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15th June 2024 / 21st June 2024 by Susan Fenton
Where the public can meet the local Green MP candidates before the General Election The local Green parliamentary candidates have a busy couple of weeks coming up, with hustings events as well as media interviews and campaign work. The latest details are below, but do check back in case things change. Wednesday June 19 Event […]
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24th May 2024 by Susan Fenton
Three Greens – Cllr Pete Kennedy in Stroud, Cllr Chloe Turner in North Cotswolds and Cllr Bob Eastoe in South Cotswolds – will be standing in the General Election on July 4 in constituencies that are wholly or partly within Stroud District. Pete Kennedy is the parliamentary candidate for Stroud constituency. A qualified lawyer, he […]
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22nd May 2024 / 24th May 2024 by Susan Fenton
We welcome the news that a date for the General Election has finally been announced. We look forward to this disastrous Conservative government being removed from office after 14 long years. The Green Party is confident of winning more seats in Parliament and is ready to fight for seats here in Stroud and North Cotswolds, […]
13th May 2024 by Susan Fenton
A Conservative councillor on Gloucestershire County Council has defected to the Green Party. Cllr Sue Williams, who has represented Bisley and Painswick division since 2021, joined the Green group at Shire Hall on Friday (May 10). Her defection risks the balance of power for the Conservative administration by reducing their number from 27 to 26 […]
10th April 2024 / 10th April 2024 by Susan Fenton
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 […]
6th March 2024 / 6th March 2024 by Susan Fenton
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 […]
23rd February 2024 / 7th April 2024 by Susan Fenton
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 Susan Fenton
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 […]
5th January 2024 by Susan Fenton
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 […]
14th November 2023 by Susan Fenton
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 […]
