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
General Election Results 5 July 2024 / 10 January 2025 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 […] Read more » General Election Gina Dowding Jack Lenox Lancaster & Wyre Morecambe & Lunesdale
Green Peer Natalie Bennett: A General Election Campaign Evening and a Day in Lancaster and Morecambe 20 June 2024 / 10 January 2025 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 […] Read more » Election Campaign Football General Election Gina Dowding Green Peer House of Lords Hustings Jack Lenox Maria Deery Natalie Bennett Palestine Solidarity Tom Fish
Motion by Cllr Gina Dowding passes: Lancashire County Council commits to demands for investment in ME / CFS research and training 29 May 2024 / 10 January 2025 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, […] Read more » Gina Dowding Health and Adult Services Scrutiny Committee Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board Lancashire County Council Long Covid ME/CFS Research funding
A General Election has been called: For real change, vote Green on 4th July! 24 May 2024 / 10 January 2025 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. Read more » Climate Conservative Government Eden Project Election Campaign General Election Gina Dowding Green MPs Inequalities Jack Lenox Jobs Nature Renewable Energy Transport