Campaigns News
19 February 2025 by patrickvs
On Monday 17th February the Labour government confirmed which projects are going to be funded through the Levelling Up Funding stream. Unfortunately the remaining funding required for Comer Gardens Hall was not included in this funding, which is very sad news indeed for the hall. As soon as the funding announcement was made Councillor Alex Kinnersley […]
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18 February 2025 / 18 February 2025 by patrickvs
A city councillor has pledged to support the needs of children and young people during the restructuring of local government in South Worcestershire. Katie Collier, Green councillor for Leopard Hill, has called for “crucial” work done by the city council to not be lost when it becomes part of a unitary authority by April 2028. She […]
Campaigns Environment News
29 January 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
Tom Collins, the Labour MP for Worcester, has been criticised by Worcester Green Party for voting against the reading of the Climate and Nature Bill in Parliament, a decision they have called ‘worrying and ‘irresponsible’. However, he said he and the Labour Party were committed to making the UK a ‘clean energy superpower’. The Climate and Nature […]
Campaigns Elections News
7 January 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
The Green Party’s first MP to be elected in the Midlands, North Herefordshire MP Ellie Chowns, came to Worcester on Saturday 4th January to speak to Green Party campaigners and supporters. Dr. Chowns, one of the party’s 4 new MPs who won her seat in July, talked about the work she carried out in her […]
5 January 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
Until a chance conversation during lockdown, Neil Laurenson never thought he could be autistic. The woman from a mental health helpline asked if he had considered the possibility, and “within a minute or two changed my life”. Mr Laurenson finally received a diagnosis in 2023 when he was in his 40s. The Worcester city councillor […]
9 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs
GREEN councillors rolled up their sleeves to clean up muddy play park equipment because they knew overstretched workers would be too busy after Storm Darragh. Councillors Andrew Cross and Katie Collier decided to clean the dirty climbing wall themselves at Great Oaty Gardens play park in Warndon Villages, Worcester after a complaint was made about […]
