Events News
25 March 2023 / 27 March 2023 by Matthew
The Great British Spring Clean is back, and this year Worcester Green Party is leading the initiative. Hannah Cooper, Cllr Karen Lewing and Cllr Matt Jenkins have teamed up to coordinate a community clean-up event to remove litter from the streets of the Arboretum. The event takes place on Sunday 2nd April from 14:30-16:00, meeting at […]
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Events
9 March 2023 by Matthew
Tuesday, March 21, from 7:30 pm, St Swithun's Church. Come and join Tor Pingree and friends for a night of acoustic live music in support of our local Green Party. More information is here.
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6 March 2023 / 16 March 2023 by Matthew
The Royal College of Physicians estimates that over 40,000 people die early every year in the UK because of poor air quality. The six Green councillors on the city council take this very seriously. They supported Worcester’s first-ever free bus service in the run-up to Christmas. They are pushing for the first electric taxis to […]
6 March 2023 by Matthew
A Green Party motion committing Worcester City Council to sign the Fair Tax Declaration was passed unanimously by councillors at a meeting of full Council. Proposing the motion at the meeting, Karen Lewing, Green Party Councillor for the Arboretum, said: “This motion commits the council to sign up to the ‘Councils for Fair Tax Declaration’ […]
News Transport
4 March 2023 by Matthew
Green Party councillors in Worcester say the Government’s bus plans don’t go far enough. Transport secretary Mark Harper announced £155 million worth of support last month, to cap bus fares at £2 and help maintain services. But the Greens have launched their own ‘A One Pound Fare to Take You There’ policy, which would reduce […]
News Policies
3 March 2023 / 3 March 2023 by Matthew
On Tuesday 21st February, Worcester City Council unanimously agreed to adopt a parental leave policy for councillors as there is currently no legal right to parental leave of any kind for people in elected public office. Green Councillor Marjory Bisset proposed that the council should have a parental leave policy after she witnessed councillors struggling […]
