Next Thursday voters across the country will be going to the polls. Many, including in South Gloucestershire, will be voting for the very first time. First of all, we’d like to say a huge welcome to all those who have turned 18 since we last had an election in this area. You probably have a […]
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Danny Bonnett is a Green Party candidate for Thornbury Town Council. In this post, he shares the Green Party’s policy on housing. He also responds to a question from local residents about our stance on housing development in South Glos and the role proposed by the metro mayor of South Glos in addressing Bristol’s unmet […]
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Local Green Party member Siân Harris was one of many who joined in with an afternoon of wildflower planting on Siston Common in October As we start a new year there are no doubt mixed feelings – an opportunity to rethink and reset but also a reminder that, for better or worse, January 2023 will […]
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In a guest blog post, local resident of Emersons Green, Kelly Allen, argues why we need better public transport services between residential areas and local transport hubs. As a resident of Emersons Green who works in London regularly, I often find myself getting the train from Bristol Parkway, as, I suspect, do many others. I […]
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Yesterday saw new Green councillors elected across the country. Help us to bring that ‘Green surge’ to South Glos next May! […]
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James Dowling shares the deep concerns faced by many over yesterday’s huge energy price rises and argues that the poorest and most vulnerable people in our country must be shielded from the effects of these enormous price hikes. Yesterday morning on April Fool’s Day I tweeted about the energy price crisis. Normally when I tweet […]
We have delivered a petition to South Glos Council opposing the planned throughabouts on the A4174 ring road. […]
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Hundreds of people have signed our petition to scrap plans to create monstrous and complicated “throughabouts” on the ring road. […]
We are very concerned about the implications of the sudden and large-scale cuts to bus travel across the West of England region on vulnerable people and climate commitments. […]
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Monstrous mega-roundabout plans will not serve South Glos residents well and will not help us to tackle the urgent challenges of climate change. […]
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