Worcester Green Party
Environment News
10 October 2024 by Patrick
Disgusted homeowners have described an ‘absolutely putrid’ stink as one councillor sniffed out the source in the hope a solution can be found. The ‘sewage’ stench has emerged at Racefield Meadow at the bottom of Dugdale Drive in Warndon Villages with the issue brought to public attention in the Warndon Villages Community Group. Residents, writing on the Facebook group, […]
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News
19 September 2024 / 19 September 2024 by Patrick
Politicians who are also parents or caregivers should be allowed to participate and vote remotely, according to a pregnant city councillor in Worcester. Liberal Democrat Jessie Jagger said the flexibility would help attract a more diverse range of people into local politics, including those with disabilities or full-time jobs. A legal requirement for councillors to […]
Environment Events
19 September 2024 by Patrick
GREEN-minded members of Worcester City Council have officially agreed to up their climate game. Councillors met at a meeting of the full council on Tuesday (September 17) to agree to sign up to the UK100. UK100 is a network of local government leaders focused on tackling the climate emergency by promoting rapid action across a […]
A PENSIONER has told councillors she is among the millions being “left behind” by cuts to winter fuel payments. Clare Wratten spoke at Worcester City Council’s meeting at the Guildhall on Tuesday, September 17. She said age-gap couples are among those affected by the controversial government policy and urged councillors to do what they can […]
Environment
16 September 2024 by Patrick
AN ACTION plan has been drawn up to preserve one of the city’s green spaces. A new management plan for the Cherry Orchard Nature Reserve in Diglis, Worcester is being developed by the Worcester Green Party and community group Friends of Diglis Fields with help from Worcester City Council. Green councillor Louis Stephen, who represents Battenhall ward, said: […]
News Transport
CALLS for Worcester’s park and ride to return have been knocked back by Conservative county councillors. But Worcester councillor Matt Jenkins has vowed: “We’ll keep pushing for this.” The Green Party’s Cllr Jenkins had put forward the idea of bringing back a city park and ride, 10 years after the Perdiswell scheme was scrapped by […]
