Bristol Councillor Tom Hathway and London Assembly Member Sian Berry highlight the failures of the private rented sector, leading the call for rent controls in major cities.
Legislation allowing council meetings to be held online has been revoked, risking the health of local councillors. Greens in Brighton and Hove are calling out the party’s failure.
Green peer Jenny Jones calls attention to the potential upscaling of the Edmonton Incinerator, which will exacerbate climate change and impose a ‘massive health hazard’ on local people
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Starting as a minority administration in 2015, the Greens now represent a majority on Glastonbury Town Council. Daniella Radice, Field Organiser for the South West, highlights what can be...
What can local councils do to support young people through the pandemic? Hannah Clare, Green Councillor for Brunswick and Adelaide, outlines how her local council has provided this suppor...
On 17 November, Joanna Wright, Green Councillor for Lambridge, put forward a carbon tax motion. She describes her experience, in which she stood as a sole Green Cllr in a Lib Dem dominate...
Co-leader Cllr Carla Denyer and Cllr Lily Fitzgibbon review the city’s progress on climate action, a reflection that conjures ‘a mixture of pride and frustration’ for the pair.
Following pressure from the Green Party, the Home Office will soon require all councils to accept an allocation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Julia Thorley, member of the Kettering Green Party, recently spent time reaching out to new members of her local party. Reflecting on the experience, she considers the value of investing ...
Cllr Steve Hynd outlines Stroud District Council’s plans to retrofit, insulate and decarbonise its five thousand-strong housing stock, emphasising the difference that central government c...
Psephologist and Hertfordshire Green, Alan Borgars, reflects on the council by-elections that have taken place in England and Wales throughout September.
The two parties have announced the formation of a new electoral alliance ahead of next year’s council elections. The partnership is set to release a joint manifesto, featuring policies to...
Green Councillor Tony Dyer details how cross-party collaboration saw Bristol City Council protect green spaces and deliver zero-carbon homes, but emphasises that more is required from the...
“The council now faces legal action from campaigners who say that it does have the power to determine what takes place in venues it owns.” Liverpool Greens Press Officer Paul Corry recoun...
Psephologist and Hertfordshire Green, Alan Borgars, reflects on the council by-elections that have taken place in England and Wales throughout August 2021.
Debra Cooper details the courageous legal battle Green Party member Cat Lewis has embarked upon by way of judicial review in order to protect the Northern Meadows in Cardiff against the c...
Benali Hamdache writes to councils to remind them of the ‘woeful’ provisions currently provided to refugees, and to join the call for more funding to support refugee children.
Cllr Amy Heley cites the climate crisis, public health, and detriment to poorer communities in address to fellow councillors, as removal of the existing cycle lane is ‘deeply irresponsibl...
Psephologist and Hertfordshire Green, Alan Borgars, reflects on the results of council by-elections that took place in England and Wales throughout July.
The debate surrounding the statue has been rekindled, owing to a public consultation recently launched by Stroud District Council over street names, building names and monuments. Green co...
