the […]