News from Hereford & South Herefordshire constituency and council ward areas
Climate change Energy Fracking Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
1 August 2016 by Green Party Admin
In July, Jesse Norman was appointed to a junior ministerial post (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. His energy responsibilities are Nuclear and Oil & Gas including shale gas. Soon after his appointment, we contacted him to seek a meeting, intending to discuss the Hinkley Point decision, and fracking, among […]
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Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics Transport
23 January 2016 by Green Party Admin
Herefordshire Council is currently consulting residents on its ‘Local Transport Plan 4’ which will have effect from 2016 to 2031. Local authorities are required by the Local Transport Act of 2008 to have a local transport plan. Hereford Green Party believes that this consultation has been made so complicated and difficult to use that very […]
Diana Toynbee Hereford & South Herefordshire
3 October 2015 by Green Party Admin
At a very positive and productive AGM on September 8th a large group of us reviewed the year, discussed priorities and elected a new committee. We are successfully maintaining our profile locally, and building on our excellent general election result. As well as preparing for local, national and European elections we are actively challenging the anti-nature, anti-public […]
Comment Diana Toynbee Hereford & South Herefordshire Public services
9 June 2015 by Green Party Admin
THE HEREFORD TIMES has recently been filled with reports about valuable services and projects that help the vulnerable: Citizens Advice Bureau, the Marches Access Point, and the Barnabas Deaf and Community Support Service. All reports had one common and dispiriting theme – because of funding cuts, the organisations are struggling to stay open or are […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire North Herefordshire West Midlands
9 May 2015 by Green Party Admin
GREENS in Herefordshire made significant progress in the May 2015 General Election, not only saving their deposits for the first time, but with South Herefordshire boasting the highest percentage Green vote in the West Midlands region. The full results were as follows:- Herefordshire North result: Daisy Blench (Green) 3,341. Jeanie Falconer (Lib Dem)5,768. Jonathan Oakton (UKIP) 6,720. […]
Comment Diana Toynbee Hereford & South Herefordshire Ross-on-Wye
5 May 2015 by Green Party Admin
We had a busy and successful time at the Ross May Fayre. As expected many visitors were yet to decide how to vote, so our mini-manifestos were popular, helping voters from outside our constituency as well. A trainee nurse grilled us about our plans for the NHS, a man seeking doughnuts was given directions, and a […]
