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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 […]