Local News
15 November 2024 / 15 November 2024 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 […]
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10 November 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 / 1 November 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 / 4 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
26 September 2024 / 26 September 2024 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 / 3 October 2024 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 […]
4 August 2024 / 3 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
On Sunday 4th August, an anti-immigration march and demonstration had been called to meet up at 10am on Lancaster Town Hall steps, and publicised online by the Fascist “Tommy Robinson” (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), as part of the wave of protests across England that erupted in response to online misinformation about the perpetrator of a […]
10 July 2024 / 3 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
Councillor Abi Mills, the Mayor of Lancaster, has announced that she is to reduce her public schedule after being diagnosed with breast cancer. While she still plans to fulfil as many mayoral engagements as possible, treatment for the disease will inevitably mean a reduction in those she is able to attend. The deputy mayor, Councillor […]
Election Results Local News
5 July 2024 / 6 August 2024 by Ceri Turner
A HUGE thankyou to everyone who voted Green. Here in North Lancashire our results were: Lancaster & Wyre:5236 votes – 12.2%Morecambe & Lunesdale: 2089 votes – 4.3% This was not the results we had hoped for. As always our vote was squeezed by tactical voting under the unfair first-past-the-post voting system. Even so, we tripled […]
Election Results
5 July 2024 / 3 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
We are delighted to welcome Maria Deery to the team of Greens on Lancaster City Council, taking our number of Councillors to 22. The composition of the Council is now Labour 23, Green 22, 7 Lib Dem, 5 Conservative, 3 Morecambe Bay Independents and 1 non-aligned Independent. The turnout for the election was very low […]
20 June 2024 / 3 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
This week, we had an exciting and busy visit to support our General Election campaign from Natalie Bennett, one of two Green Party members of the House of Lords. She was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012-2016, when she led the party to its best-ever election result. She spent […]
29 May 2024 / 3 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
Councillor Gina Dowding presented a motion to Lancashire County Council at its meeting on 23rd May, to encourage greater understanding, more investment in research, better training and better treatment of those affected by the chronic illness ME / CFS. The motion passed with unanimous support. ME/CFS (Myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) is a debilitating, […]
24 May 2024 / 3 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
12 May 2024 / 3 October 2024 by Ceri Turner
Congratulations to Councillors Abi Mills and Hamish Mills, on becoming Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Lancaster City Council, and becoming part of a 700 hundred year old tradition – dating back to 1338! Abi said “Becoming mayor is an immense privilege, and I am especially delighted to have the support of my son Hamish as […]