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 […]
Only Green councillors vote to support Real Living Wage for all workers
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, […]
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Socialist Telly – Wirral Green cllrs Jo Bird, Harry Gorman and Jason Walsh on Green politics and why they outperformed Labour last week
From the archive – memories of the first Green council win!
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! […]
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Recent roundup – post election success
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 […]
A remarkable Green surge on the Wirral
“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 […]
‘Wirral area could create political earthquake in crunch vote’
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 […]
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Wirral Greens in the news
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 […]
Former Labour Councillor Jo Bird Joins 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 […]
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Wirral Council budget – Green Party response
The 9th March Wirral Globe interview with the Labour leader of Wirral Council painted a wildly inaccurate picture of the recent budget process. Whilst all parties engaged constructively in discussions around budget savings, only two parties colluded together to manipulate the process for their own ends. These were the Labour and Conservatives who’s behind the […]
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