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13 February 2023 / 13 February 2023 by news
Hosts and visitors alike enjoyed a two-day visit to Suffolk on 9th and 10th February, by Caroline Lucas MP and Green Party Co-leader Adrian Ramsay. Starting with a packed meeting at the John Peel Centre on the Thursday evening, Adrian and Caroline tackled the urgent climate, biodiversity and cost of living issues of the day […]
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14 December 2022 / 2 January 2023 by news
The Boundary Commission has proposed the new constituency which will bring together Diss and Harleston in Norfolk with Eye, Bungay and Halesworth in Suffolk. The constituency will be one of the top priority seats for the Green Party nationally. The party is already the main challenger to the Conservatives in the constituency in terms of […]
8 December 2022 / 8 December 2022 by news
Mid Suffolk’s Green and Liberal Democrat councillors have welcomed unanimous support for their motion calling for more information and a strong focus on how planning approvals affect sewage discharges into the district’s rivers. Group leader Andy Mellen said, “The public will be reassured to know that councillors and planning staff recognise and share the widespread […]
19 October 2022 / 19 October 2022 by news
Baroness Natalie Bennett, Green Party member of the House of Lords, has been in Suffolk in support of the Mid Suffolk Green Party campaign for next year's local elections. During the day she met members and councillors with a particular interest in agriculture and wildlife. The key focus for discussion was the future of the […]
16 October 2022 / 16 October 2022 by news
The proposal of Suffolk's councils for investment zones will undermine existing local businesses, and bulldoze local decision making and environmental protection, says the Green-led opposition at Suffolk County council. Andrew Stringer, leader of the county's Green, Lib Dem and Independent group said: "These zones will create tax free spots dotted around the county which will put […]
28 September 2022 / 13 October 2022 by news
Mid Suffolk Green councillors call on local Tories to join them in disowning Government’s attack on nature. Mid Suffolk Green Party councillors have today written to all local Conservative councillors, calling on them to disown the Government’s ‘attack on nature’. In an open letter, the Greens have described plans to downgrade environmental protections as a […]
17 September 2022 / 17 September 2022 by news
Some Taxis have cancelled their contracts to take pupils to school. Green Party councillor responds Green Party Cllr Caroline Topping Suffolk GLI Spokesperson for Education and Child Protection, said: "It is crucial that this Council acts with the greatest level of urgency. The first few weeks in the new school year are highly important in […]
28 August 2022 / 17 September 2022 by news
TV’s ‘Mock The Week’ regular ANGELA BARNES headlines ‘Turning The Air Green’, a night of high class stand up comedy and satire at the Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds on Sunday 18th June 2023. Barnes will perform her brand new show ‘Hot Mess’ direct from a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe, in a special […]
24 July 2022 / 24 July 2022 by news
Senior members of the Green Party call for much more action on single-use plastics during a recent visit to Stowmarket. Green Party peer, Baroness Jenny Jones called for more urgent Government action to reduce and eliminate single-use plastics, still widely used for packaging and other purposes. Together with Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay she visited […]
22 July 2022 / 22 July 2022 by news
Please see quotes from the Suffolk Green, Lib Dem & Independent (GLI) Group regarding the recent approval of the Sizewell C development: Cllr Andrew Stringer GLI Leader “We believe this is the wrong decision for Suffolk. It locks in ever more expensive ways to generate electricity that we believe will be economically unviable before it […]
15 June 2022 / 22 July 2022 by news
On 2nd December, Suffolk County Council passed opposition Green, Lib Dem, Independent (GLI) group motion recognising changes to the Highway Code, giving clarity that 20mph limits should not be exceeded. The motion was passed unanimously and included the following stipulation: “This Council will write to the PCC and ask for confirmation that the Suffolk Constabulary […]
28 May 2022 / 22 July 2022 by news
Increased commitment to Suffolk rivers as Green, LibDem & Independent Group motion passes All Suffolk rivers have been reported to have failed government standards. Suffolk GLI believes that our rivers in Suffolk should promote safe human activity, biodiversity, and important wildlife. Instead, Suffolk rivers are polluted with dangerous amounts of chemicals, destroying ecosystems with a rise in sewage discharge, storm overflow, as well as agricultural runoff.
