The Green Party has called for Newport City Council and the Welsh Government to ‘step up’ after Newport was named the most polluting city in the UK. Lauren James, Green Party councillor for Shaftesbury, said: “The reports that Newport has the highest CO2 emissions per head make grim but unsurprising reading. With 11 Air Quality […]
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Newport’s most vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of the Labour administration’s proposed budget cuts, the Green Party has said. Proposals by Newport City Council include limiting residential placements for adult social care, slashing opening hours in Oaklands respite and residential care home and reducing staffing in children’s social care by 8 posts – which […]
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Responding to Newport City Council’s proposal to reduce bin collections to a three-weekly cycle [1], Green Party councillor for Shaftesbury Lauren James said: “If this was genuinely about increasing recycling rates, it would have been done a long time ago. This decision is entirely about service cuts. “It’s not enough to slash a service and […]
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Following our AGM, we have a newly elected Gwent Green Party committee. Thank you to everyone who put themselves forward. Welcome to new committee members and welcome back to those returning! Chair – Lauren James Treasurer – Ann Were Fundraising Officer – Kerry Vosper Election Returns Officer – Philip Davies Communications Officer – Tanya Sinnett, […]
Green manifesto sets out plans to “secure Wales’ future” by building 12,000 affordable homes, a community model for healthcare and advocating for a Universal Basic Income. Their Green Transformation Fund promises to invest locally in communities and create tens of thousands of Green jobs. […]
Amelia Womack leads the Green Party list for South Wales East Candidates have signed the Green Transformation Pledge for Wales […]
Read More… from Gwent Green Party announce candidates for Senedd elections
2020 has been a challenging year for all of us. But it has also given us the strength to make sure that 2021 will be the year we get Amelia Womack elected as our first Green Party member of the Senedd. As priority region for Wales we have the resources we need to support campaigns, […]
Our rivers Wye, Usk, Lugg and Monnow are being blighted by pollution. As Greens in Gwent, Powys and Herefordshire, we want to work across borders to tackle the sources of pollution and clean up our rivers. Join our meeting to hear more about what is causing the problem and discuss how we can campaign for […]
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We hope you are well and safe. The recent heatwave followed by storms and flash floods in parts of Gwent have reminded us that the climate crisis has not gone away while our attention has been focussed on the Covid-19 pandemic. We are busy building our campaign for the Senedd elections which take place next […]
