- Making Plans and Feasting!
The Herefordshire Green party Executive Committee have been planning and feasting this weekend – with a great spread of food, lots of company and lots of ideas for a great Herefordshire in 2025. Herefordshire Green Party focus on social and environmental justice, policies that improve the environment and wellbeing for everyone, and of course electing… Read more: Making Plans and Feasting! - Stef Simmons – Championing Buses
Stef, Green councillor and deputy group leader, has spearheaded a ‘bus summit’ agreed at full council in December ’24. This follows an agreement from the Department of Transport to allocate more money to buses in Herefordshire. Stef says “we need more frequent services, and greater connections when and where people want to travel and I’m… Read more: Stef Simmons – Championing Buses - Ellie in Parliament: Urgent action on flooding
Ellie has been speaking out on flooding on behalf of local residents. On 17th October, Ellie raised the issue in Parliament and called for a debate on flood resilience. On the same day she wrote to the Secretary of State urging action. Ellie is calling for: Tackling river pollution is also one of Ellie’s key… Read more: Ellie in Parliament: Urgent action on flooding - Better Broadband for Birch
In Birch Ward councillor Toni Fagan is delighted that, after much campaigning, Openreach will be signficantly improving internet access to Little Birch, Much Birch, Wormelow, and Orcop Hill residents who are desperate for a good broadband service. The upgrade scheme has already started and will be complete by the end of March 2025! “I’m delighted… Read more: Better Broadband for Birch - Ellie in Parliament: herefordshire Farmers
Ellie: “On Tuesday, I met with a group of farmers from Herefordshire in Parliament to listen to their concerns about the Government’s changes to inheritance tax. Yesterday, I wrote to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to urge her to meet with the NFU, to press for an urgent independent impact assessment of the changes, and to… Read more: Ellie in Parliament: herefordshire Farmers - ByElection Success
Thanks to the hard work of our supporters Rebecca Tully won the by-election to succeed Ellie as councillor for Bishops Frome & Cradley ward with 60% of the vote on a strong turn out! Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful support and positive energy through-out the campaign. You can read about Rebecca and… Read more: ByElection Success