24th October 2024 / 31st October 2024 by simongittus
Green Party Councillor, Stuart Allen, has questioned the Labour leader of the council, Cllr Daniel Cowen, at last week’s Full Council meeting on the lack of publicly available charging points in Leigh ward.
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21st October 2024 / 21st October 2024 by simongittus
Green Party councillors were left frustrated by what appeared to be an orchestrated delay in proceedings by the Labour at last week's Full Council meeting.
13th October 2024 / 13th October 2024 by simongittus
Concerns are mounting over the continued decline of Southend’s urban tree population and the city’s tree canopy cover, which has fallen to around 12%, far below the minimum target of 15%.
10th October 2024 / 13th October 2024 by simongittus
Green Party Councillor, Cllr Stuart Allen, is proposing a motion at the Full Council meeting to ensure the Labour-led administration commits to its joint-administration agreement to stop the use of a dangerous herbicide on Southend’s streets.
23rd September 2024 / 12th October 2024 by simongittus
Residents on Leigh Hall Road (Leigh) and Ilfracombe Road (Kursaal) have breathed a sigh of relief after discovering tree removal notices on every tree last Tuesday, stating that they would be felled this coming Wednesday, giving just a week's notice.
16th September 2024 / 12th October 2024 by simongittus
The South East Essex Green Party and local residents have voiced their “incredible disappointment” in Southend City Council after the Labour Council ignored a petition signed by hundreds of residents and cut down seven mature ash trees in Vernon Road. A petition was set up by resident and local Green activist, Simon Gittus, after he […]
13th September 2024 / 12th October 2024 by simongittus
Southend resident and Green Party activist, Lauren Ekins, has called on Southend City Council to install free drinking fountains across the city.
8th May 2024 / 8th May 2024 by James Vessey-Miller
After a year of hard work, Stuart Allen will be joining Cllr Richard Longstaff at Southend City Council after being elected with the highest number of votes at this year’s local elections. Stuart was duly elected with 1725 votes for Leigh ward, which represents 58% of the vote, and was over 1000 votes ahead of […]
25th January 2024 / 27th January 2024 by James Vessey-Miller
On 23 January 2024, Cllr Richard Longstaff and the South East Essex Green Party visited Southend City Council’s “Eco Home” project in Blenheim Ward. The show home, a council-owned property in Leigh which has been retrofitted with various thermal, energy, and water technologies, will act as a test bed for the council to understand the […]
31st October 2023 by James Vessey-Miller
This week it has been announced that the Conservative City Council plan to CLOSE two of Southend’s libraries, and intends to reduce the service and hours at three of the remaining libraries. Our Green Team has launched an urgent petition calling on the council to take our libraries off their chopping block. In his Echo article, Cllr […]
