Green Councillor Caroline Jackson Elected to lead Lancaster City Council 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 […] Read more » Cabinet Caroline Jackson Gina Dowding Lancaster City Council Leadership
Greens respond to Council Leader’s sudden resignation 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 […] Read more » Caroline Jackson Gina Dowding Lancaster City Council Leadership
Greens confirmed as biggest group on Lancaster City Council after By-election win in Scotforth East 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. Read more » Andrew Otway Caroline Jackson Election win Lancaster City Council
unity rally on lancaster town hall Steps: standing against racism and fascism, defending immigrants and our diverse community 4 August 2024 / 3 December 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 […] Read more » Anti-Fascism Anti-Racism Caroline Jackson Fascism Immigration Islamaphobia Rally Refugees