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11 December 2024 / 11 December 2024 by rebeccatully
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 […]
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1 December 2024 / 11 December 2024 by rebeccatully
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 […]
22 November 2024 / 11 December 2024 by rebeccatully
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 […]
7 November 2024 / 11 December 2024 by rebeccatully
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 […]
12 February 2023 / 4 June 2024 by helenheathfield
The care services for adults and children, the cost of living crisis, river pollution and its consequences, roads and the state of Hereford’s athletics track all featured in council budget discussions on Friday as councillors spoke of the difficult decisions needed to keep council services operating as they reluctantly approved a 4.99% uplift in council […]
14 November 2022 / 14 November 2022 by helenheathfield
From a humble inaugural meeting on a November evening at The Saracen’s Head in Hereford, Herefordshire Greens have celebrated 40 years of political activism and success in the county. Forty years ago Herefordshire resident Guy Woodford placed a small advertisement in the Hereford Times, rallying those who believed in political solutions to ecological problems. The […]
4 May 2022 / 4 May 2022 by helenheathfield
Herefordshire needs to think strategically about its direction around food production if the county is to develop resilience to local and global challenges. ‘Diversity is the key to healthy systems,’ said agronomist and peer Natalie Bennett, last week in Kington as Herefordshire Greens celebrate their 40th anniversary with a discussion around agriculture and the state […]
10 February 2022 / 4 June 2024 by
Green Party parliamentary candidates in Herefordshire have questioned local MPs Bill Wiggin and Jesse Norman over their stance on the Partygate scandal following developments in Westminster this week. North Herefordshire’s Ellie Chowns said: ‘Our country needs a leader who can be trusted to do the right thing, to tell the truth, and to stick to […]
17 January 2022 / 4 June 2024 by
Green Party activists and county councillors staged a small protest in Hereford on Saturday 15 January against the government’s imminent Policing Bill. The Bill, threatening draconian measures to make protest a criminal offence, is at a crucial stage. Ellie Chowns, leader of the council’s Greens said: “This bill is a threat to basic civil liberties […]
8 January 2022 / 4 June 2024 by
It is the nadir of the year – a time for reflection – and a time to look forward. Despite the challenges of the past year so much energy has gone into transforming how local government serves Herefordshire that we can only be in a stronger position to meet the challenges of 2022. By the […]
5 January 2022 / 4 June 2024 by
Congratulations to Ellie Chowns and Diana Toynbee who have been selected to stand as our candidates for parliament in the next general election.
7 November 2021 / 4 June 2024 by
From Ellie Chowns (Hereford Times Talking Point 28 Oct 2021) Next week the UK will host the crucial ‘COP 26’ climate meeting in Glasgow. People all over the world will be hoping and praying that political leaders put their differences aside and find common ground. After all, climate change is a shared global crisis and […]
8 September 2021 / 4 June 2024 by
6 September 2021 FREE weekend bus travel throughout Herefordshire has been welcomed by those advocating sustainable transport in the county. ‘At last a local authority that is travelling in the right direction,’ responded Herefordshire Sustainable Transport Group to the announcement that a partnership with local bus operators and Herefordshire Council has resulted in free weekend […]