28 April 2022 / 11 May 2022 by news
As concern and opposition grow to National Grid proposals for huge new electricity pylons and cables from Norwich to Tilbury, the Green Party has proposed a radically different approach for getting power from wind turbines to the main areas of consumer demand. Some opponents to more and bigger pylons stretching across East Anglia have already […]
25 February 2022 / 22 July 2022 by news
Scheme is ‘green’ in more ways than one Green & Liberal Democrat proposal for Mid Suffolk to buy two electric buses to provide scheduled services to rural villages lacking provision has been included in the Mid Suffolk DC Budget for 2022/23 While the buses are being sourced, practical details will be worked out, probably with […]
18 February 2022 / 22 July 2022 by news
On 17th February the Green Party won the Thurston Ward District by-election by a massive margin. Our candidate, Austin Davies, won the by-election with 845 votes, more than double the Conservatives’ 399 votes, with Labour and the LibDems trailing far behind. The by-election was triggered by our previous councillor, Wendy Turner, moving away from the […]
11 January 2022 / 11 May 2022 by news
Government go-ahead as PM expresses “concern for biodiversity” at global conference The UK Government have authorised neonicotinoid to treat sugar beet seed. Mid-Suffolk Green Party Councillor Andy Mellen responded, “I am disappointed by the DEFRA decision to allow neonicotinoid seed treatment on sugar beet - though I welcome the strict limits imposed on its use. […]
19 November 2021 / 11 May 2022 by news
Green Party selects co-leader Adrian Ramsay as MP candidate in North Suffolk Replacing the Blue Wall with a Green Hedge. Party to target North Suffolk after recent election results make Greens the main challenger to Conservatives Announcement comes as party support continues to rise Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay has been selected to be the […]
18 November 2021 / 11 May 2022 by news
The full Council meeting of Mid Suffolk District Council due for Thursday 25th November has been cancelled; the Green and Liberal Democrat Group strongly disagrees with this decision, which erodes democracy and accountability, with fewer council meetings held per year. Councillor Andy Mellen, group leader, said “full Council meetings are very important for councillors across the […]
2 November 2021 / 11 May 2022 by news
Green councillors condemn short-sighted schooling decision and poor education planning Mid Suffolk’s conservative cabinet fund extra classrooms squeezed onto Elmswell school site despite opposition from local people and their elected representatives. Sarah Mansel, Green Party councillor for Elmswell and Woolpit, said: “I have never supported the proposal to expand the Primary School on its current […]
15 October 2021 / 11 May 2022 by news
The Green, Liberal Democrat, and Independent Group express extreme concern over today’s announcement by Suffolk County Council administration regarding their change in position on Sizewell C. The Group believe there has been a significant political underestimation of this project, and that the people of Suffolk are being sold short by the Administration’s inability to face […]
8 September 2021 / 11 May 2022 by news
Opposition group calls on Suffolk County Council's Conservative administration to commit £20m to spend on cycle network upgrades it pledged in election manifesto https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/ipswich/news/group-calls-on-councils-administration-to-commit-to-20m-it-9215220/ Calls have been made for Suffolk County Council's Conservative administration to commit to spending £20million of identified cycle network upgrades pledged in its manifesto and outline a timetable for work. The […]
16 August 2021 / 29 May 2022 by news
Green and Lib Dem councillors voted against Mid Suffolk’s policy on taxis at the Licensing and Regulatory Committee, because the policy fails to support operators to transition to low and zero carbon taxi services. Councillor Daniel Pratt, Licensing Committee member, said “Our council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and has agreed we must do […]
13 August 2021 / 11 May 2022 by news
A decision on the roads, infrastructure and outline of a major commercial development on the edge of Stowmarket is listed as the first of 8 agenda items for decision by Mid Suffolk’s planning committee A on Wednesday 18th August. The opposition Green and Liberal Democrat group has called for the decision to be taken […]
11 August 2021 / 11 May 2022 by news
Green Party councillors have welcomed the Council’s success in buying a parcel of riverside land which had changed hands twice this year as speculators considered development. Ward representative Councillor John Matthissen persuaded officers and cabinet member for environment, Councillor Jessica Fleming, that the land formed a key part of the biodiversity corridor along the River […]
