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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]