‘Councillors’ Archive

Greens target victory in Highgate ward by-election

If can help in the campaign contact Alexis at alexis.rowell@greenparty.org.uk The Green Party has chosen former Liberal Democrat councillor and Camden Eco Champion, Alexis Rowell, as their candidate for the Highgate by-election on Thursday 15th September. The Green Party’s Maya de Souza topped the poll in Highgate ward in last year’s council elections and the [...]

Stop the tripling of Barnet allotment rents!

Barnet Council is proposing that rents should be increased from the current rate of £6 per pole to £17 per pole for Barnet residents, £34 per pole for non-residents, with effect from April 2012. Here’s the URL for the petition against the increases. Please sign it: www.gopetition.com/petition/42281.html Barnet councillor Daniel Thomas says allotments are just [...]

Barnet’s ‘Future Shape’ must be sustainable

Expert auditors Grant Thornton have exposed Barnet Council’s Future Shape document as an empty shell, so the borough’s Conservative leaders have given themselves until December to come up with ideas to turn the strategy, better known as ‘EasyCouncil’, into a serious policy rather than a collection of political soundbites. Here’s Barnet GreenParty’s proposal: Abandon the [...]

Barnet Greens say “scrap Future Shape”

Barnet Green Party calls on Barnet Council’s Conservative administration to cancel its notorious Future Shape strategy after auditors Grant Thornton criticised the policy as lacking direction. The damning report to the council’s audit committee by a team of expert professionals highlights that council leader Lynne Hillan and her cronies don’t have the faintest idea how [...]

Greens take extra council seat in Norwich

The Green Party has won an extra seat on Norwich City Council, maintaining the progress it has made at every local election since 2002. Norwich now has 14 Green councillors, the party’s highest number ever on any UK council. Yesterday’s election gain came in Thorpe Hamlet ward, at the expense of the Lib-Dems. The Greens [...]

Barnet Greens earn 20,000 votes but still denied seats

Barnet Green Party would like to thank everyone in the borough who voted Green in the national and local elections last week and we would particularly like to thank the dozens of people who helped out, some of whom contacted us out of the blue. The number of Green votes in the Barnet borough elections [...]

Meet and greet Green candidates next Saturday

Next Saturday is your final chance to put your questions to local Green Party candidates in a ‘Meet and Greet’ session in East Finchley. Some of Barnet Green Party’s candidates for parliament and for the Barnet Council election will be at our stall outside Budgens on East Finchley High Road from around 10 am to [...]

Election Campaign Launch

Today Barnet Green Party successfully launched its 2010 Council Election at Tally Ho Corner in North Finchley. Candidates from across the borough were  joined by Green Party MEP, Jean Lambert. For more information visit our Council Elections Page. Press coverage: MEP Jean Lambert backs Barnet Green Party’s campaign launch at Tally Ho today

Barnet Greens focus on jobs in national and local elections

Barnet Green Party is prioritising job creation in its pledges for both the national and local elections. Here are our pledges for the Barnet Council election on May. Jobs: We will press Barnet Council to do more to help prepare local 16-24 year old people for the world of work and to help them find [...]

Barnet election launch at Tally Ho on Saturday

Barnet Green Party will launch its 2010 Barnet Council election campaign at 11.00 am on Saturday 10th April at the pollution monitor at Tally Ho Corner in North Finchley. Green Party candidates from across the borough will be joined by Green Party MEP, Jean Lambert. Why not come along and meet us? For further details [...]