Author: pressofficer

The Green Party welcomes Mayor Anderson’s announcement on Radio Merseyside this morning that Liverpool Council will now save all the 11 at risk libraries for the long term. We congratulate all the people who have campaigned for this result. This successful campaign has demonstrated how important local libraries are to the lives of the people […]

Read More… from Largest Liverpool opposition party welcomes Mayor Anderson’s U-turn on Libraries

The Green Party are calling for more evidence before 20 years worth of bus lanes are scrapped. The cabinet are set to approve a report calling for most of Liverpool’s bus lanes to be abolished. Greens will argue that the report being scrutinised by Regeneration Committee today does not adequately make the case for permanently […]

Read More… from Green Party call for more evidence before bus lane scrappage

Liverpool’s Green Councillors were aware of the plans to build allotments at Beloe Street and had been content, on balance, for that to go ahead. Late in the day, the Green Party was approached by neighbouring residents who were unhappy that their elected representatives were not listening to them. We agreed that those residents deserved representation […]

Read More… from Plans for allotments on the land at Beloe Street

Cllr Tom Crone’s maiden speech in the City Council chamber called for Liverpool to join the best local authorities in Britain that are bringing the 20mph speed limit to some or even all of their main roads.  With most road casualties occurring on main roads, slower speeds on some of these roads could save lives. You […]

Read More… from Cllr Tom Crone’s maiden speech focuses on improving road safety but proposals are rubbished by the Mayor

I know from experience that the Cabinet can be a tough gig for an opposition councillor who is trying to get a point across.  The Mayor is in a position of undisputed power: he chairs the meeting; he is the administration’s speaker; he interrupts at will.  There is no right of reply when he abuses […]

Read More… from Cabinet misled by Mayor on Libraries

Liverpool Green Party has today announced that Cllr John Coyne, the current leader of the opposition on the council, will not be seeking re-election when his term as a councillor ends next year. Speaking today to the Echo, Cllr Coyne explained his reasons:“I was first elected to represent people in the old Dingle ward back […]

Read More… from Cllr John Coyne Announces Intention to Stand Aside in 2015

The news that Syrian chemical weapons are going to be decommissioned by Veolia at Ellesmere Port will concern many local people. These weapons do have to be decommissioned and this has to be done safely, but there is a much bigger lesson for us to learn. The departing Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has admitted that between […]

Read More… from Greens react to decommissioning of Syrian Chemical Weapons in Ellesmere Port

Updated projections by DEFRA show that the Liverpool urban area will fail to comply with air quality targets until at least 2020. The European Union sets a pollution limit on the amount of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the local environment. It can have a particularly bad effect on existing health conditions such as asthma. Air pollution […]

Read More… from Liverpool to miss 2015 air quality targets