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13th March 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 […]
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26th February 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 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
19th April 2023 / 24th May 2023 by susanfenton
Interview by Pippa Audritt, photo by Martin Phelps In the latest in our occasional series about our Green Councillors from around Stroud District, we interviewed Beki Aldam, district councillor for Brimscombe & Thrupp and Chair of the Community Services and Licensing Committee on Stroud District Council. Beki is one of the 14 Greens on the […]
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11th December 2022 / 11th December 2022 by susanfenton
What motivated you to stand as a candidate? I’d been working as a caseworker for my county councillor predecessor, Rachel Smith, for six months while she took some time out for family reasons. I was inspired by what she’d already been able to achieve locally and in the council chamber, and I just really enjoyed […]
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16th May 2022 / 16th May 2022 by susanfenton
Fighting back against nationalism is the topic of an online discussion on Wednesday June 1 from 7.30pm to 9pm. The event will explore how nationalism and populism can be countered by building alliances with marginalised groups such as women, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+, environmental groups and trades unions. The meeting is the latest in Stroud District […]
3rd December 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by susanfenton
Molly Scott Cato, former Green Party MEP for South West England, Stroud District Councillor and parliamentary candidate, has been elected as senior vice-chair of the European Movement, an organisation that campaigns against the ‘failure’ that is Brexit and that aims to rebuild the UK’s relationship with the EU. Molly said: “Empty shelves, empty pumps, empty […]
26th October 2021 / 27th October 2021 by susanfenton
The government must commit to funding innovations proposed by the Green Party if all residents of Stroud District are to get the chance to live in properly insulated and warm homes, said Stroud-based economist Molly Scott Cato ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget tomorrow (October 27). Molly, who is the Green Party’s Finance & Economy spokesperson, […]
1st April 2021 / 1st April 2021 by susanfenton
The government has failed “dismally but predictably” in its promise of a ‘green Brexit’, says Stroud District Green Party. A report on March 16 from a coalition of environment groups says the improvements promised by the government in 2017 have not been realised, and pressure to agree new trade deals and remove regulations mean the watering down of standards that stem […]
29th March 2021 / 1st April 2021 by susanfenton
Molly Scott Cato, Green county council candidate for Stroud Central, has been elected to the National Executive Committee of the European Movement. The Green Party’s spokesperson on Brexit and a prominent Remain campaigner, Molly will now be part of a campaign to address the failing’s of the government’s Brexit deal, which has harmed the livelihoods […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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27th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Greens stormed ahead of all the established political parties in Stroud area, beating Lib Dems, Labour and Conservative to finish 2nd, with 28% of the vote, just behind the Brexit Party. The Green vote in the Stroud area was one of the highest in the whole country. Green votes increased across Gloucestershire, the South-West and […]
17th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Meetings with XR, Stroud4Europe and Randwick Eco Group
28th April 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud District Green Party Elections Group Co-ordinator, Tim Davies, writes: This week’s Stroud District Green Party meeting provided a fantastic reminder that, as recognition grows of the climate emergency we face, and the urgent actions needed, that there are many different roles needed to take forward a response. We opened our meeting with a minutes […]
20th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Green MEP for the South West, Molly Scott Cato, is one of three MEPs arrested after breaking into a Belgian military airbase to protest against its stockpiling of American B61 nuclear bombs [1]. The MEPs scaled the perimeter fence and blocked the runway, unfurling a banner which read: “Europe Free of Nuclear weapons.” The MEPs are currently being held in a local police station and being questioned. They are likely to be released later today.
29th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud businesses plan to register in Estonia and The Netherlands in bid to mitigate Brexit hit
25th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Please sign petition to be presented to Gloucestershire County Council
9th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
The Coordinators of Stroud District Green Party write to highlight our support for People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal. It is good to see a Stroud constituent asking David Drew MP and the Labour party to clarify their position on whether Jeremy Corbyn will still lead us out of the EU, albeit possibly on […]
15th November 2018 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Non-violent direct action could be our last chance to mitigate climate disaster