Birmingham Birmingham City Council
26th April 2023 / 9th June 2024 by Birmingham Green Party
Birmingham Green Party proposed its alternative budget and medium-term financial plan, at the Council budget meeting on Tuesday 28th February. It showed how Birmingham City Council can be braver and bolder in protecting services, responding to the climate emergency, addressing residents’ local concerns and supporting residents through the cost-of-living crisis. The Green Party Group proposals […]
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Birmingham City Council
26th April 2023 / 18th March 2024 by Birmingham Green Party
At the last Meeting of the City Council, the Birmingham Green Party group of councillors successfully got an amendment to the Lib Dems motion on Road Safety passed by Labour controlled Birmingham City Council. The Green Party motion called for the City Council to adopt a target of 2034 for their vision zero approach to […]
Birmingham City Council Climate Change
3rd February 2023 / 18th March 2024 by Birmingham Green Party
Three and a half years on from Birmingham City Council’s Climate Emergency declaration, City Councillors are set to debate the latest climate change progress report at Tuesday’s meeting of the City Council. The Green Party Group have criticised the Labour-run Council’s lack of urgency and piecemeal response to the climate emergency, and demanded a step […]
20th January 2023 / 18th March 2024 by Birmingham Green Party
Birmingham has not received any funding from the latest round of the Government’s Levelling up Funding. This included rejecting a £20 million bid for funds for Druids Heath. In response to the news, Julien Pritchard, the Birmingham Green Party Group Leader and Councillor for Druids Heath & Monyhull, said: “How can the Conservative government claim […]
17th December 2022 / 18th March 2024 by Birmingham Green Party
Birmingham Green Party Says Local Plan Must Be Bolder to Benefit Residents Birmingham Green Party councillors have called for changes to the council’s Local Plan to ensure residents benefit from warmer homes, lower bills and improved access to green space and local amenities. The Birmingham Development Plan or Birmingham Plan is the local planning policy […]
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 […]
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 […]
