19th May 2020 / 19th May 2020 by Dagan Smith
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11th May 2020 / 11th May 2020 by Dagan Smith
Stroud District Green Party has called for workplaces to have a certified and published plan for Covid-safety to be in place before employees are required to return to work. Following the Prime Minister’s call for a return to work, Greens are clear that the return should not resemble the piecemeal and haphazard procedure for locking […]
11th May 2020 / 22nd June 2020 by Dagan Smith
As we are now beginning to imagine life after lockdown, what are we imagining? While we have all been in the same storm, we have been in different boats – with some families facing much greater difficulties than others (think single parent in a flat with kids or a care-worker with inadequate PPE). Some families, […]
6th May 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
The Stroud District Green Party has called for the removal of a false and misleading sign from the window of a shop called the Beacon in central Stroud which claims that Covid-19 is not a virus and can be cured by ingesting chloroquine and zinc. This level of disinformation is dangerous for all residents of […]
Stroud District Green Councillors call to save lives in the future by creating new local public health workforce to track and trace future corona outbreaks. Gloucestershire County Councillor, Rachel Smith (Green Minchinhampton), has welcomed the Government’s announcement to move quickly towards establishing a network of contact tracers for identifying all people with the Corona virus […]
28th April 2020 / 6th May 2020 by Dagan Smith
Local Green District and County Councillors join over 100 MPs and Peers across seven parties for the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in response to COVID-19. The letter to Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer was published in the Financial Times on April 22, 2020. The joint statement calls for a recovery UBI […]
23rd April 2020 / 23rd April 2020 by timdavies
The Green Party of England and Wales has released a report written by Molly Scott Cato, making the case for an approach to the corona virus pandemic which combines testing with the establishment of ‘community shields’: a network of locally-based community protection schemes. Professor Scott Cato said: “From the beginning of this crisis, our government […]
23rd February 2020 / 23rd February 2020 by timdavies
Members and non-members alike are invited to attend the first part of the Stroud District Green Party AGM this Tuesday (25th February 2020) to hear from an expert panel of speakers on the future of local climate action, including: Catherine Braun – the national perspective and the run-up to Cop 26 Claire Mellier-Wilson – new […]
31st January 2020 / 31st January 2020 by timdavies
Environmental protections must be top of agenda after leaving EU says Green Party The Green Party is highlighting the crucial need for collaborative working with European neighbours in fighting the climate crisis now that the UK is leaving the European Union. Party Co-Leader and Green candidate for London Mayor Sian Berry said: “This is a […]
13th December 2019 / 13th December 2019 by timdavies
More people yesterday voted for The Green Party in Stroud than ever before in a General Election. Nationally our vote has risen by almost 65% from 2017. We returned Caroline Lucas to Parliament with an increased majority and we stand united ready for the fight that the next five years of Tory rule will bring. […]
