Greens in the News
25th January 2023 / 25th January 2023 by Wirral Green Party
Cllr Jo Bird, who represents Bromborough, said she first heard about pensioners facing rent increases in October and now 12 people had been in touch She said people want repairs done on time, affordable rent increases, and better insulation installed in homes. Cllr Bird added: “Many vulnerable and elderly tenants of Port Sunlight Village Trust […]
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Press Release
Green Party councillor for Bebington Cllr Jason Walsh is calling for a rethink on Wirral Council’s recommendations on the future of Brackenwood Golf Course. Brackenwood Golf Course closed last year after 87 years when Labour and the Conservatives voted for a package of cuts including the closure of the course. All parties however were supportive […]
22nd January 2023 / 22nd January 2023 by Wirral Green Party
Council numbers show Green councillors report far more issues on behalf of residents than any other party Data from Wirral Council showing which councillors report the most issues on behalf of residents paint a familiar story. Once again Green Party councillors easily beat the other parties. Key highlights of the data from the web platform […]
News & Opinion
21st January 2023 / 21st January 2023 by Wirral Green Party
4th January 2023 / 10th January 2023 by Wirral Green Party
A controversial new storage facility that could process more than 240,000 tonnes of incinerated rubbish every year could be coming to the banks of the Mersey. An application has been submitted to Wirral Council by Covanta Energy Ltd to construct the new building on a Biffa site next to the Port Sunlight river park in […]
3rd January 2023 / 3rd May 2023 by Wirral Green Party
Watch local Deputy Leader Cllr Jason Walsh deliver a fantastic Green vision at a recent Full Council meeting held at Wallasey Town Hall. Click here to watch the full meeting.
Uncategorised
20th December 2022 / 12th March 2023 by Wirral Green Party
Ed Lamb, road safety campaigner and Green Party candidate for Bebington, Wirral was invited to speak to Claire Hamilton on BBC Radio Merseyside in December.
14th October 2022 / 14th October 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Nine libraries are to close as part of savings being made by a council. Libraries, in Hoylake, Irby, Pensby, Prenton, Wallasey Village, Woodchurch, Higher Bebington, Bromborough and New Ferry, will be shut by the local authority on 30 October as part of £20m cuts, Wirral Council said. Bromborough Campaigner Ruth Molyneux said people “feel betrayed”. […]
3rd October 2022 / 3rd October 2022 by Wirral Green Party
In the last two years, dozens of Councillors have defected to the Green Party of England and Wales. Between April 2020 and August 2022 16 Labour Councillors crossed over from red to Green, with three Liberal Democrats and one Tory also making the same move. At the Green Party’s autumn conference, taking place in Harrogate […]
Greens in the News Press Release
Wirral Green Party is encouraging Wirral Council to tackle growing levels of fuel poverty and the cost of living crisis by supporting a retrofit revolution. Greens welcome the national and local financial support to help residents with energy bills. But rising energy costs are not a one off. To protect against future energy price increases, […]
22nd September 2022 / 22nd September 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Wirral Green party has thrown its support behind an exciting proposal for the future of the Hoylake Carrs. The proposal, originally developed by community group Hoylake Village Life, foresees the development of a wetland and wildfowl centre on the Carrs (also known as the Langfields).The Carrs often flood, with the result that the land has limited […]
11th August 2022 / 12th August 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Listen to the original broadcast at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0clcztt Helen Jones: And also listening to that is Councillor Jo Bird who is part of the Wirral Council. She represents the Bromborough ward, which includes areas under the disposal zone. I’m delighted to say Cllr Bird is with us this afternoon. Welcome to the afternoon show first of […]
4th July 2022 / 4th July 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Thanks to Bright Green for posting this article detailing our new councillor Jo Bird’s thoughts since joining the Green Party. I joined the Green Party in March, three months ago. I feel happy about that every day. We share our commitment to social and environmental justice. What have I learned from my experience on the […]
28th June 2022 / 28th June 2022 by Wirral Green Party
You can watch the full meeting via the council portal here.
19th June 2022 / 19th June 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Given how hard Wirral Green Party works to make sure our election expenses are all above board, we find this article quite staggering! The Conservative Party is facing questions over more than £3.6m it spent in the run-up to the 2019 general election without explaining what it paid for. Researchers from the International Institute for […]
9th June 2022 / 9th June 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Labour, Tory and LibDem councillors have voted not even to consider the issue of paying the Real Living Wage to all workers delivering Wirral Council services. Twenty-three local authorities in England pay the ‘RLW’ to contractors and staff working for outsourced providers too. But in Wirral borough on Merseyside, two years after all parties agreed to pay the Real […]
The Real Living Wage of £9.90 an hour is not paid to all our workers delivering council services. Our communities are suffering from in-work poverty and a cost of living crisis. At Policy & Resources Committee on 8 June, Cllr Jo Bird proposed that a further report be submitted to the Policy & Resources committee, […]
11th May 2022 / 11th May 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Back in 2014 Wirral Green Party celebrated it’s first victory when Pat Cleary won his seat in Birkenhead and Tranmere. 8 years later and we now have 9 Green councillors. What next? Thanks to the member who sent this through to us. Great memories!
7th May – The Post A remarkable Green surge on the Wirral https://www.livpost.co.uk/p/still-growing-a-remarkable-green?r=1en71p&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email 6th May – Wirral TUC Statement on local election results https://www.facebook.com/WirralTuc/posts/366906498799428 6th May – Green World Local council elections 2022: Green gains across the country https://greenworld.org.uk/article/local-council-elections-2022-green-gains-across-country 6th May – The Globe Local elections 2022: Wirral’s Greens celebrate a successful night with a number of gains […]
9th May 2022 / 9th May 2022 by Wirral Green Party
“People see us all year round,” says Judith Grier, the newly elected Green councillor for Bebington who romped home with 53% of the vote on Thursday. Litter and road safety are the issues that put her in office, she says. These sound like the perennials of local politics, but they form a bigger picture too […]
Greens in the News Uncategorised
20th April 2022 / 20th April 2022 by Wirral Green Party
One part of Wirral could tell the tale of a massive shake-up in the council. On May 5, voters go to the polls to elect a third of Wirral’s councillors. Labour is the largest party and has leadership of the council, but does not have a majority. In May, the Greens are hoping to tear […]
With the local elections rapidly approaching, Wirral Greens are busy campaigning. We thought you might be interested to see some of the recent news coverage that we’ve generated. Wirral Globe: Candidates confirmed for Wirral Council by-elections: https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/20055024.candidates-confirmed-wirral-council-by-elections—everyone-can-vote/ Wirral Green councillor Emily Gleaves on BBC Politics North West: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00164hy/politics-north-west-03042022 Wirral Green Party co-chair Jane Turner featured […]
22nd March 2022 / 20th April 2022 by Wirral Green Party
Popular Wirral councillor Jo Bird has joined the Green Party and will now be the Green councillor for Bromborough, Port Sunlight and New Ferry. At the local council elections last May Jo was elected with a huge 61% of the vote. She says, “I stood to promote justice and equality, protect lives and livelihoods, enhance […]