12 June 2025 / 12 June 2025 by mollyscottcato
Exeter Green Party have criticised plans to build a new car park on the site of the old bus station site in the city centre. Labour-led Exeter City Council has approved a budget of £75,000 to undertake the works to construct the car park and say income from parking charges will be ring-fenced to support […]
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External The Severn ward by-election yesterday (June 11) saw Moya Shannon becoming the 24th Green Party councillor on Stroud District Council. Moya won with 439 votes, ahead of the nearest rival, the Conservative candidate, who got 425 votes. The other candidates were from Reform (421), Labour (177), the Liberal Democrats (112) and UKIP (5). Moya […]
9 June 2025 / 9 June 2025 by mollyscottcato
Following discussions with community campaigners, Green Party councillors on Exeter City Council have challenged the Labour administration to work with the community to find ways to protect the Northbrook Swimming Pool from closure. The closure of the pool was included in Labour’s February budget [1]. The Progressive Group – made up of both Green and […]
28 May 2025 by mollyscottcato
She takes over from Green councillor Catherine Braun, who now becomes her deputy. Councillors of all political parties voted overwhelmingly to appoint Cllrs Turner and Braun to their new roles, with just two abstentions. Cllr Braun had been Group leader for four years and Leader of the Council for almost three years and has stepped […]
The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling which means that wild camping will be allowed to continue on Dartmoor. The court ruled that a multimillionaire landowner was wrong to ban it on his land [1] Green councillor for Heavitree in Exeter, Catherine Rees, who has supported the campaign for wild camping […]
12 May 2025 / 12 May 2025 by mollyscottcato
Exeter’s Green councillors used the May Day holiday marking International Labour Day to call on Council workers in Devon and elsewhere to ‘Reform proof’ their jobs by joining a union if they haven’t already done so. Newly elected Green councillor on Devon County Council, Andy Ketchin, said: “Nigel Farage has pledged to impose an Elon […]
12 May 2025 by mollyscottcato
Cllr Chloe Turnerhas been unanimously elected by the Green district councillors at Stroud District Council as their Group Leader. She takes on the Group Leader role from Cllr Catherine Braun, who becomes deputy Group Leader. Cllr Braun had been Group leader for four years and has stepped down to find a better balance with her […]
The Green Group on Bath and North East Somerset Council has spoken out strongly against the direction of national politics this week, following Prime Minister’s Questions on Thursday, where the Opposition used all six of its opportunities to ask about the definition and status of women. This comes at a time when Parliament could have […]
10 April 2025 / 10 April 2025 by mollyscottcato
The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed planned improvements to city bus services planned for April using Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding awarded to Devon County Council [1]. However, they point to reduced services by Stagecoach on unsubsidised routes which, they say, strengthens the case for public control of buses. Green Party candidate for […]
3 April 2025 / 3 April 2025 by mollyscottcato
Exeter Green Party have slammed the Labour-led City Council for a decision to create a temporary car park on the old bus station site [1]. A survey run by Exeter Greens to which 270 people responded found no appetite for a car park [2], with residents instead calling for a range of creative ideas for […]
