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16 January 2017 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Three applications to build houses on green spaces will leave Speke with little public green or open space. Metro Mayor candidate and Green Party Councillor, Tom Crone, has warned that plans by developers risk turning parts of the city into built-up areas with little public open or green space between the buildings. The comments followed […]
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7 January 2017 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party and campaigners will be holding a vigil from 08:30 – 09:30 on Tuesday 10th January at Victoria Street Car Park to raise awareness of the council’s plans. Liverpool Green Party Councillors are leading the fight against plans to build a multi-story car-park in Liverpool City Centre. The Greens say that proposals for Victoria Street […]
16 December 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party renew calls, and say Rome and Paris have set examples to be followed. Liverpool Green Party today renewed calls to introduce a partial ban on cars travelling into the city centre on some Sundays, in a move echoed in Rome and Paris this month. The Mayor of Rome has made Sunday semi-car free, in order to increase air […]
12 December 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Party welcome Allerton Priory decision but warn there’s plenty more in the pipeline The Green Party have welcomed the decision to recommend refusal of developer’s Redrow application to build houses on Greenspace at Allerton Priory. Cllr Tom Crone, the Green’s candidate for Metro Mayor, expressed his delight with the news ‘This is clear evidence […]
2 December 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
STP update Liverpool has become the latest local authority to reject the Merseyside and Cheshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan. This is the document that has been put together in secret and details how local health services will deliver nearly £1bn in cuts. Greens have been campaigning against the STPs for months. Today Tom Crone attended […]
25 November 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL – CABINET FRIDAY, 25 NOVEMBER, 2016 58. Motion – referred from City Council, Select Committees or Officer Delegated Decisions Cabinet considered the terms of the following Motion (a) Motion Referred by Audit & Governance Select Committee 22 September 2016 Human Rights Act 1998 Cabinet considered the following Motion, submitted by Councillors Sarah Jennings, […]
22 November 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Party Initiative Set To Launch Today Liverpool Green Party are pleased to see their One Tree Per Child proposals being implemented across schools in the city. The initiative, which Liverpool is the second city to adopt, encourages children to become part of their community by planting trees in parks and green spaces across the city. […]
21 November 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Councillors have called on the Mayor, Joe Anderson, to open up the city’s accounts to public scrutiny so that any proposed Council Tax increase can be justified. Speaking after the Mayor’s comments about a proposed 10% rise in Council Tax, Green Party Councillor Tom Crone said ‘The Green Group of Councillors have been heavily […]
News St Michaels
17 November 2016 / 24 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Councillors Disappointed to Miss Out on Award. Liverpool Green Party have applauded the residents and businesses of Lark Lane on their recent nomination as a ‘Great Street’ at the recent Academy of Urbanism Awards. The iconic Liverpool street narrowly lost out to another entrant in Walthamstow, London. Green Party Councillor for St. Michaels, Tom Crone […]
14 November 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Residents Rejoice News of Great Street Nomination Aigburth residents have always known that Lark Lane is a special place, now it seems that experts at The Academy of Urbanism agree. Members of the Academy, who visited the iconic street in August this year, have named it a Great Street, and on the tenth anniversary of […]
4 November 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool City Council are set to launch the One Tree Per Child scheme across Liverpool on 22nd November, after a Green Party councillor proposed the idea. St. Michael’s Councillor Anna Key put forward a motion to the Council earlier this year after seeing the scheme take off in Bristol; Liverpool is the second UK city to adopt the scheme. “When […]
Greenbank News
26 October 2016 / 3 October 2020 by pressofficer
Green Campaigner Kai out and about with Green Councillor Lawrence Brown and Liverpool Green Party volunteers on Tuesday in Greenbank Ward.
25 October 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Party Councillors and ecologists paid a visit to Allerton Priory earlier this month to see for themselves how important the area of green space is to the city. Councillor Tom Crone, Leader of the Green Group on Liverpool City Council, was astounded by the quality of the space ‘I doubt I have ever stood […]
16 October 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Thousands of cyclists could be ‘stranded’ by rail repair works which will see Wirral train services cut off from Liverpool for six weeks next year. Liverpool City Region Green Party CandidateTom Crone is now calling on train operators and travel organisations to “be bold and imaginative” providing help to those who combine train and bike to commute. Massive […]
7 October 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Councillors Call For Rail Investment Ahead of Plans To Widen Major Road Today’s announcement that Liverpool City Council and Sefton Council have entered into a joint venture to widen one of the key corridor routes into the city has faced criticism from Green councillors and local campaigners. The City Council have released plans that […]
Today’s announcement by the Tory government to allow fracking in Little Plumpton in Lancashire is a dagger through the heart of local residents and environmentalists everywhere. This is an appalling and contemptible decision on so many levels. Firstly, the effect this decision will have on people’s lives will be profound. Residents in the area will […]
5 October 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
You will have noticed the growing number of homeless people visible on the streets of Liverpool City Region. Recently released government figures showed that the number of homeless households in the UK is at record levels. This is a scandal, and an issue that has been a focus for the Green Party Councillors in recent […]
1 October 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Councillor Tom Crone calls for an immediate and thorough investigation into changed document The leader of the Green group on Liverpool City Council, Councillor Tom Crone, has called for an immediate investigation into claims that a document about the safety of 3G sports pitches was ‘sexed-up’ to dampen down health concerns. ‘This is a disgrace. Two […]
13 September 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Party Metro Mayoral candidate, Tom Crone, spoke today to Roger Phillips to introduce his campaign. We look forward to developing these key themes, and more over the coming months. Clip kindly supplied to us by BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE 95.8FM, 1485AM, DAB or listen live on www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool
12 September 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
On next week’s agenda… Committee notes with concern that an increasing number of premises in residential areas are applying for licences to serve alcohol, hot food etc beyond midnight. The developing ‘night time economy’ in areas which have traditionally benefited from peace and quiet in the early hours means that more noise, litter and anti-social […]
1 August 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
The Green Party have selected Cllr Tom Crone, the Group Leader on Liverpool City Council to contest the Metro Mayor contest in the Liverpool City Region. The election, due to be held next May, will give the Greens an opportunity to promote their policies to over a million voters in the LCR. Accepting the nomination, Cllr […]
24 June 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
On Friday morning many of us woke up with a feeling of profound loss as the Referendum result came in. Our children will not now have the opportunity to know the Europe we grew up with, or to be European citizens in an international world. I’m immensely proud to know that my city, with its […]
21 June 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party welcomed Natalie Bennett as she arrived at Lime Street Station and handed out leaflets and stickers as part of our Greens for a Better Europe Campaign. Natalie then joined the panel for the Liverpool ‘Another Europe is Possible’ meeting on Monday 20th June, 2016 at the Liner Hotel.
21 May 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Huge thanks and congratulations to Chrisie Byrne and everyone who worked tirelessly to save the park. Well done! Liverpool Green Party welcomes the fantastic news that there will be no development on Walton Hall Park, and that its status as a park will be enshrined in the city’s Local Plan. We are opposed to building on […]