19 July 2024 / 19 July 2024 by Norwich Green party
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 […]
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17 July 2024 / 8 August 2024 by Norwich Green party
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 Square area, wrote a proposal for the […]
21 March 2024 / 4 October 2024 by Norwich Green party
River Wensum Spring Clean on Saturday the 23rd of March at Anderson’s Meadow With spring just around the corner and the daffodils blooming along the river it’s time for Norwich Green Party campaigners and the local community to get together on Saturday 23rd March for another clean-up session around the River Wensum. Starting at 10.30 am […]
1 February 2024 by Norwich Green party
Norwich City Council slammed by Housing Ombudsman Greens propose new measures to counter severe mismanagement Green councillors are proposing improvements to how residents contact the council in a wide-ranging motion to Norwich City Council’s full council meeting on 30th January 2024. The proposals also address serious issues in the council’s service to its social housing […]
23 January 2024 by Norwich Green party
How many phone calls to the council does it take to change a lightbulb? Council tenants have said that they are being left in the dark when it comes to reporting repairs in council housing, with broken lights and windows taking months to fix. Green Councillors in Mancroft are concerned over the amount of time […]
22 December 2023 / 22 December 2023 by Norwich Green party
Petition launched to help homeless people survive freezing winter conditions in city Green councillors have discovered the council’s support for homeless people in bad weather is inadequate, and are demanding shelter is provided more often. Investigations have revealed that the Norwich City Council procedure for offering emergency accommodation in extreme weather circumstances is out of date […]
20 December 2023 by Norwich Green party
Norwich declares a housing crisis Rights of renters strengthened by motion to Norwich City Council. Councillors at Norwich City Council have voted through a raft of measures to try and ease the housing crisis for private renters in a motion led by the Green Party, including: At the time of the motion being proposed, Home.co.uk listed average […]
28 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
Greens ask council to look again at where it banks – for the climate’s sake Green councillors are calling for money to be shifted away from fossil fuel-funding banks in a motion to Norwich city council. The motion to the full council meeting on 28th November asks that Norwich City Council takes a stance on […]
20 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
Since the recent purchase of the 90-acre site between the River Wensum and Marriott’s Way, Norfolk Wildlife Trust have been inviting the public to get involved with their activities. You can search “NWT Sweet Briar” for more information and to take part .Liam says: “It’s been an amazing journey from spotting the land up for […]
Greens push council to do more on Fly-Tipping Norwich is third worst for fly tipping in the East of England With the local papers writing that Norwich has more reported fly-tipping than almost anywhere else in the East of England it is clear that Labour-run Norwich City Council needs to do more.Cllr Liam Calvert says: […]
