Two excellent and informative speakers spoke last night at the Liverpool Green Party’s March Public Meeting Clive Lord – A basic income for all citizens Clive Lord joined the embryonic Green Party in March 1973, 5 months after its formation. Now 80, he is the longest serving member still active, and has recently published his […]
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After 13 years as a city councillor (9 of those as a Green), my term of office is coming to an end. On Thursday the voters of St Michaels ward in Liverpool will decide if I will be succeeded by local resident Anna Key for the Green Party or by her Labour Party challenger. I […]
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People are being pushed to the brink by the failed austerity policies of the last 5 years. Homelessness still affects thousands of lives because successive governments have failed to address the long term housing crisis facing the country. Those at the top are continuing to get richer while harsh cuts disproportionately affect women, children and […]
The Green Party welcome today’s announcement from the National Debt-line, noting serious problems with debt in Liverpool Riverside. The government advice agency reports over 200 calls from this ward in the last year, and think represents just 17% of those struggling with debt. Most people they say, do not ask for help. Whilst canvassing in […]
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On Weds 8th April Liverpool City Council hold their final full council meeting before the elections on May 7th. Mayor Joe Anderson has submitted a budget motion for debate, and allocated 30 minutes to discussion in the council chamber on the points he has raised. Speakers will be allocated two minutes each to contribute to […]
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Amelia Womack the Deputy leader of the Green Party will join local Greens who are taking their election campaign to Sefton Park Meadows, Bold Street and St Michaels throughout Easter Bank Holiday Monday. The campaign tour begins at 11 am on Sefton Park Meadows, an area under threat of development by a scheme that would […]
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Councillor Tom Crone has been elected leader of the Liverpool’s Green Group by members of the Liverpool Green Party. The Green Group currently has four members and forms the main opposition party in Liverpool City Council.Councillor Crone studied Environmental Science at John Moore’s University before setting up a successful small business. He works as an […]
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Liverpool Green Party is disappointed with the City Council’s decision to impose yet more delay and uncertainty on residents living in and around the Welsh Streets. The decision to demolish around 400 Welsh Streets houses took place in 2005 and yet no planning application came forward until 2013, three years into the life of the […]
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February Greenview has been published. Highlights: Greens say: ‘Yes to public services – No to austerity’ Save our green spaces Keep the NHS as a public service The Green Surge comes to Liverpool Please click here to view it. […]
The Green Party will today make the first of a series of rolling Social Care Policy Announcements starting with Care for the Elderly. The announcement will contain proposals to deliver free social care for every adult over 65 who needs it, acknowledging the tax receipt provided by this age group during their working lives, and […]
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