Green candidate Stephanie Pitchers’ resounding victory in St Michaels marked the high point of the party’s Liverpool election campaign that also saw increased votes in other wards but no further gains. The campaign was framed by the horrors of Covid and the restrictions that imposed on public activities. Green Group leader councillor Tom Crone said: […]
Read More… from Liverpool Greens reflect on 2021 local election results
First, congratulations to Joanne Anderson. It is no small matter for Liverpool to have elected the first black, woman mayor of a major city. That speaks volumes for Liverpool’s reaction to Black Lives Matter and the continuing racism we see around us. I hope this marks a historical, defining moment for a city largely built […]
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Stephanie Pitchers is the new Green Party councillor for St Michaels. […]
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New analysis of publicly available council attendance record for the last five years reveals that it is Green councillors who turn up while others stay away. Of councillors with five or more years on the council: St Michaels Green Councillor Sarah Jennings has the highest percentage attendance. Two out of the top three highest […]
Read More… from Greens demand attendance records made easily available for public scrutiny
The Green Party today (Thursday April 15) called for urgent action following a devastating new report highlighting delays in tackling air quality that are costing lives and damaging the city economy. A new report from CBI Economics, commissioned by the Clean Air Fund, found that ‘Liverpool remains behind other cities such as London, Bristol and […]
Read More… from Liverpool left behind in bid to save lives and clean up city’s air
Liverpool Green Group leader Tom Crone today (Wednesday, March 24) called on the city’s Labour leaders to ‘resign as one’ following a damning report into years of failure that has opened the door to unelected Tory rule on Merseyside. Cllr Crone said the people of Liverpool would have the chance to make their verdict known […]
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Tom Crone sitting on electric cargo bike The Green Party today (Friday March 19) called for a 50 per cent cut in city centre traffic to end a crisis killing over 1,000 people a year. The call came as the Liverpool City Council debated a new clean air policy. Green Group leader, and city mayor […]
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Green Group leader Tom Crone today (Wednesday March 3) warned that the Liverpool City Region freeport deal was the wrong strategy to create the clean green economy of the future. Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the entire region will become a Freeport under a plan announced in the Budget. Cllr Crone said evidence from around […]
Read More… from High cost of Tory Budget freeport deal for city region
The Green Party will deliver an alternatve Budget for the city at Wednesday’s Council meeting that makes a priority of kick-starting a post-Covid green economic recovery. Green Party Group leader, and candidate for City Mayor, Tom Crone said: ‘It is nearly two years since the council declared a climate emergency, yet its Budget plans point […]
Read More… from Council Budget must deliver a Green New Deal for Liverpool
