“We believe Sheffield should concentrate less on growing its geography; and instead create more locally and neighbourhood-based economic, social and cultural networks.” Cllr Douglas Johns...
Green Councillors in Brighton and Hove have succeeded in securing further government funding for the city’s Housing First programme, which will expand the scheme by 30 properties to re-ho...
"Council Housing should be the best: in choice of materials, level of safety, energy efficiency, innovation. So, why are we settling for below-par standards, let alone those that put peop...
This week saw the first meeting of the Brighton and Hove City Council’s new Climate Assembly, bringing 50 residents together to discuss transport and how the city can reach its climate go...
Julian Mellor explores how the government’s proposed planning reforms could hand power to US developers by removing the decision-making power of local planning committees.
“Just when we need to be strengthening communities, defending the environment, and planning for our children’s futures; the new planning laws being rushed through by the Government threat...
“Neither Labour nor the Conservatives are doing enough nationally. Those who have been unable to pay rent because of lost earnings during lockdown are still expected to pay it back under ...
“The UK is facing its biggest economic shock for a generation. Meanwhile, the global crisis of climate change is accelerating. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address these ur...
“A Green Mayor would give Londoners control over how our city develops to provide the homes we need”. Following her runs for Mayor in 2008 and 2016, Green Party Co-leader Sian Berry has a...
‘It is shameful that in a nation as rich as the UK thousands are still facing freezing temperatures on the streets.’ Figures published today show that the number of people sleeping on the...
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has blamed ‘unrealistic’ housing targets for the increased release of Green Belt land for development, after it conducted an analysis of government d...
Following the publication of the government’s Green Paper, several notable charities dealing with housing and poverty, including Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, have emphasised...
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has released its ‘State of the Green Belt’ report for 2018, revealing that more than three quarters of homes planned for greenfield land will not be ...
As more and more forgo the dream of owning their own house and politicians pledge to build more to fix the crisis, Stephen McKenna, Green World Editorial Board, plots an alternative way o...
Recent events have shown that public health and wellbeing are not priorities for this government. Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb explains how a Clean Air Act is now a matter of priority
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The struggle by Brighton & Hove's Green administration to develop a truly local (and sustainable) city plan in the face of government's 'growth at all costs' obsession. Originally pub...
The Wildlife Trusts' Head of Living Landscape describes why a healthy environment is the foundation for everything of value - and what we need to do to preserve it
The Green Party's International Coordinator looks beyond our borders to describe the devastating impacts of more aggressive land use changes imposed on indigenous populations around the w...
A consideration of whether the government's 'presumption in favour of sustainable development' is compatible with the actions of the greenest government ever (Spoiler alert: it's not). Or...
