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3 February 2025 / 3 February 2025 by Ceri Turner
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31 January 2025 / 31 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
At the full meeting of Lancaster City Council on 22 January Greens won the debate over the motion they submitted on local government re-organisation – despite an attempt by Labour to wreck it. This is the motion that was passed, 30 votes for, 24 against, no abstentions. Lancaster City Council notes: Council resolves: (1) To […]
23 January 2025 / 31 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
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10 January 2025 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner
Last year, the Government accepted Lancashire’s plans for devolution which will involve creating a Lancashire Combined Authority, comprising (and run jointly by) Lancashire County Council and the two unitary councils of Blackburn and Blackpool. The 12 district councils within Lancashire (e.g. Lancaster, Wyre, Preston etc) will be allowed representation – but no vote – on […]
Local News Public Meeting
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 […]
Lancaster City Council Local News
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.