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22 January 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Preserving important green spaces Back in the summer of 2018, a resident tipped off Liverpool Green Party that a notice of intention to dispose of open space at St James Place had been published in the Liverpool Echo on 19th July, just as the school summer holidays were about to start – a time when […]
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19 January 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool, says ‘sustaining God’s creation is a massively important duty for all Christians. The world-wide Anglican church recognises this as one of it five marks of mission and in this year of the environment I believe it is increasingly important that the Diocese of Liverpool works together to make a difference.” An Eco Church […]
18 January 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool City Council wanted to sell off the much valued green space in between Mill Street and St James Place, otherwise known as the Flat Iron. Beautiful, mature trees would have been replaced with buildings and concrete to create 430 units of accommodation and business space between 4 and 8 stories high, across 3 sites. We had […]
Work is set to begin on the first phase of a potential 600km key network of cycling and walking routes across the Liverpool City Region. Proposals for the 600km network is based on upgrades to around 31 key routes across the Liverpool City Region over the next 10 years.Bidding for funding for the next phase […]
Campaigns News
Campaigners have won the struggle to save part of Calderstones Park. Redrow Homes applied for permission to build 51 luxury homes on the Harthill Estate. The Labour Council, led by Mayor Joe Anderson, supported Redrow, arguing that the land in question was not part of the public park. Liverpool Open and Green Spaces (LOGS) opposed […]
18 December 2018 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Party members protesting outside the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority meeting about the lack of investment in cycling across the city region on Friday, 7th December, 2018 Cllr Tom Crone spoke to Radio City Talk. Have a listen: https://twitter.com/RadioCityTalk/status/1075020313438638081?s=19
11 December 2018 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Is cycling being air-brushed from Liverpool’s future? Green Party councillors have slammed the council for not including dedicated cycle lanes as part of the planned revamp of Lime Street. The Greens say that when the plans were consulted on last year there were better cycling facilities proposed but the latest images of the plans released […]
22 November 2018 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Councillors are signatories to an open letter opposing the governments attempts to fast track fracking decisions which has been published today. We call on Councillors across Liverpool, the City Region and beyond to join us in opposing Fracking.https://gofossilfree.org/uk/let-communities-decide-letter/ All Green Party Councillors on Liverpool City Council are amongst 850 councillors nationally who have signed […]
1 November 2018 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Cllr Lawrence Brown joined residents at the Licensing hearing which considered the matter of an alcohol licence for the Potting Shed cafe in Greenbank Park. Disappointingly, despite opposition from a large number of local residents, the licence was granted, though with a substantial number of conditions Schedule of Conditions to be Attached to Premises Licence […]
13 September 2018 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool Green Party were asked by a local solar installer to publish an article about the latest cuts to solar energy incentives. The following article is the words of NES Roofing and Energy, not Liverpool Green Party, and other solar installers are available. We have published this because we oppose this latest government attack on […]