General Social Justice Uncategorised
26 November 2024 / 26 November 2024 by Norwich Green party
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 […]
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General Social Justice
4 October 2024 / 4 October 2024 by Norwich Green party
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 Norwich Green party
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 Norwich Green party
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 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 […]
24 March 2024 / 4 October 2024 by
Peer joins Green councillors for election launch A manifesto for the 2024 local elections highlighting good quality housing for all, the need for the city council to get to grips with the basics, and creating a resilient city fit for the future is to be launched by Norwich Green Party with special guest and Green […]
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 […]
General Mancroft Social Justice
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 […]
Climate Action General
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 […]
General Sewell Social Justice
20 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
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 […]
Climate Action General Sewell
Sewage dumping is filling the River Wensum Greens are leading the fight against water companies dumping raw sewage Recently Cllr Gary Champion and Cllr Gillian Francis brought a motion to the council that focused on how the River Wensum, which meanders its way through our fine city, needs a higher level of protection. However, n […]
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19 November 2023 / 20 November 2023 by
The Green Party Groups on Norwich City Council and Norfolk County Council call for an immediate ceasefire to end the violence, and an end to the illegal occupation in Palestine. The awful attacks committed by Hamas on 7 October were acts of brutal violence, and the hostages must be released unconditionally; at the same time, […]
16 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
Norwich City Council placed on list of worst landlords in the country by Housing Watchdog. Urgent overhaul demanded by Greens. The Green Party is calling for an urgent review into Norwich City Council’s management of council homes across the city after a damning report from the Housing Ombudsman found the council to be among the […]
14 November 2023 / 14 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
No dentists accepting new NHS patients as Norwich declared a dentist desert by Green Party Norwich has become an NHS dental desert as Green Party research shows that there are no longer any dentist practices accepting new NHS patients in all of Greater Norwich. According to the NHS Find a Dentist website, the closest dentist […]
22 September 2023 by Norwich Green party
Greens demand answers about £100k spent on Love Norwich campaign Our councillors are questioning how a £100,000 fund meant to tackle fly-tipping in Norwich has been spent, as the fly-tipping has nearly doubled in the last year in the city. Fly-tipping is on the rise in Norwich, with 6,000 incidents reported between July 2022 and […]
General Social Justice Wensum
5 September 2023 / 5 September 2023 by Norwich Green party
Wensum Lodge Update Wensum lodge has been the home of adult education in Norfolk for over 40 years. Many thousands of residents have taken advantage of the courses on offer. It holds a special place in the hearts of Norfolk residents and is a site that has historical and cultural significance. The County Council’s decision […]
28 August 2023 / 28 August 2023 by Norwich Green party
Greens demand urgent action on £2.3m temporary accommodation bill Green councillors are calling for an urgent review into Norwich City Council’s use of privately-owned temporary accommodation, after it was revealed that the council has spent £2.3m over the last 5 years to fill gaps in the lack of council-owned housing. Local authorities are required to […]
23 July 2023 / 28 August 2023 by Norwich Green party
Fight to save Norwich’s ticket office Green Party councillor, Alex Catt has launched a petition to save the ticket office at Norwich Railway Station. Councillor Catt said: “The closure of Norwich and Norfolk’s ticket offices would affect hundreds of passengers and staff across the county. Not having a ticket office would make travelling by train […]
General Sewell
11 July 2023 / 23 July 2023 by
Greens call on all parties to withdraw support for selling off council homes Green Party councillors have criticised Norwich City Council’s Labour administration for lobbying the government to put into place policies which Labour front bench politicians wouldn’t necessarily support. At the council’s meeting in June, leading Labour councillors proposed to lobby Rishi Sunak’s Conservative […]
General Thorpe Hamlet
28 June 2023 / 23 July 2023 by
Petition to save Wensum Lodge launched by Greens Green Party councillors have called for Norfolk residents to help in a campaign to save a vital adult learning centre in the King Street area of Norwich. Norfolk County Council has today announced it is preparing to withdraw adult learning courses and is considering the future use […]
Campaigns Climate Action General Nelson
Residents to Decorate Dead Street Trees to Highlight Their Loss Residents and Nelson ward councillors will gather on Friday 23 June at 4pm to decorate some of the street trees that have died on Connaught Road with ribbons, leaves, flowers and messages to Norfolk County Council in order to highlight the loss of the city’s […]