News
1 July 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party is urging Liverpool City Council’s planning department to relax guidelines on replacing windows in conservation areas after listening to the concerns of residents in Sefton Park who are facing huge costs to replace windows due to strict planning guidelines. Currently old-fashioned single glazed sash windows must be replaced by very expensive double […]
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Campaigns News
13 June 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
A petition launched by St Michaels Greens has reached 100 signatures, showing the support of Liverpool Residents’ for local libraries in the city. As discussed in a previous article, we believe that libraries are an important part of our community. The Greens proposed redirecting £1.634m from two separate funds which are used for optional discretionary projects and using […]
11 June 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Labour show no respect for Liverpool as Ed Milliband displays support for the free copies of The S*n Newspaper, posted to every house in the UK without a Liverpool postcode today. In a picture posted on Twitter, Milliband is seen holding a copy of the promotional paper, proclaiming his support for the paper with the caption ‘This […]
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the Mayor’s decision to suspend Liverpool’s bus lanes ignored crucial evidence that five of the closed routes had been reviewed in 2009 or 2010 showing continued benefits from their use. Cllr Sarah Jennings, Deputy Leader of the Greens, who are now the biggest opposition group on the council, said: […]
10 June 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Martin Dobson, Parliamentary Candidate for Liverpool Riverside has pledged to support the NUS #DegreesofDiscrimination campaign In an event held at Liverpool Guild of Students on Friday 6th June, Martin pledged that he would not support cuts to Disabled Students’ Allowance. The Coalition Government has recently announced a series of cuts into vital support that disabled […]
6 June 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Dear Mayor Anderson,As the newly elected representative for Greenbank ward, I am asking you to reconsider the decision to sell Sefton Park Meadows for housing land. In my opinion, a sizeable proportion of the vote that I received in the City Council election was due to my, and the Green Party’s opposition to the sale […]
4 June 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Former chair of Liverpool Young Greens and current Co-Convenor of Young Greens North Hannah Ellen Clare was nominated for ‘Best Activist’ at the Liverpool Guild of Students Awards this week. Hannah was nominated for her role in organising student protests against the sell off of the student loan book, and against the unfair wage ratio […]
Elections
3 June 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
In a post written by Peter Cranie, the recent North West Lead candidate in the European Elections, it has been revealed that from analysis of the council results, Liverpool Greens Candidate Martin Dobson looks to come a strong second in the Liverpool Riverside Constituency in 2015. By analysis of the 7 wards Riverside contains, Peter has […]
28 May 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
After the great results in the Liverpool City Council elections, many are flocking to join our ranks, with membership up 45% in the past six months. This is great news for us, as we prepare to fight the general election campaign next year with Martin Dobson standing in the Liverpool Riverside Constituency. We would like […]
Elections News
25 May 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party has doubled our City Council seats after the elections on May 22nd 2014. Liverpool Green Party Chair Tom Crone gained the third seat in St Michaels Ward, joining current Green Councillors Cllr John Coyne and Cllr Sarah Jennings. This is great news for Tom, who previously lost out in 2010 by just over […]
21 May 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
St Michaels Greens have launched a petition to save Sefton Park Library, asking Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson to reconsider the budget alternatives proposed by Liverpool Councillors. As the petition explains, Liverpool Greens believe that libraries are an important part of our community. The Greens proposed redirecting £1.634m from two separate funds which are used for […]
7 May 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party will be standing in 29 out of 30 seats in the the city. 17 of the 29 Green candidates will be women, reflecting the strong national leadership shown by Caroline Lucas MP and Natalie Bennett. The Greens will be looking to make St Michaels an all Green ward by electing Tom Crone […]
26 April 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Public Consultation Questionnaires are available at http://liverpool.gov.uk/council/consultation/consultation-on-a-citywide-selective-licensing-scheme/ and close 16th June 2014. Helping with the consultation will help Liverpool city council regulate private landlords.
9 March 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Wednesday’s Council budget meeting gave the best evidence yet that the Green Party is right to propose cutting the number of councillors. Not one Labour councillor took part in the budget debate. The Mayor did it all. Why would we need 74 Labour councillors all saying “yes” to the Mayor? Whether he’s cutting services, deleting […]
7 March 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
AMENDMENT 1 Recognising the likelihood of increasing unmet demand from people suffering hardship, particularly from the “bedroom tax” and from the reduction in council tax support, the Citizens’ Support Scheme should be increased by £340k for 2015/16 and 2016/17. That provision should be funded by a reduction, from 2015/16, in the budget for the basic […]
14 February 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party has welcomed the success of a petition launched by Green MP Caroline Lucas asking Parliament to review the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act. It has now reached the 100,000 signatures that will trigger a parliamentary debate on our failing drugs law. Cllr John Coyne said “There is no doubt that the ‘war […]
28 October 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party is calling on all households to recycle more and to make the best of the new situation where the council is imposing a service reduction, moving from weekly to fortnightly collection of general waste for more than half of the houses in the city. Green councillors, candidates and activists want to help […]
24 September 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool’s Green Councillors today joined cyclists, bus and taxi operators to react to the shock announcement that Liverpool’s Mayor wants to scrap bus lanes. The Mayor is said to want a 9 month switch-off of enforcement cameras starting next month. But the Green Party is ready to use the “call-in” procedure so that the idea […]
17 September 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
We recognise the case for some kind of Combined Authority (CA) for Liverpool City Region, but we have disagreements with the current prospectus for such an authority. We recognise that the effects of the government’s austerity programme have hit our subregion particularly hard, combining with pre-existing problems of deprivation and relatively high levels of unemployment. […]
8 May 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
On Tuesday, Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett gave her full support to campaigners who are aiming to save Sefton Park Meadows from being sold for the building of luxury housing. Over 4000 people have already signed a petition to ask the council not to sell the prized piece of greenspace, described by Heritage England as […]
1 April 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
On Thursday 4th April Green Cllr John Coyne will be putting a motion to the Regeneration Select Committee of Liverpool City Council to ask the Regeneration Cabinet Member Malcolm Kennedy to suspend any action on selling off Sefton Park Meadows. You can email the members of the Regeneration Committee and ask them to vote for […]
Campaigns
24 March 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Campaigners will be leafletting homes around Sefton Park today to make people aware of the Council’s plans to sell green field conservation land next to Sefton Park. The land, known as Sefton Park Meadows falls within the Sefton Conservation Area, and was designated as Green Space in the Council’s Planning guidelines. It is next to […]
13 February 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Click here to sign the petition. The Coalition of Resistance, to which the Green Party is affiliated, has launched this petition along with the list of initial signatories. It will be handed in to Downing Street in June 2013 during the People’s Assembly Against Austerity. Please ask everyone to sign. Click here to download a printable version for […]
8 February 2013 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
North West Green Party Euro Candidate Peter Cranie has expressed his disappointment with the 18 MPs in the North West Region who voted against the principle of equal marriage this week.“The fact that one quarter of our MPs voted against a basic equality being extended to all people, supported by leaders of every political party […]