5 KEY PLEDGES ANNOUNCED 20 April 2019 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway With the local elections approaching on 2nd May, South Gloucestershire Green Party is standing more candidates than ever before. They will each be standing with bold plans for their wards and have agreed a set of 5 key pledges to bring to Council for residents in South Glos. 1) Represent Freely To never “whip” our councillors […] Read more »
Schools Funding Crisis – Jack Cox 21 March 2019 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway South Glos has the lowest per pupil funding in the country. Let that sink in a moment. On the 19th March I posed a question on BBC Radio Bristol asking the South Gloucestershire Council Leader Toby Savage why schools in our area are the most underfunded in England, and why Bristol pupils are worth more […] Read more »
Meet Your Hanham Candidates 2 December 2018 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway South Gloucestershire Green Party today announced it’s first three local election 2019 candidates. Standing for Hanham in the Local Elections next May, Joe Evans, Jenny Vernon and Jack Cox agreed that they are fed up of the continuing failure of the main three parties to tackle the issues facing the area. Joe said, “I took […] Read more »
The Badger Cull: Another Way – Jack Cox 27 November 2018 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway In 2013 more than 300,000 people supported a petition opposing the cull on Badgers, along with this an independent expert panel was appointed by DEFRA, that panel deemed the cull as ineffective and inhumane along with saying that the culls had no significant improvement on eradicating TB. In November this year a review had stated that the badger […] Read more »
Bonfire Night 30 October 2018 / 1 December 2020 by Dan Johnston Bonfire Night is fast approaching and we in the Green Party hope you have a fun and safe evening! If you want to save money this year and help reduce the pollution caused by fireworks and bonfires, why not attend one of the many public displays happening across South Gloucestershire? You can find a list […] Read more »
South Gloucestershire Council Adopt Climate Change Strategy On Day Of Crucial IPCC Report 11 October 2018 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway South Gloucestershire Green Party have slammed the Conservative Cabinet for missing an opportunity to take the reins on climate change, following their adoption of a revised Climate Change Strategy for the next 5 years. The Cabinet met and voted through the Climate Change Strategy 2018-2023 on the day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […] Read more »
Badger Culling: Inhumane and Unscientific – Joe Evans 9 October 2018 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway There are 220,000 badgers (Meles meles) in the UK, each one a sentient, intelligent and curious individual with a personality and a consciousness flourishing over 6 – 8 years of life in the wild. As a species they play a crucial role in the functioning of our ecosystems and are unanimously adored, recognised as a […] Read more »
Development would have been “final nail in the coffin” for local high streets 3 October 2018 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway South Gloucestershire Green Party have welcomed the decision of government to bin the proposals for a huge expansion to the Mall at Cribbs Causeway after it was granted permission by South Gloucestershire Council in 2016. M&G Real Estate and Intu Properties, the real estate companies that own the site along with JT Baylis, had planned to […] Read more »
Reflections on Autumn – Maggie Jeffery 1 October 2018 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway Summer into Autumn and my adopted little tree is magnificent in bright colours. I am bored, so bored with the narrow futile ‘ down the rabbbit hole’ soundbites about Brexit. This isn’t a time for building walls but rather for building bridges. With accelerating climate change and the news about the Arctic meltdown, the process […] Read more »
Representation in South Glos Council – Joseph Evans 25 September 2018 / 1 December 2020 by tomhathway Consider the primary role of local councillors: representing their ward and the people who live in it. A quick look at South Gloucestershire Council suggests the current make-up of Councillors is far from representative of local residents. In the 2015 local elections, the Conservatives received 42% of the votes in South Glos, and yet they make up […] Read more »