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Olli Watkins, a member of the Young Greens Democracy and Accountability Committee, writes about the importance of acknowledging youth homelessness and the Young Greens’ recently passed Yo...

Stacy Smith, CEO of Her Centre and GPEx Management Coordinator, discusses the valuable work being done at Her Centre women’s services in Greenwich this holiday season.

Martha James, co-chair of the Green Party Regional Council, discusses compassion versus passion and why we need both to win elections and change the world.

Mental health nurse, Ed Freshwater RNMH BSc (Hons), explores the three areas he sees suffering due to government chaos and empty promises.

Paul Goodman, Conference Organiser for the East Midlands Green Party, reflects on his region’s first conference in three years.

Julian Cusack, Chair of Suffolk Coastal Green Party, highlights the case against Sizewell C after former PM Boris Johnson called protestors ‘Nimbys’.

​​Psephologist and Hertfordshire Green Alan Borgars reflects on the council by-elections that took place in England and Wales across the month.  

Cllr Richard Nicholson highlights Haywards Heath Town Council’s signing of the Plant Based Treaty, calling on other Greens to follow suit.

Selected today by the Huntingdonshire Green Party, Laycok says that residents should not have to ‘put up with a law-breaking government’.

The town’s council is now seeking City of Sanctuary status, building on Cllr Simon Grover’s motion to resettle Syrian refugees in the area.

Kennedy advises the Green Party on legislation and procedure and has been involved in some of the biggest fights against government legislation.

As their motion for the provision of free period products is passed by Oxford City Council, Green Councillors Rosie Rawle and Lucy Pegg share the importance of this initiative and the nee...

​​Psephologist and Hertfordshire Green Alan Borgars reflects on the council by-elections that took place in England and Wales across the month.

Proposed by Green Councillor Daniel Laycock, the new Environment and Emergency committee will work toward the council reaching net-zero by 2030. The Huntingdonshire Greens report.

“40 years on, we are much clearer on what the journey entails. We can dare to hope.” Councillor Toni Fagan looks back on what Greens have achieved in Herefordshire, and forward to a poten...

Town councillor Olly Rose reflects on the changes that Green leadership has brought to Oswestry, Shropshire.

Shropshire and Shrewsbury Councillor Julian Dean explores how Greens across the country are challenging and overturning business-as-usual, empowering local communities and delivering chan...

Lewes District Council is the first in the UK to challenge water companies to recognise the link between water pollution and new development. Green councillor Emily O’Brien reports. ...

A membership spike since the elections shows the appetite for young people engaging in local politics, say the Young Greens in their latest monthly column.

Green European Journal deputy editor and Green World editorial board member Beatrice White speaks to Newham’s two new Green councillors.