17 July 2024 / 8 August 2024 by James Killbery
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 […]
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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 James Killbery
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 James Killbery
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 James Killbery
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that the Norwich City Council procedure for offering emergency accommodation in extreme weather circumstances is out of date […]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 James Killbery
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 James Killbery
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 James Killbery
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]