“While Conservative and Labour candidates are getting doors slammed on them, up and down England and Wales local Greens are filling the gap.” The Green Party has launched its local electi...
Green World talks to new Green councillor David Lyons about taking the first Green seat in a Tory-led council, Aylesbury Vale, and his advice for prospective Green candidates in the upcom...
Sheffield is known as the ‘Outdoor City’ and yet its planning strategies are light on Green Infrastructure, ignoring the numerous health and biodiversity benefits it can bring. Dr Lee Hey...
Coal mining is an industry in decline, but councillors in Cumbria have just voted unanimously in favour of a new deep pit coal mine. In a region hard-hit by austerity, the jobs offered by...
Much criticised for its role in the felling of some 5,000 street trees in Sheffield, Amey has lost over £350 million in the last year and has now sold its stakes in the ‘ruinous’ Sheffiel...
Rosie Mills, an 18-year-old sixth form student, explains how her petition helped get a Climate Emergency motion passed by Lancaster City Council – and how a youth-led movement for climate...
Since 2012, Sheffield City Council and contractor Amey have cut down around 5,500 of the city’s trees as part of a road improvement programme, under a PFI deal worth billions. Activists h...
Young people in Brighton and Hove are some of the worst affected by mental health problems in England, with the number of 10- to 24-year-olds admitted to hospital for self-harm higher tha...
Greens in West Berkshire managed to get a Climate Emergency motion on the table for debate, despite having no elected representatives on a Tory-dominated council. Prospective Green parlia...
More and more often, public law enforcement and justice services, from our prisons to handing out fines for littering, are being outsourced to private, profit-making companies. Former Gre...
