Greens in the News Press Release
3rd October 2022 / 3rd October 2022 by Wirral Green Party
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, […]
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Greens in the News
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]