Over 550 Norwich residents sign petition “Don’t let homeless people freeze on our streets this winter” At the Full Council meeting on 24th Tuesday, Norwich residents will present a petition signed by 568 people asking the Council to take urgent action to ensure people experiencing homelessness aren’t left out in freezing temperatures and extreme weather conditions this […]
Category: Social Justice
Norwich Green Party sends solidarity to the Muslim community and people of colour in the face of fascism
Norwich Green Party is appalled by the far-right organised political violence that we are seeing on streets across the country. We must be clear that what we are seeing is racism and Islamophobia. It is aimed at destroying communities, targeting Muslims and asylum seekers and it is high-time that our political leaders called it out […]
Scrap the two-child benefit cap
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
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 […]
Norwich City Council slammed by Housing Ombudsman
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 […]
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How many phone calls to council does it take to change a lightbulb?
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 […]
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Petition launched to help homeless
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 […]
Norwich declares a housing crisis
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 […]
WE NEED MORE COUNCIL HOMES FOR THOSE ON THE STREETS
We need more COUNCIL homes for those on the streets One family forced to move into a single room in Ipswich by Norwich council As we see more and more vulnerable people sleeping on the streets, your Green councillors have been calling for more action from our Labour-run city council. Greens believe everyone is entitled […]
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Social Housing Legacy
We must look after our social housing legacy in Mile Cross Huge congratulations to The Common Lot for the success of “The Great Estate” which was enjoyed by approximately 4000 people and celebrated the proud history of building social housing in Norwich. It challenged all in power to tackle the current housing crisis and reminded […]