5 June 2025 / 5 June 2025 by James Killbery
Data requested from Norwich City Council by Green councillors shows that fly-tipping reports in the city have hit an all-time high with 6927 incidents between May 2024 and April 2025. This figure only includes those incidents which have been reported to the council, so the real figure is likely even higher. Data going back to […]
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19 May 2025 / 20 May 2025 by jamesportal
In March 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced before parliament a cruel plan to decrease the number of people claiming disability benefits in the UK. This was the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. The suggested changes proposed to save £5bn a year by the end of 2030 and […]
As demolition work begins, the Labour-led council has serious questions to answer on how many of the 1,100 homes will be delivered for social rent. The city’s housing crisis is out of control and new council homes are so desperately needed. Labour’s claims are confusing. In recent elections they told voters there would be ‘at […]
19 May 2025 / 20 May 2025 by James Killbery
The Greens have won a City council by-election in Mancroft Ward. Ian Stutely, who previously stood for Labour, defected to the Greens in large part over the party’s change in direction, especially their indefensible inaction over the ongoing genocide in Gaza.Serene Shibli joins the Norfolk County council Green group also for Mancroft ward, winning a […]
15 May 2025 / 19 May 2025 by James Killbery
City Council Green Group Elects New Leader The 15 strong Green Group of councillors, which forms the main opposition at city hall, has a new leader for this civic year. Alex Catt, who was previously deputy leader and is a Sewell councillor has been elected by his group. He said: “I’m really proud to take […]
26 November 2024 / 26 November 2024 by James Killbery
Pressure grows on Cabinet Member as Labour-run council slammed for failing council tenants by housing watchdog Last year, Green Party councillors called for an urgent review into Norwich City Council’s management of council homes across the city, after a damning report from the national Housing Ombudsman found the council to be among the worst performing landlords […]
4 October 2024 / 4 October 2024 by James Killbery
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 […]
7 August 2024 / 8 August 2024 by James Killbery
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 […]
25 July 2024 / 25 July 2024 by James Killbery
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, […]
19 July 2024 / 19 July 2024 by James Killbery
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 […]