Local News
26 November 2024 / 3 December 2024 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 […]
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15 November 2024 / 3 December 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 […]
Election Results Local News
5 July 2024 / 3 December 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 […]
20 June 2024 / 3 December 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 December 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 December 2024 by Ceri Turner
Our candidates, Jack Lenox for Lancaster and Wyre and Gina Dowding for Morecambe and Lunesdale, react to the calling of the General Election.