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27 October 2024 / 27 October 2024 by news
Green Party councillors at Mid Suffolk have given a warm welcome to the announcement from Greater Anglia that a Community Rail Partnership (CRP) will finally be established for the Ipswich to Cambridge line which includes four stations in the district. Mid Suffolk Cabinet member, Councillor Teresa Davis said: “In a time of counting every penny, […]
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Green Party members and supporters across Suffolk were naturally disappointed that their candidate Joanne Brooks was only four votes short of overturning a 600-vote majority for a seat on Suffolk County Council. In the Hoxne and Eye by-election, which was always expected to be close, Green votes totalled 891 in an area which has been held by Conservatives for […]
21 September 2024 / 21 September 2024 by news
Mid Suffolk Green Party are pleased to announce their candidate for the forthcoming Hoxne and Eye County Council by election. Joanne is a resident of Eye with extensive experience of working with environmental organizations locally and nationally. Joanne says : “My involvement with the Green Party has deepened my understanding of local issues such as […]
13 August 2024 / 17 August 2024 by news
Dozens of residents in the Suffolk villages of Walsham le Willows and Badwell Ash have been left without transport to college and hospital and work after the bus company said it was axeing its daily service to Bury St Edmunds next month. Adrian Ramsay, the MP for Waveney Valley, has written to both the bus […]
27 July 2024 / 17 August 2024 by news
Green MP Adrian Ramsay says communities must be heard over pylons. “I am the first to argue for scaling up all types of renewable energy, but to do this at the pace required we need to take communities with us.” Read the full story on BBC News
3 June 2024 / 10 July 2024 by news
From Adrian Ramsay, Leader of the Green Party and MP candidate for Waveney Valley In Suffolk we are blessed with strong winds, lots of sun and ports to service offshore wind farms. But these assets are not being used to their full. The Green Party supports the transition of the grid to 100% renewables […]
10 May 2024 / 10 May 2024 by news
A year ago, the citizens of Mid Suffolk became the first in the country to elect a Green majority local government. Now the Green administration has produced a progress report listing its top achievements and are promising more to come. Adrian Ramsay, national Green Party co-leader and MP candidate for Waveney Valley, which includes much […]
3 May 2024 / 3 May 2024 by news
Mid Suffolk Green Party councillors have welcomed their newest colleague, Lorraine Baker, who won the Chilton, Stowmarket by-election held on Thursday 2nd May. Lorraine becomes a member of the 24-strong Green team which last year became the first in the country to gain an overall majority and run their council. She will also be able […]
28 April 2024 / 3 May 2024 by news
When the news began to circulate on Saturday afternoon that Dr Poulter had defected to the Labour Party (never an easy decision), surprise and disbelief were our initial reactions. We then watched the interview explaining his reasoning with interest, as we are fully aware that local health resources are stretched thinly, particularly NHS dentistry. With […]
7 April 2024 / 7 April 2024 by news
Mid Suffolk Green Party is delighted to announce that Chilton ward resident Lorraine Baker will be their candidate in the forthcoming by-election to be held on May 2nd. 2024 is Lorraine’s 20th year in Chilton, fundraising and volunteering for local environmental and community initiatives while her two children were educated in local schools. She is […]
An artist and grandmother, who only got into politics a few years ago, has been selected as the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. Emma Buckmaster will contest the newly-created seat at the next general election. After reading economics at university, Mrs Buckmaster trained as an analyst in London, before marrying […]
25 February 2024 / 25 February 2024 by news
Mid Suffolk Full Council met to debate budgets for the 2024/25 year Introducing the proposals, Councillor Rachel Eburne said: “This Green Administration wishes to provide quality services to residents and businesses, invest in the district for the future while exercising good financial management. In the long term, this means ensuring the finances are secure, despite […]
10 February 2024 / 12 February 2024 by news
Green Party councillors were very pleased to be invited to see the release of beavers in Suffolk, for what is believed to be the first time in the County. Dr Dan Pratt, councillor, ecologist and parliamentary candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, said: "We welcome the release as a contribution to both flood alleviation […]
20 January 2024 / 25 February 2024 by news
Members of Suffolk County Council’s Green, Lib Dem and Independent Group today expressed their disgust about the successful vote in Parliament yesterday to further the Conservative policy to deport asylum seekers in Rwanda. The bill, which will now be discussed in the House of Lords, proposes that Rwanda is a safe country to house the […]
2 January 2024 / 2 January 2024 by news
Above is a letter published in the Ipswich Star and Essex EADT on 21 December 2023, from our Green Party councillor Jen Overett, who was writing in response to Ipswich's Conservative MP Tom Hunt's opinion piece about wishing to have a bypass to the north of Ipswich.
1 January 2024 by news
As Green Party Leaders of two of Suffolk’s district councils, we are writing to thank residents for the opportunity given to us in last May’s elections to lead Mid Suffolk and East Suffolk District Councils for a four-year term. Later in the new year, a third Suffolk council will also have a Green leader as […]
17 December 2023 / 17 December 2023 by news
Following the presentation of the Annual Property Report 2023, the Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent group at Suffolk County Council has questioned the commitment of the council to its County Farms policy. Suffolk County Council owns 4,960 hectares across the county which it lets to 127 farming and rural businesses. The income from the estate […]
23 October 2023 / 23 October 2023 by news
As part of their preparations for the General Election, two of Suffolk Green Party’s parliamentary candidates have traversed their constituencies by bike. Starting at 10.15am from the Cornhill in Bury St Edmunds, Emma Buckmaster, the parliamentary candidate for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, followed the national cycle route 51 via Thurston, Drinkstone, Woolpit, Shelland, Harleston […]
21 October 2023 / 28 October 2023 by news
Green Party co-leader and MP candidate for the new Waveney Valley Constituency, Adrian Ramsay, spent this afternoon talking to people affected by the flooding in Eye, Suffolk. “The scenes and stories of flooding I’ve been seeing and hearing from Suffolk and Norfolk residents have been deeply shocking”, he said. “And I feel desperately sorry for […]
13 September 2023 / 23 October 2023 by news
Work has finally begin at the Crown Street roundabout in Stowmarket to remove the uneven and dangerous paving, provide new footpaths and pedestrian islands and make the area usable again for Stowmarket residents. Green Party Councillor for Stowmarket North, Keith Welham, campaigned for his county council seat on a promise that he would deliver the […]
22 August 2023 / 22 August 2023 by news
Green Party councillors are receiving more and more complaints about grass growing tall and not being cut. To reassure the public and set the story straight, they have published a very short guide to the basics, accompanied by a fuller explanation of meadow management and how it works. Roadside verges should be mown by the […]
9 April 2023 by news
Green Party councillors for Mid Suffolk remain very concerned that mistakes may remain in the published nominations for parish, town and possibly district elections on May 4th. This follows corrections to the District nominations published on April 5th . (EADT 6/4/23) Consultation with parish clerks and local councillors and investigation of the detail suggested that […]
9 April 2023 / 9 April 2023 by news
People and plans to improve the Mid Suffolk District Mid Suffolk Green Party members are delighted to see their 29 District candidates are more than any other party, and several are certain to be elected where 2 Greens face only 1 opponent in a two-member ward. In addition all four Stowmarket Town Council candidates have […]
14 March 2023 / 14 March 2023 by news
Samples from River Waveney at Diss show toxic bacteria above levels for safe swimming. The Green Party has called for a halt to all further dividends to water company shareholders until the privatised monopolies end dumping sewage into the UK’s waterways and coasts. The call comes as tests show levels of E Coli contamination in […]
