Government rejects Stroud District Council’s call for fairer voting system 21st December 2020 / 20th March 2021 by Dagan Smith The government has thrown out Stroud District Council’s request to allow it to operate a fairer voting system during next year’s local elections. At November’s full council meeting, councillors approved a motion calling for an end to the First Past the Post system, for councillors to be allowed to job share and for 16-year-olds to […] Read more » Green Councillors Martin Whiteside Stroud Stroud District Council
Plans for trial of Universal Basic Income in Stroud District 21st December 2020 / 20th March 2021 by Dagan Smith Stroud District could be the location of a “groundbreaking” trial of Universal Basic Income (UBI) after the District Council approved the idea of running a pilot scheme. District Councillors Catherine Braun (Green, Wotton-under-Edge, North Nibley and Stinchcombe) and Trevor Hall (Labour, Dursley) proposed and seconded a cross-party motion to trial UBI – a non-means-tested sum paid […] Read more » Dursley Stroud Stroud District Stroud District Council Stroud Greens UBI Universal Basic Income
STROUD DISTRICT TAKES STEP CLOSER TO BEING CARBON-NEUTRAL 21st December 2020 / 20th March 2021 by Dagan Smith Stroud District Council’s Strategy and Resources Committee has unanimously approved the council’s Carbon Neutral 2030 plan, which is due to be considered at full council in February. The cross-party support for the plan, which is out for public consultation until December 16, was welcomed by environment committee chair Cllr Simon Pickering (Green Party), who said: […] Read more » Carbon Neutral Green Councillors Simon Pickering Stroud Stroud Council Stroud District Stroud District Council Stroud Greens
