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Greens in the News
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”. […]
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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, […]
Press Release
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 […]
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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.
News & Opinion
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, […]