Green success in Worcester elections
Huge wins for Greens in Worcester We are the second largest party on the city council. With all the votes counted, the Greens won five of the 11 seats, Labour won 4, and the Liberal Democrats won 2. This means the political balance at the City Council is now: Labour – 13 seats (+1) Greens […]
Worcester Green Party Manifesto
The Worcester Green Party manifesto covers eight areas: Local economy, local democracy, decent homes, better transport, women, stable community, destination Worcester, and healthy residents. Read more. […]
Candidates for city council elections
Worcester Green Party have a candidate standing in every ward at this year’s city council elections on Thursday 4th May. Worcester Green Party currently has six councillors on the city council and one councillor on the county council. View all candidates […]
River Severn pollution council motion
At last week’s full city council meeting, Green councillor Tom Piotrowski proposed a motion condemning Severn Trent Water’s continued pollution of the River Severn. The motion received the unanimous backing of all political groups, and as a result, the Managing Director will write to Worcester MP Robin Walker and the MP for Shrewsbury, who together […]
Councillor Karen Lewing delighted with safe parking award
Motorists across Worcester can park with confidence at any of the city council’s 14 car parks after each was awarded a Park Mark under the Safer Parking Scheme. The Safer Parking Scheme is a national standard for UK car parks which have a low crime rate as well as measures in place to ensure the […]
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Great British Spring Clean in the Arboretum
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 […]
Green Gig Night
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. […]
The danger of poor air quality
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 […]
Fair Tax Declaration success
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’ […]
Worcester Greens call for introduction of £1 bus fares
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 […]
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Parental Leave Policy agreed
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 […]
Councillors call for more police
Battenhall City Councillors Louis Stephen and Tom Piotrowski have spoken of their shock after teenage boys were robbed at knifepoint but insist ‘Battenhall is safe’. Two teenage boys were robbed in Battenhall Park in Worcester on Tuesday (February 14), prompting police to step up patrols and request CCTV as they launch a manhunt to find the […]
