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5th July 2024 / 5th July 2024 by brumguvnor
The Green Party now has four Members of Parliament after winning every seat that we targeted. Sian Berry won Brighton Pavilion, Ellie Chowns won North Herefordshire, Carla Denyer won Bristol Central and Adrian Ramsay won Waveney Valley. Join the Green Party at the most exciting time in our history.
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Birmingham Birmingham City Council Birmingham Council elections Elections Local News
21st April 2024 / 9th June 2024 by brumguvnor
Carla Charles and Birmingham Green Party campaigning to send a message on cuts to local services Carla Charles has been selected as the Green Party’s candidate for the upcoming Bournbrook and Selly Park by-election. Carla is an arts educator and runs a local non-profit arts space. She lives locally with her husband and daughter. Carla […]
Birmingham City Council Climate Change
17th November 2022 / 18th March 2024 by brumguvnor
Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet has approved a bid to central government for over £20 million to help retrofit over 2,000 of the draughtiest council properties, and bring them up to the EPC C rating. Birmingham’s Green Party councillors are now calling on the Labour-run Council to be bolder in their plans to tackle the climate […]
Elections
28th March 2022 / 18th March 2024 by brumguvnor
Birmingham Green Party is one of the longest established local Green parties in the country. In 2018, after a lot of hard work, we elected our first councillor. Since then we haven’t looked back. Having one Green in the council chamber has made a real difference. Cllr Julien Pritchard has been there, making the arguments […]
Elections Erdington
9th February 2022 / 4th February 2023 by brumguvnor
Following the sad loss of Jack Dromey, MP for Erdington since 2010, the Green Party candidate in the forthcoming by-election on 3 March will be Siobhan Harper-Nunes. As a businesswoman and community activist, Siobhan has over 20 years’ experience of forging partnerships and supporting community organisations to secure vital funds for local projects in Birmingham. […]
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Birmingham City Council Recycling waste
5th July 2021 / 4th February 2023 by brumguvnor
Birmingham City Council should feel ashamed of its record on recycling and waste management. The local authority lies third from bottom of the recycling league table compiled by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with a pitiful 23.6% of waste recycled last year. To become a truly clean and green city, as […]
Birmingham City Council Birmingham Clean Air Zone CAZ Clean Air Zone
1st June 2021 / 4th February 2023 by brumguvnor
Today, Birmingham is the first city outside London to introduce a Clean Air Zone, which involves a charge for people driving into the city centre if they have older, more polluting cars. Birmingham Green Party says the CAZ is an exercise in tackling air pollution sooner rather than later. Councillor Julien Pritchard says: “Years of […]
Birmingham City Council Recycling Tyseley incinerator
27th May 2021 / 4th February 2023 by brumguvnor
Birmingham City Council declared a climate emergency last year, yet they are still considering locking themselves into contracts for outdated, dirty technology that will make it impossible for the city to become carbon neutral quickly enough. Birmingham Green Party is strongly opposed to any extension of the contract to keep the Tyseley incinerator going beyond […]
