Local Government

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.

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

The new councillor tells Green World about her election campaign, which voters described as a ‘breath of fresh air’.

The campaign, led by Makes Votes Matter and Get PR Done!, will call on local councils to pass a motion to demand that PR is adopted for Westminster elections. Sheffield Green Party member...

The new councillor describes her campaign experience, and considers how residents’ awareness of green issues is growing in an area partially within the South Downs National Park.

The Scottish Greens saw record gains in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands last week, with a total of 35 councillors elected.

With zero previous seats in Wales, the Green Party bolstered local representation and gained a total of eight seats across the country.

England will see 80 new Greens on its local councils, following another year of impressive gains in the local council elections.

There are ‘no safe seats’ as the Green Party takes positions from Conservatives and Labour across England, from South Tyneside to Worcester, and from Exeter to the Wirral.

‘We share a commitment to social and environmental justice': In a key moment for the Wirral Greens, councillor Jo Bird has joined the Green Party.

Cllr Lisa Stone, new deputy leader of the Bristol Green Group, reflects on what drew her to political activism and local governance.  

Scottish Greens Co-leader Lorna Slater celebrates the impact that Scottish Green councillors are making ahead of the impending local elections

Green MP Caroline Lucas highlights the need for ‘joined-up thinking’ in world politics – something that is currently in ‘desperately short supply’ – and how we can call for more of it. ...

Julia Thorley, member of Kettering Green Party, considers how we can hit the campaign trail without it hitting back.

Newly elected Cllr Austin Davies on Mid-Suffolk District Council tells Green World about his local election campaign experience

Which areas present the biggest opportunities for success in the upcoming council elections? Alan Borgars, Psephologist and Hertfordshire Green Party member, reports.

Leading South Oxfordshire council in partnership with the Lib Dems, Greens are showing that there’s a different way of doing things. Cllr Robin Bennett, leader of the council's Green grou...