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7th June 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Green Party has set out a package worth £30bn per year for the English National Health Service by 2030 – more than any other major political party. The result will see NHS frontline workers' salaries increased, guaranteeing rapid access to a GP and same day access in case of urgent need, and giving everyone […]
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6th June 2024 by eleanorlaming
Reacting to the speech by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Green Party parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns, said: “The UN Secretary-General has reiterated today that the climate crisis is here and it’s hitting us hard. He made clear that if we are to have a liveable future we need to act with […]
30th May 2024 by eleanorlaming
We are aiming to raise funds for the General Election deposit. It costs £500 to submit a nomination for our candidate, Jan Davis, to represent us in the Broadland and Fakenham constituency. If you can help, please click on this link. Many thanks! https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/broadland-green-party-election-deposit Jan Davis - our Green Party […]
The Green Party is officially launching its campaign today - calling for Real Hope, Real Change Co-leader, and parliamentary candidate for Bristol Central, Carla Denyer will tell the party’s General Election campaign launch later today: “Across the country, people now have the chance to vote for real hope and real change. “Our politics […]
22nd May 2024 by eleanorlaming
A General Election has been called for 4 July 2024. That is only 43 days away! In Broadland and Fakenham Constituency our candidate is Cllr Jan Davis. We are also supporting the campaign to elect Adrian Ramsay, Green Party Co-Leader in the Waveney Valley constituency where it will be a close race between Greens and […]
9th May 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Green Party has called for mandatory solar PV panels to be fitted on all appropriate new buildings and for all new homes to be built to Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standards. The call comes in the wake of new analysis showing the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year while April was the […]
8th May 2024 by eleanorlaming
Very concerning results have come in from the recent Big Plastic Count. Vast amounts of plastic are being thrown away (an estimated 1.7 billion pieces per week in the UK). https://news.sky.com/story/plastic-crisis-out-of-control-as-1-7-billion-pieces-thrown-away-weekly-in-uk-13116066 Far more plastic remnants are incinerated (58%) or landfilled or littered (25%), rather than recycled (17%), and incinerated plastic releases more carbon dioxide. […]
4th May 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Green Party have done well in the May 2024 local elections! Thanks to everyone who voted for our candidates. In South Norfolk Suzanne Wateridge was elected to the District Council in a by-election - congratulations! She will be the first Green Councillor on South Norfolk District Council. In Norwich […]
29th April 2024 by eleanorlaming
This new document by Friends of the Earth gives an overview of data on some key environmental issues in the constituency of Broadland and Fakenham. https://groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/near-you/constituency/broadland-and-fakenham#state-of-the-environment Jobs and Economy - we need to focus on the transition away from fossil fuels at the same time as maintaining employment Energy Security and Climate - we need […]
24th April 2024 by eleanorlaming
This is an interesting article on the rise of the Greens in politics in Politics.co.uk magazine. https://www.politics.co.uk/news-feature/2024/04/23/the-slow-march-of-the-greens-can-the-2024-election-establish-the-constituency-springboards-needed-for-later-success/?l The number of people concerned about the environment and voting Green is on the rise. The Green Party had 737 councillors in 2023 and numbers are expected to rise after the elections on 2 May 2024. The party […]
20th April 2024 by eleanorlaming
Postal votes are now being delivered across Broadland District. Don't forget to vote for your Police and Crime Commissioner. The Green Party candidate is Martin Shmierer Promoted by Jan Davis on behalf of Broadland Green Party, a constituent party of the Green Party of England & Wales PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
11th April 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has examined the government’s Third National Adaption Programme (NAP3) and found the plan to be inadequate for making the UK resilient to the increasing effects of extreme weather. The CCC found that NAP3 was mostly based on existing policy or mechanisms, which ignore more than half of the short-term actions […]
10th April 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Police and Crime Commissioner election for Norfolk is happening on 2nd May 2024 and Martin Schmierer is our Green Party candidate. The Green Party manifesto for this election can be read via this link. www.greenparty.click/pccmanifesto2024 Martin has recently questioned the use of increased police patrols at Norwich Airport while police presence in Norwich city […]
9th April 2024 by eleanorlaming
A group of Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights. The ruling is binding and can trickle down to influence the law in 46 countries in Europe including the UK. The court found that "there had been critical gaps" in the country's policies to tackle […]
5th April 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Green Party in England and Wales launched its local election campaign yesterday in Bristol. Co-leader, Carla Denyer said "this country is facing an acute housing crisis. There are over 1 million households on council waiting lists. In England the average home for sale now costs more than eight times the annual average household earnings. […]
3rd April 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Greater Norwich Local Plan has now been adopted. If is a very important key document which forms the basis for planning decisions in the district until 2038. The plan provides opportunities for around 45,000 new homes to meet the needs for housing in both urban and rural areas between 2018 and 2038. Around […]
2nd April 2024 by eleanorlaming
Green spaces are under threat according to the Environment, Food and rural Affairs Committee. Little has improved since the 2017 Public Parks report was published and urgent action is needed to reverse their decline. The government needs to prioritise green spaces and encourage more investment into green infrastructure. The MPs on the committee […]
25th March 2024 by eleanorlaming
The prospective candidates announced so far for the next General Election for the Broadland and Fakenham constituency are as follows: Green Party - Jan Davis Liberal Democrat Party - Dr Leyla Hannbeck Labour Party - Iain Simpson Conservative Party - Jerome Mayhew Our Green Party candidate is Jan Davis, currently a councillor on Broadland District […]
22nd March 2024 by eleanorlaming
Baroness Natalie Bennett came to Norwich today. Members of Broadland Green party went to give support to the Norwich Green Party election and manifesto launch. Baroness Bennett, who also called on residents and visited areas around the city including Anglia Square, Sewell, Wensum and Mile Cross, said: “I am delighted to be helping to launch […]
14th March 2024 by eleanorlaming
Broadland District and South Norfolk Councils will be encouraging residents to cut their food waste next week as part of Food Action Week. From 18 March the councils will be highlighting the benefits of buying fruit and vegetables loose instead of packaged as part of the “Choose What You’ll Use” campaign organised by Love Food […]
9th March 2024 by eleanorlaming
A letter on the climate crisis by James Harvey, Broadland District Councillor for Plumstead Ward was published in the Eastern Daily Press on Wednesday 6 March 2024 Text below: JOIN THE DOTS On 04 March the EDP reported that County Council Leader Kay Mason Billig could see “no good reason” for Dr Andrew Boswell’s legal […]
6th March 2024 / 6th March 2024 by Jan Davis
Most people will not have benefitted from this budget. They will not feel better, healthier, or happier. This government appears incapable of new ideas to improve the wellbeing of society or its citizens. Councils are under pressure up and down the country. NHS waiting lists get no better, NHS dentists are not available. Social care […]
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6th March 2024 by eleanorlaming
Green Party announce five steps to a Greener, Fairer Country * Raise over £50 billion through taxing wealth fairly * A large-scale green investment programme to transform our economy * Billions more for health and social care; * Funds for local authorities to invest in warm, affordable to heat homes * VAT exemption for […]
5th March 2024 by eleanorlaming
The Green Party has repeated calls for water companies to be brought into public ownership in response to the latest State of Our Rivers report [1]. This has found not a single waterway in England is in good overall health. The Rivers Trust study reveals that the impact of pollution from treated and untreated sewage […]