7 January 2025 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
A public meeting organised by North Lancashire Green Party Tuesday 26th November 2024 The Lancaster district is experiencing a crisis of affordability of housing, driven by failures of public policy at national level, but influenced by distinctive local factors. The public meeting was promoted in our Big Green View leaflet (November-December 2024 edition), distributed to […]
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26 November 2024 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
On Monday 25th November, Green Cllr Caroline Jackson was elected as leader of Lancaster City Council. The extraordinary general meeting was called following the resignation of Labour Councillor Phil Black as leader on 13th November. Lancaster is now one of 12 councils across England with a Green leader! Cllr Jackson immediately announced that at least four members of the […]
25 November 2024 / 3 December 2024 by Ceri Turner
Children and families on the Marsh in Lancaster are celebrating the reopening of Sycamore Grove playpark which has been refurbished, thanks to fundraising by Friends of Marsh. The playpark for children aged ten years and under, replaces the previous park which had to be closed in 2021 as it was deemed unsafe. Brand new play […]
15 November 2024 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
To the surprise of Green Councillors, Labour Councillor Phil Black resigned his leadership of Lancaster City Council at the full council meeting on Wednesday 13 November 2024. He effectively ended the alliance agreement between Labour, Greens and Lib Dems who have jointly been running the Council since May 2023. Leader of the Green Group, Councillor […]
13 November 2024 / 3 December 2024 by Ceri Turner
At the “End the Genocide: Stop Arming Israel’ March on Saturday, Councillor Suhir Abuhajar expressed deep sorrow and outrage over the ongoing violence and suffering in places like Gaza and Lebanon. She condemned the destructive impact of military funding and the cycle of violence, highlighting that every weapon and pound spent on conflict is a […]
10 November 2024 / 3 December 2024 by Ceri Turner
Join us for Green Christmas Fair at the Friends Meeting House, next to Lancaster Railway Station,on Meeting House Lane, LA1 1TX on Saturday the 23rd of November. Admission is £2, or £1 for concessions, free for children. Locally-made crafts and gifts, tasty homemade food, live music all day, Father Christmas.
1 November 2024 / 3 December 2024 by Ceri Turner
Last Thursday the Lancaster Bus Users’ Group marked its 10th Anniversary in Lancaster Town Hall, hosted by its key founder Cllr Abi Mills, who is currently the Mayor of Lancaster. Cllr Mills welcomed over 30 people to the event in the council chamber to celebrate the successes of the Bus Users’ Group in the ten […]
4 October 2024 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
Andrew Otway won a Lancaster City Council by-election in Scotforth East on 3 October, that had been triggered by the resignation of a Labour councillor.
26 September 2024 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
Green Councillor Tim Hamilton-Cox has called on the Conservative candidate in the Scotforth East byelection to retract the entirely false claim that the Greens voted to support the extensive housing development associated with the ‘Bailrigg garden village’. It is a matter of public record that the Greens unanimously voted against the proposal to enter in […]
7 August 2024 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
The Greens have 22 Councillors, and Labour had 23 until recently, when Sophie Maddocks – elected last year for Labour to represent Scotforth East – resigned, reducing them to 22. A by-election will be held in due course.. Then Heysham South councillor Phil Bradley left the Labour group over the weekend to be a non-aligned […]
