24 August 2025 / 24 August 2025 by Ceri Turner
Greens from Lancashire and Cumbria showing up on Saturday the 16th August to support the new South Lakes Islamic Centre in construction at Dalton-in-Furness, spearheaded by a group of Muslim Doctors at Barrow’s Furness General Hospital. The nearest mosque currently is over 40 miles away from the site. There have been Islamaphobic protests, accusing Muslims […]
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Recently a lady who lives in Hala contacted the local Green Party. She walks her dog along the path from Bentham Road and through the cut-through into Barnacre Close and had noticed the paths were getting overgrown with weeds. Could we please ask the Council to tidy it up? Knowing the Public Realm Department was […]
Councillor Abi Mills is incredibly proud to have raised the funds for a new double zip wire in Greaves Park. The zip wires were open for the local children (and adults!) to play on at a launch event last Friday, and haven’t stopped zipping since! You can see a video of Abi (on the right, […]
21 August 2025 / 24 August 2025 by Ceri Turner
North Lancashire Green Party (NLGP) stands with the Lancaster University branches of the University and College Union (UCU), Unison and Unite The Union, in calling for the threat of compulsory redundancies to be withdrawn. We share the unions’ concern that the proposal to cut around one in four academic and professional services posts at the […]
3 August 2025 / 3 August 2025 by Ceri Turner
North Lancashire’s Green Group is delighted to report that Lancaster City Council has been recognised as the best performing district council in the country for climate action, for the second year running. Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero. The Scorecard assessment consists of 93 questions across […]
27 July 2025 / 27 July 2025 by Ceri Turner
Green County Councillor Gina Dowding asked the leader of the Council at the Cabinet meeting on 10 July whether he agreed with the science on climate change. While he said he agreed with the science, he didn’t agree with subsidising renewable energy or energy efficiency measures with taxpayers’ money. At Full Council the following week, […]
27 July 2025 / 28 July 2025 by Ceri Turner
At the County Council meeting on 17 July, Green County Cllr Gina Dowding proposed that the Council requests the Government to introduce legislation to enable future local elections to be held under a fairer voting system. Gina’s motion outlined the distorted and undemocratic representation that results from First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) at a local level, and the […]
24 July 2025 / 28 July 2025 by Ceri Turner
All 4 Green MP’s voted against the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. North Lancashire Green Party agree with ‘Defend Our Juries’ when they say: “Once the meaning of ‘terrorism’ is separated from campaigns of violence against a civilian population, and extended to include those causing economic damage or embarrassment to the rich, […]
24 July 2025 by Ceri Turner
Bulk Ward councillor Sam Riches, has represented Lancaster City Council for the past two years on the Joint Committee of PATROL [Parking and Traffic Regulation Outside London]. This committee brings together virtually all the local authorities in England and Wales. It provides a forum for overseeing the work of the independent Traffic Penalty Tribunal. Drivers […]
28 June 2025 / 28 June 2025 by Ceri Turner
Sam Riches joined the Cabinet of Lancaster City Council just a few weeks ago and one of her first duties was to play a small part in recognising the fantastic work that the Green-led administration has been undertaking in tackling the Climate Emergency. Along with other councillors, she attended the prestigious MJ Achievement Awards ceremony […]