25 July 2011 County Councillor Andrew Boswell has written to Caroline Spelman, the Secretary of State for the Environment, asking her to initiate an independent inquiry into how the decision to award the contract for the Kings Lynn incinerator was made by Norfolk County Council. Concerns have been raised by councillors of all parties and […]
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24 June 2011 After reading leaked minutes of a Conservative Party group meeting on March 4th in which the decision to award the contract for the Kings Lynn incinerator was made, Councillor Andrew Boswell has written to the Head of Law at County Hall asking her to revoke the conclusions of the Cabinet Scrutiny meeting […]
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16 May 2011 Hi, my name is Samir Jeraj, I’m a Green Party City Councillor, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Spokesperson for Economic Development here in Norwich. I’d like to thank Fliss from the TSSA for organising this and asking me to share some thoughts, ideas, and experience with you today. As back to […]
6 April 2011 “This year’s manifesto reflects the position the city has been put into by unfair national cuts. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat government has ensured that Norwich will not have enough money for essential services to be funded in the near future. Green Party policies, nationally, would have protected jobs in Norwich, and […]
29 March 2011 Caroline Lucas, the UK’s first Green MP will visit Norwich on Thursday 31 March to support Norwich Green Party’s campaign to protect local services from cuts. With Norwich Green Party currently holding 14 seats on Norwich City Council, just two behind the ruling Labour administration, Dr Lucas will show her support for […]
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27 February 2011 In his keynote speech to national conference today in Cardiff, Adrian Ramsay told members: “Unlike the LibDems, or the Labour Government that came before, the Green Party stands up for social justice. We’ve not forgotten the pledge that we made to voters. And we’ve not forgotten our principles. We still think that […]
22 February 2011 Adrian Ramsay, Deputy Leader of the Green Party and Norwich City Councillor, will highlight the success of the Green Party’s proposals to set up a Norfolk Energy Services Company (ESCO) at the party’s Spring Conference in Cardiff this week. The scheme will reduce the impact of national government cuts in crucial local […]
21 February 2011 City Hall’s large flat roof is a prime site for solar panels, and installing them now would allow the council to take advantage of the government’s feed in tariff scheme. This means the council would receive an income from selling the energy produced, as well as saving money on its own fuel […]
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31 January 2011 Samir Jeraj, City Councillor for Town Close Ward raised a motion during a City Council cabinet meeting held on 25th January, asking for cabinet to work with Norfolk Police Authority to facilitate demonstrations in Norwich. This comes after many students from the University of East Anglia, Norwich University College of Arts and […]
24 December 2010 Councillors on the City Council Scrutiny Committee have recommended that planning and development work for the proposed NDR should be put off until the County Council is no longer making cuts to frontline services. Councillors from all four parties unanimously supported this recommendation, which was proposed by Green Party Councillor Adrian Ramsay, […]
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