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The co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Carla Denyer MP, was in Gloucestershire at the weekend as part of the Greens’ campaign launch for the Gloucestershire County Council elections in May.
On Friday night she was one of the speakers at the public meeting at St Laurence Church, Stroud, about local government reorganisation. Politicians from the Green, Labour and Conservative parties were on a panel to discuss the proposed changes, which would see District Councils, including Stroud, being abolished.
Carla spent Saturday morning in the Forest of Dean meeting local supporters, candidates and councillors, before going to Gloucester to meet Green candidates and councillors from across the county. She then travelled to Stroud to attend a private evening event.
Carla said: “The Greens already run the district councils in both Stroud and the Forest of Dean, and have a lot of support across the county. We have a very strong slate of candidates for the county elections, and there’s every chance that in May we’ll see a good increase in the number of Green county councillors in Shire Hall. This could erode the Conservative leadership’s slim majority and put the Green group into a position of power as part of a progressive political alliance on the council.
“I wish the Gloucestershire Greens well with this ambition, and know they have everything it takes to rise to the challenge.”
A full list of the candidates will be announced after the nomination period closes on April 2.