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Elections
12 January 2015 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Independent Liverpool councillor, Jake Morrison, has thrown his weight behind the Greens in the run up to the General Election contest in Liverpool Wavertree. Morrison resigned from the Labour Party in 2013 and announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate against Ms Berger. [1] In November, he announced he would instead stand down […]
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News
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 […]
7 December 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
The Green Party’s General Election candidate in Liverpool Riverside, Martin Dobson, has accused the Labour Party of double standards on their approach to dealing with poor air quality. Speaking in response to a report published today by the Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee in which the Labour chair of the group, Joan Walley MP called for […]
18 November 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Party groups on Merseyside support the devolution of powers from Whitehall to the Merseyside region but want the people of Merseyside to have a say in the creation of a Mayor or an Assembly for Merseyside. Councillor John Coyne Leader of the Greens in Liverpool City Council says “A Mayor for Merseyside on it’s […]
10 November 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
The Green Party welcomes Mayor Anderson’s announcement on Radio Merseyside this morning that Liverpool Council will now save all the 11 at risk libraries for the long term. We congratulate all the people who have campaigned for this result. This successful campaign has demonstrated how important local libraries are to the lives of the people […]
22 October 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
The Green Party are calling for more evidence before 20 years worth of bus lanes are scrapped. The cabinet are set to approve a report calling for most of Liverpool’s bus lanes to be abolished. Greens will argue that the report being scrutinised by Regeneration Committee today does not adequately make the case for permanently […]
3 October 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Liverpool’s Green Councillors were aware of the plans to build allotments at Beloe Street and had been content, on balance, for that to go ahead. Late in the day, the Green Party was approached by neighbouring residents who were unhappy that their elected representatives were not listening to them. We agreed that those residents deserved representation […]
23 September 2014 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Cllr Tom Crone’s maiden speech in the City Council chamber called for Liverpool to join the best local authorities in Britain that are bringing the 20mph speed limit to some or even all of their main roads. With most road casualties occurring on main roads, slower speeds on some of these roads could save lives. You […]