News
9 May 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Thank you and congratulations On Friday afternoon we had the final count of votes and I congratulate Jane Kennedy on her re-election. I have said throughout that my pitch was based on what I would do differently rather than what, if anything, she was doing wrong. I am pleased that, whenever we were able to put […]
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26 April 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Today is a historic day for the people of Liverpool. After 27 years Liverpool fans have finally been exonerated of any blame for the terrible tragedy of Hillsborough. It has been a long battle to achieve today’s result and we pay tribute to the determination and dedication of the families of the 96 and everyone else […]
Elections News
24 April 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green party mayoral candidate, Cllr Tom Crone is calling for the creation of a new local currency called the “Liverpool Pound”. This new currency would work alongside, rather than replace pounds sterling, but could only be spent with participating businesses based in Liverpool. The move is backed by a Liverpool University academic and expert in […]
23 April 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Tom is taken to a location in Liverpool to share his vision for Liverpool when elected Mayor. He talks to reporter Claire Hamilton about the importance of maintaining greenspaces for everyone’s well-being and how sustainable transport options can tackle our air pollution problems. Mayoral candidate Tom Crone is profiled by Radio Merseyside. Move the slider […]
5 April 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
My top priorities for Liverpool are as follows: Health: Improving public health across the city is my biggest priority over the next 5 years. This goal is woven throughout our manifesto and it is the basis of our plans for the environment, transport and sport. We will improve the health of the city by: Tackling air […]
24 March 2016 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
8 May 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
4 May 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
9 April 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
8 April 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
3 April 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
1 April 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
28 February 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
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.
19 February 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
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 […]
16 February 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
On Tuesday February 17th 4.30pm Liverpool Green Party will be demonstrating with placards at HSBC’s busy Lord Street branch. The demonstration has been organized by the St. Michael’s ward councilor Tome Crone. It comes days after the scale of HSBC’s involvement in illegal tax evasion came to light. Despite the bank paying for full page […]
12 February 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
John Coyne Green Party councilor for St Michaels ward will table a motion to Liverpool City Council’s Regeneration Select Committee Meeting on Thursday 12th suggesting an alternative site if Everton decides to leave Goodison Park. The site he will propose is at Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth ward. The Greens are responding to current fears that […]
10 February 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Martin Dobson is the Green Party Spokesperson for Culture Media and Sports and the parliamentary candidate for Liverpool Riverside. Martin lives in Liverpool and works as a multi-media designer and musician. Tomorrow he joins Ed Vaizey (Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) Bob and Roberta Smith (artist and Independent Candidate for Surrey Heath) Baroness […]
7 February 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Martin Dobson is the Green Party Spokesperson for Culture Media and Sports. He works as a multi-media designer and musician in Liverpool and tomorrow join Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, Shadow Culture Minister Harriet Harman, and Ukip’s Culture spokesperson Peter Whittle, in a debate chaired by arts and current affairs journalist Rosie Whittle.The Big Arts Debate […]
19 January 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party has reported a membership surge to over 420 local members after an astonishing week of growth for the Greens nationally, which saw over 4000 new members join the England and Wales Green Party in just 48 hours – one new member every 20 seconds. At times, the Green website was shutdown due […]
15 January 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party have criticised all five Labour MPs in the city for failing to vote against George Osbourne’s “Austerity Charter” in the House of Commons yesterday. While some well-known Labour rebels joined Green MP Caroline Lucas, alongside the SNP and Plaid Cymru MPs in voting against the austerity bill, the vast majority of Labour […]
5 January 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
In support of the Liberal Party’s motion to the City Council Meeting on 14th January 2015, Green Councillors are calling on the Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem parties to cancel planned cuts to local government funding for next year and beyond. An amendment to the Liberal’s motion will be put forward that will call for a local […]
2 January 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Martin Dobson Parliamentary Candidate for Liverpool Riverside says “2015 looks like it will be a watershed year for the Green Party. People are flocking to us because we are the only party that has policies and the vision that Britain needs. We alone have policies that tackle the increasing gap between rich and poor and […]
12 December 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool’s Green Party is calling on Mayor Joe Anderson to make good on his claim to have “saved” all of the city’s public libraries because he has still not given any details about how this would happen, nor has he confirmed that libraries will continue to be run by trained librarians. The Mayor announced on […]