Greens Launch Bus Petition 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. Read more » Buses planning Transport
Greens Challenge Council on Cycling Infrastructure 24th March 2022 / 24th March 2022 by James Vessey-Miller This evening, our branch coordinator James Vessey-Miller attended the meeting of Southend City Council. Asking the council two written questions, James challenged the council over its dire track record on supporting cycling in Southend-on-Sea. He said; The results of a survey conducted by the Green Party in Southend in 2021 found that only 10% of […] Read more » Cycling planning Transport
Greens Challenge Council on EV Infrastructure 24th March 2022 / 28th March 2022 by James Vessey-Miller This evening, our branch coordinator James Vessey-Miller attended the meeting of Southend City Council. Asking the council two written questions, James challenged the council over the impending crisis that will be publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Southend-on-Sea. Currently, Southend has only 9.8 publicly-accessible charging points per 100,000 people. A paltry figure when […] Read more » Electric Vehicles planning Transport
Greens Join Ukraine Protest 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. Read more »
Jo Bates chosen as Green Party candidate for Southchurch by-election. 4th February 2022 by James Vessey-Miller Read more »
Green Party statement on the death of Sir David Amess MP 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. […] Read more »
Greens launch petition against loss of Green Belt land 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. Read more » Green belt Housing Infrastructure Rochford Outer Bypass
Greens Publish Results of Cycling Survey 20th April 2021 / 20th April 2021 by James Vessey-Miller Read more » Cycling planning Roads Survey Transport
Greens call for amendment to Environment Bill 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. Read more » Caroline Lucas Climate Change environment Parks
The High Cost of Parking in Southend 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. Read more » Air Pollution Cycling Parking planning Transport
