Greens in Kingswood are celebrating our best ever result in a South Gloucestershire parliamentary election. In the recent Kingswood by-election our candidate, Lorraine Francis received 5.8% of the vote share, more than doubling our previous highest percentage and retaining our deposit for the first time in South Gloucestershire. According to the BBC, the Green Party […]
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Residents of Kingswood have the opportunity to elect an MP who will fight to save our green spaces, for today and for future generations. As Kingswood’s former MP argued in his resignation letter, we are facing a climate emergency and the time to act is now. We see this in the recent summer heat waves, […]
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This week the Conservative government announced plans to increase the minimum salary threshold for a family visa to £38,700 from next spring and increase the Immigration Health Surcharge from £624 to £1035. This is a flagrant attack on the right to family life, and shows how completely out of touch the government is with ordinary […]
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Introducing the new core team in South Glos Green Party – and some of the ways you can get involved […]
Background Recycling in South Gloucestershire was not collected last week. This was as a result of strike action by Suez over pay, and this situation will probably be repeated over the course of June and July. South Gloucestershire Council is not directly responsible for the Suez staff and therefore the dispute is outside its direct […]
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Greens attracted more votes in South Glos than ever before! […]
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Greens elected to Bradley Stoke Town Council and Thornbury Town Council, as well as Green councillors on Filton Town Council, Charfield Parish Council, Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath Parish Council and Frampton Cotterell Parish Council. […]
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Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, joined campaigners in Filton today (29th April) to support Green councillor candidates Dan Boardman and Jenny Vernon ahead of local elections on 4th May. […]
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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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