Green Party’s Richard Longstaff elected in Leigh 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 […] Read more » Leigh Richard Longstaff
Natalie Bennett visits Leigh for Action Day 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 […] Read more » Natalie Bennett Nate Higgins Richard Longstaff
Council Continues Devastating Tree-Felling in Southend 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 […] Read more » planning Trees
Greens Support NHS Strikes 20th December 2022 / 20th December 2022 by James Vessey-Miller Today the South East Essex Green Party joined other local campaigners on the Green outside Southend Hospital today to show solidarity with striking health workers. This unprecedented NHS industrial action is happening as a last resort and as a direct consequence of our essential workers being overworked and underpaid by successive governments. It is unsafe and unfair […] Read more » hospital NHS Protest
Greens Expose Council Using Glyphosate on Seafront 24th November 2022 / 24th November 2022 by James Vessey-Miller SHOCKING new video shows Southend Council spraying carcinogenic herbicides on Seafront. The Green Party is today releasing this footage taken on 23.11.22, which shows a council worker blanket-spraying the carcinogenic herbicide Glyphosate across the promenade. This area of the seafront by the attractions is very popular with families and dog walkers, and frequently sees young […] Read more » Glyphosates Herbicides Parks Seafront
Greens Get Heritage Pub Listed 7th October 2022 / 19th November 2022 by James Vessey-Miller In July this year, the South East Essex Green Party launched a petition and community campaign to save the Railway Hotel Southend from inappropriate development. Leading members of the local Green Party submitted the paperwork officially nominating The Railway Hotel to be considered an Asset of Community Value by Southend City Council, and additionally launched […] Read more » planning
Council should “get on with the job” on EV charging; say Greens. 11th July 2022 / 11th July 2022 by James Vessey-Miller Read more » Electric Vehicles planning
Greens attend new Climate Hub Opening 6th June 2022 / 6th June 2022 by James Vessey-Miller The Green Party's Fiona Clapperton, Tilly Hogrebe, and James Vessey-Miller attended the opening of Southend’s first Climate Hub today. Read more » Climate Change energy food workshops
Greens Respond to Lib Dem lies. 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 […] Read more »
