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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 […]
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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 The move comes after national planning inspectors suggested that it be withdrawn.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 […]
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21st July 2023 / 22nd July 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud District Council is to introduce a raft of new measures to protect nature and biodiversity, thanks to a Green Party motion that aims to make the district and the wider county a better place for wildlife, as well as a greener and healthier place for residents. The motion, unanimously approved at the full council […]
3rd July 2023 / 3rd July 2023 by susanfenton
Leading figures from Stroud District Green Party have expressed dismay that local communities are being separated in the final recommendations on parliamentary constituencies from the Boundary Commission. Under proposals laid before Parliament last week (recommendations related to Stroud constituency can be seen from page 219), Wotton-under-Edge and North Nibley will rejoin the Stroud Constituency, while […]
30th May 2023 / 30th May 2023 by susanfenton
The future with Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the subject of Stroud District Green Party’s next online Cloud Café debate, on Wednesday June 14 from 7.30-9.30pm. The event will discuss whether there are curbs on the advance of AI and whether we can trust the tech companies and government. Questions that will be addressed include: […]
22nd May 2023 / 22nd May 2023 by susanfenton
The neighbouring Gloucestershire towns of Stroud and Stonehouse both have Green Party mayors for the first time ever, following the unanimous election of Cllr Stella Parkes by Stroud Town Council and Cllr Carol Kambites by Stonehouse Town Council. Both were elected on May 15 at the annual meetings of their respective councils. It is the […]
18th May 2023 / 18th May 2023 by susanfenton
The Green Party co-leader, Carla Denyer, came to Stroud today (May 18) to celebrate the party winning yesterday’s by-election in the Painswick & Upton ward. Green candidate Gary Luff received 1,168 votes (45% of the total), beating the Conservative candidate (who got 817 votes) and becoming the first non-Tory to represent Painswick & Upton since the ward […]
25th April 2023 / 2nd May 2023 by susanfenton
Developing opportunities to solve the housing crisis is the topic of Stroud District Green Party’s next Cloud Café online debate, on Wednesday May 10, from 7.30pm to 9pm. The event, which is free and open to anyone, will hear from speakers from Britain and the USA about their experiences of alternative forms of housing and […]