8th September 2023 by James Vessey-Miller
At the Full Council meeting of 7th September 2023, Green Party City Councillor Richard Longstaff proposed a motion to shake up the way Southend Council manages our City’s Trees. Local residents have long dispaired at the City Council’s brutal “cut before complaint” approach to tree management, which has led to the unnecessary and premature removal […]
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5th May 2023 / 5th May 2023 by James Vessey-Miller
4th May 2023 THE GREENS are celebrating a successful Local Election this year, electing the first-ever Green Councillor to Southend City Council. Well-known community campaigner Richard Longstaff has been elected as a Councillor for the Leigh Ward. Richard won the seat with 1042 votes, which represented 39% of the total vote. The Liberal Democrats finished […]
31st March 2023 / 31st March 2023 by James Vessey-Miller
On Saturday 25th March 2023, the Green Party held a Campaign Launch event in Leigh-on-Sea, attended by former Green Party Leader Baroness Natalie Bennett and Green Councillor for Stratford Olympic Park Nate Higgins. Hosted by local Green campaigner Richard Longstaff and Green Party volunteers, the team held a day of campaigning in Leigh speaking with […]
13th February 2023 / 13th February 2023 by James Vessey-Miller
Southend Council has started 2023 with a doubling-down on their efforts to remove trees across Southend. The Green Party has been applying pressure to Southend Council following a new string of incidents of indefensible and avoidable tree removal. Several roads across Southend, particularly Leigh, have seen the council’s yellow Tree Removal Notices being stapled to […]
21st April 2022 / 21st April 2022 by James Vessey-Miller
We have been made aware of some ill-informed comments made by the Liberal Democrat candidate for Leigh about the Greens. In a column written by Carole Mulroney in the Leigh Times (19th April), she claims that the local Green Party branch has a “tight focus” and goes on to infer that we have no policies […]
14th March 2022 / 16th March 2022 by James Vessey-Miller
Local Green Party members joined residents in calling for an end to the “hostile environment” treatment of Refugees fleeing war and seeking asylum. The government’s approach in continuing to slam the door in the face of people in desperate need brings shame on our country.
20th April 2021 / 20th April 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
12th March 2021 / 12th March 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
