Dear Lib Dem councillor colleagues, Following the 4 May election, our two groups, the Green Party and the Independents for Herefordshire, have repeatedly expressed our commitment to working cooperatively across party lines wherever there is common ground. We have repeatedly reached out to you with the aim of finding a way forward for Herefordshire Council […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Congratulations to Ellie Chowns and Diana Toynbee who have been selected to stand as our candidates for parliament in the next general election. Diana Toynbee for Hereford & South Herefordshire Ellie Chowns for North Herefordshire […]
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 […]
HEREFORDSHIRE COALITION PRESS RELEASE 6 September 2021 FREE WEEKEND BUSES HERALDS CHANGES TO COUNTY TRANSPORT POLICY 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 […]
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