Press releases from Gwent Green Party.
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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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 […]
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Wales Green Party is pleased to announce the selection of Gwent Green Party member Lauren James as the new Deputy Leader following a vacancy that arose last year after previous Deputy Mirka Virtanen stood down. Lauren will be joining the existing leadership team of Anthony Slaughter, Leader and Duncan Rees, her fellow Deputy Leader. Lauren […]
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Wales Green Party welcome the decision announced today by First Minister Mark Drakeford that the plans for the controversial M4 relief road have been scrapped, a decision that follows many years of campaigning by the Green Party and many other organisations. Anthony Slaughter, Leader of Wales Green Party, said ‘This is absolutely the right decision […]
The Green Party Deputy Leader and anti-Brexit campaigner wants to see a Green New Deal in the UK similar proposals currently being proposed in the US. Amelia Womack was born and raised in Newport. The 34-year-old has been Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since 2014. She qualified as a scientist […]
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* Amelia Womack selected as Newport West candidate in event of snap General Election * Newport born and raised Womack pledges to give voters a “real alternative to the status quo” * Womack: “Newport has been overlooked and left behind for too long” Green Party of England and Wales deputy leader Amelia Womack has been […]
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