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17th July 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
Transparency campaigners were today vindicated when the high court ruled Gloucestershire County Council had deliberately hidden information about the huge rise in the cost of the incinerator contract. Rachel Smith, Green County Councillor for Minchinhampton Division, said: “While it’s disappointing that Community R4C were not granted standing to challenge the procurement process on a technicality, […]
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14th July 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
The Stroud District Green Party is recruiting an Elections Coordinator Stroud District Green Party (SDGP) is recruiting an Election Coordinator to work as a self-employed contractor until end May 2021. The Elections Coordinator will lead the delivery of the approved Stroud District local election strategy and budget. This will involve motivating and supporting a team […]
30th June 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
Dear Sir/Madam Last week I raised the issue of the need for better information on the spread of the coronavirus with Gloucestershire County Council. Without such information we cannot exercise common sense about where we go and who we see while keeping our community safe. I am pleased to say that Mark Hawthorne, leader of […]
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26th June 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
In response to the findings of the investigation into the complaints by Stroud District Council’s Monitoring Officer regarding social media tweets by Cllr Debbie Young, Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat Alliance leaders wish to put on record our disappointment that explanations for the judgement shows very limited understanding of the lived experience of direct and […]
25th June 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
The below letter was sent to Siobhan Baillie and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown by our Coordinators Lynn Haanen and Cllr Martin Whiteside. Dear Siobhan, We are writing to express our acute concern about the government’s stubborn refusal to request an extension to the transition period to allow enough time for a successful trade negotiation with the […]
22nd June 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
Green councillor to put motion to Gloucestershire County Council calling for a local contact tracing. As more evidence emerges daily of the failure of the government test-and-track system, Greens are calling for Gloucestershire to establish its own contact-tracing system. Cllr Rachel Smith, who will be putting the motion to Council, said: “It’s clear the government’s […]
9th June 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
Black Lives matter Supporting the Black Lives Matter movement is nothing more than words unless we address the systemic racism that affects people of colour, including in the context of Covid-19. The recent government-commissioned Public Health England (PHE) investigation found that people of Bangladeshi background in England are twice as likely as white Britons to […]
26th May 2020 / 20th March 2021 by Dagan Smith
Dear Sir/Madam New research has shown that the Covid-19 hotspot in Gloucestershire was probably related to the decision to go ahead with the Cheltenham Festival. Prof Spector from King’s College London told the BBC that “people will have probably died prematurely” as a result of that decision. The lesson from this episode is highly relevant […]
19th May 2020 / 19th May 2020 by Dagan Smith
The Green Group of Stroud District Council voted against a change of constitution but were outnumbered. The change means the quorum for remote Council meetings has dropped from 50% to 25%. This means out of the 51 councillors, only 7 would be considered a majority and can thus make a decision on behalf of the […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
It is the electoral system that is the problem Stroud is a very politically engaged community and it’s right that we feel strongly about how our community and our world are changing. What is wrong is that the current political system pits us against each other rather than supporting us in working together while respecting […]
17th November 2019 / 17th November 2019 by timdavies
If you are unsure how to vote in the upcoming General Election, or if you want to find out more about what it would mean to elected a Green MP for Stroud, The Valleys and Vale, we’ve got three upcoming events you might be interested in: Saturday 23rd November: The time is NOW: electing the […]
14th November 2019 / 14th November 2019 by timdavies
It was standing room only at the Stroud Brewery in Brimscombe on Tuesday as we invited press and public to the launch of their General Election 2019 campaign. Molly Scott Cato, Stroud Green Party and Unite to Remain candidate for Stroud said: “I’m delighted by the response we are getting on the doorsteps with many […]
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24th June 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Transition Stroud are carrying out an online survey in order to be able to advise Stroud District Council on the practical barriers people in Stroud District experience in reducing their climate impact. You can help by filling in the survey and sharing it with friends in the District.
17th June 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
One year ago, a group of cyclists led by Stroud District Green Party, cycled from Stroud to Chalford, and back to Stroud Brewery, to call for safer cycling on the A419. This year, the riders were out again, celebrating the progress of a new feasibility study into a Golden Valley Cycle Route - and highlighting the importance of continued work to make for safe cycling.
