There should be a dispersal order on dirty profits to pay for measures to decrease anti-social behaviour 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 […] Read more »
Cllr Jo Bird – ‘Five things I’ve learnt since joining the Green Party’ 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 […] Read more »
llrs Cleary and Bird make urgent case for Wirral Council to go further and faster in protecting our environment 28th June 2022 / 28th June 2022 by Wirral Green Party You can watch the full meeting via the council portal here. Read more »
Tory Party faces questions over £3.6m unaccounted for in 2019 election 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 […] Read more »
Labour, Tories and LibDems join forces to block Real Living Wage in Wirral as only Greens back anti-poverty measure 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 […] Read more »
Only Green councillors vote to support Real Living Wage for all workers 9th June 2022 / 9th June 2022 by Wirral Green Party 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, […] Read more »
Socialist Telly – Wirral Green cllrs Jo Bird, Harry Gorman and Jason Walsh on Green politics and why they outperformed Labour last week 11th May 2022 / 11th May 2022 by Wirral Green Party Read more »
From the archive – memories of the first Green council win! 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! Read more »
Recent roundup – post election success 11th May 2022 / 11th May 2022 by Wirral Green Party 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 […] Read more »
A remarkable Green surge on the Wirral 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 […] Read more »