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 […]
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10th April 2022 by James Vessey-Miller
Southend Council has consistently failed bus users across the city. For decades we’ve seen fares getting more expensive, vital routes being slashed, and services becoming more infrequent.
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.
4th February 2022 by James Vessey-Miller
15th October 2021 / 17th October 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
The Green Party has expressed its deepest sympathies to the family of Sir David Amess following the news of his death. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “It is truly awful to hear of the death of Sir David Amess today. My deepest sympathies are with his family and loved ones at this difficult time. […]
10th May 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
The South East Essex Green Party have today launched a petition to stop the destruction of 1460 acres (2.28 sq miles) of Green Belt land to the north of Bournes Green and North Shoebury.
20th April 2021 / 20th April 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
9th April 2021 / 9th April 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
The Green Party called for a ‘State of Nature’ clause to require the government to set a legally binding target of 2030 to halt and reverse the decline of nature.
16th March 2021 / 17th March 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
Over the past few months, the council and residents have been embroiled in an unproductive debate over car parking in Southend town centre, the associated parking charges, and what impact this will have on the town's businesses as we recover from the COVID pandemic. As the town's large seafront businesses lobby the council for increasingly lowered car parking rates and the under-pressure council eyes up more locations for new and larger car parks, new insight from the Green Party suggests the obvious solutions no-one is talking about.
12th March 2021 / 12th March 2021 by James Vessey-Miller