More than a third of children in Norwich South live in poverty. Scrapping the cruel and unjust two-child benefit cap would help lift 300,000 children across the country out of poverty. Yet both of Norwich’s Labour MPs have voted to keep this policy. While Green MPs voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap and support the most vulnerable, […]
Protecting the right to strike Green councillors brought a motion to the full Council meeting on 16th July asking that Norwich City Council protects the right of its employees to take industrial action. The motion was passed unanimously. The motion, proposed by Cllr Hoechner and seconded by Cllr Stonard from the Labour group, asks the Chief Executive of […]
Council takes steps to buy Anglia Square 16 July 2024 Norwich City Council will this evening take a step forward towards purchasing the Anglia Square site and prioritising local businesses and affordable housing, as a motion written by Green councillors will receive cross-party backing. Jamie Osborn, Green councillor for Mancroft Ward which covers the Anglia […]
Town Close – No Candidate In Town Close ward all the sitting councillors have left the Labour party, and are standing as Independents. As a consequence of this change it means Labour no longer have overall control of the City Council. After a considered debate between party members, we decided to not stand a Green candidate in […]
Wensum – Toby Bolton As a prospective Green Party councillor, my commitment stems from a profound recognition of the urgent challenges we face as a society. The climate and ecological emergencies demand immediate and decisive action, and the Norwich Green Party stands at the forefront of advocating for tackling the required meaningful changes.As a councillor, […]
Bowthorpe – Oliver Springate -Baginski I feel increasingly frustrated by the dire political mismanagement and missed opportunities to improve the lot of our communities and environment, and sick of complaining I want to do something to change it. I used to think British society was moving in the right direction and I should devote my […]
Easton – Jane Saunders I belong to the Green Party because I believe that Climate Change is the most important issue thatneeds to be accepted and tackled by us all. All levels of government need to be involved. My chiefinterest is in transport and as a regular cyclist I would like our city to be […]
Lakenham – Ell Folan I have lived in Lakenham for the past three years, and have developed a strong attachment to the local community. But with that attachment has come frustrations over poor council policies and inaction. Fly-tipping problems, an emphasis on cars over pedestrians and poor public transport links are all local problems that we deal with […]
Mile Cross – Charlie Caine I am passionate about my home town of Norwich, the estate of Mile Cross and trying to make the lives of the people there better in the small ways I can. I believe that under a Conservative Government, local politics is where you can make the biggest difference. We can’t […]
University Ward – Sean Gough Sean lives in University Ward, where he also works as a writer about technology. He believes there is much more Norwich could be doing to create a more sustainable and fairer community and is keen to see change. Sean is actively involved in various local environmental and community projects. He […]
