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25th July 2024 / 25th July 2024 by martynhurt
The issue of how to tackle flytipping within the Borough seems to have raised its head again recently, with some calling for increased enforcement patrols and more money to be thrown at tackling the problem. Unlike many who are constantly calling for more fines, I have lived in and amongst poverty for almost 40 years. […]
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5th July 2024 / 5th July 2024 by martynhurt
The Burnley Green candidate, Jack Launer, gained 1518 votes for the Burnley constituency, doubling the Party’s vote share fron 2019. Jack, the current Leader of the Greens on Burnley Council, and Executive Member for Housing, Health and Culture, ran a low-key but positive campaign, based on the Jo Cox Civility Pledge. Burnley Green Party would […]
Elections Green Party News
23rd June 2024 / 5th July 2024 by martynhurt
After the May local elections the Green Party carried on with the previous co-operative agreement to run Burnley Borough Council. The power sharing saw Jack Launer retain a seat on the executive. The portfolio has grown to including housing , health, culture and wellbeing. The local party is excited by the challenge of finding solutions […]
Democracy Green Party Information News
8th March 2024 / 8th March 2024 by martynhurt
Councillor Beki Hughes with baby Anakin Forward by Burnley Green Group Leader, Scott Cunliffe International Women’s Day offers us all an opportunity to reflect on how we can strive for gender equality at home, work and in public life. Over the past twelve months, the Green Group on Burnley Council has successfully advocated that the […]
Democracy Green Party
17th November 2023 / 23rd June 2024 by martynhurt
Green Councillors delighted to form new shared administration for Burnley Borough Council with Burnley Independent Group and Liberal Democrats We are delighted to have formed a new shared administration for Burnley District Council after a split in the Labour executive. This new co-operative alliance will allow us to come together to deliver for all the […]
27th October 2023 / 27th October 2023 by martynhurt
The results are in from the Trinity Ward and Burnley Central West Division by-elections. Trinity: Alex Hall, Green Party, 347 Mubashar Lone, Labour Party, 163 Susan Nutter, Conservative Party 73 Burnley Central West: Scott Cunliffe, Green Party, 630 Charlie Briggs, Labour Party, 583 Don Whittaker, Conservative Party, 574 Jeff Sumner, Liberal Democrats, 156. We would […]
Green Party News
22nd February 2023 / 23rd February 2023 by martynhurt
Greens only party to propose and vote for no council tax increase – yet again A brief update on tonight’s full council: 1. Burnley Conservatives proposed taking £90k out of the £100k already set aside for accessibility in the council chamber including audio, video and physical alterations to make the characterful but inaccessible chamber suitable […]
News
11th May 2022 / 24th March 2024 by martynhurt
Burnley Green Party would like to thank everyone who voted for us in this year’s local elections on 5th May We were the only party in Burnley to gain seats, securing a second Green councillor in the Cliviger with Worsthorne ward. Congratulations to Jack Launer – we wish you the best of luck in your […]
1st February 2022 / 24th March 2024 by martynhurt
Outgoing leader says “Burnley is in great hands with hardworking Scott” The Green Party has grown dramatically since it saw its first Councillor elected to Burnley Borough Council in 2018. The town made history, voting for Andy Fewings to become the first ever Green Councillor in East Lancashire. Since then he has lead the Green […]
Events Green Party News
29th November 2021 / 24th March 2024 by martynhurt
Burnley Green Party Councillors Scott Cunliffe, Andy Fewings and Sarah Hall, together with Green Party members and supporters, were delighted to join ‘Trees for Burnley’ volunteers for the Big Plant 3 on Sunday 27th November. Over 550 trees were planted just off Deer Park Road in Towneley Park as the snow began to set in for a […]
Events Green Party
26th November 2021 / 24th March 2024 by martynhurt
22nd November 2021 / 24th March 2024 by martynhurt
Burnley Green Party Councillors, Martyn Hurt, Sarah Hall and Andy Fewings together with Green Party members and friends joined the vigil yesterday in Burnley Peace Gardens to ‘March with Midwives’. The vigil sought to raise awareness of the plight of Midwives in the current crisis and to support them and our NHS. Stats show that […]
Democracy Green Party News
12th August 2021 / 12th August 2021 by martynhurt
Leader of the Green Party on Burnley Council Andy Fewings, said “I am delighted to welcome Andrew to the Green Party. Andrew was one of the few I have worked with on Burnley Council who puts residents before Party colours. And that is a good match for our approach in the local Green Party. We […]
8th July 2021 / 8th July 2021 by martynhurt
Sitting Councillor Julie Adshead resigns from Labour and joins the Greens Becomes the first Green Party councillor on Rossendale Borough Council Councillor Adshead said: “My role as a councillor has always been about putting the residents of Whitewell Ward first, and that will not change” Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Green Party are pleased to announce […]
13th May 2021 / 13th May 2021 by martynhurt
The Local Elections in Burnley this year saw a record number of Green Party wins. Andy Fewings secured the first Green Party Lancashire County Council Seat in Burnley, beating the Tories in Burnley Central West by 251 votes and unseating Labour. In the Burnley Borough Council Elections, Scott Cunliffe was elected as Councilor for Cliviger […]
Covid-19 Green Party News
18th August 2020 / 18th August 2020 by martynhurt
I know that Antony Higginbotham is a human being because I saw the look of shock and fear on his face as he realised, on election night in December 2019, that he had won his seat as MP for our town. He knows exactly how it feels to have his life uprooted and move to […]
#greenstepstobetter Covid-19 Green Party
17th May 2020 / 15th May 2020 by martynhurt
The Government’s response to Covid-19 has largely prioritised public health and wellbeing over economic growth. That’s the right thing to do. Not only now, but as we move beyond the pandemic.But Covid-19 has exposed fundamental failings of the current economic model. Many of the most important workers are paid the least; millions of UK citizens […]
16th May 2020 / 16th May 2020 by martynhurt
The obstacles faced by those wanting to use the government’s small business loan scheme has laid bare just how badly our current banking system fails us all. Banks were so slow to process loans that the governor of the Bank of England was forced to tell them to that they must “put their backs into” it. These […]
15th May 2020 / 13th May 2020 by martynhurt
In the long list of inequalities this virus has exposed, few are so stark as access to outdoor space. This can be seen at home, where wealth can buy you a substantial garden, while millions are locked down in cramped homes with no outdoor space. But leave your front door and the situation goes from […]
14th May 2020 / 13th May 2020 by martynhurt
Lockdown has meant most of us spending much more time than usual close to home. We are noticing how cars dominate, and how pavements are often not wide enough to maintain social distancing. Less traffic has cut air pollution and reduced injuries and deaths from collisions, while a growing body of research shows that death […]
#greenstepstobetter Covid-19 Green Party Uncategorised
13th May 2020 / 13th May 2020 by martynhurt
The principle behind a basic income is simple but transformative: at its root, the idea that everyone has value. That’s why Caroline Lucas has long campaigned for it, and was one of over 100 MPs who wrote to the Chancellor to urge him to introduce a Recovery Universal Basic Income in response to the coronavirus […]
12th May 2020 / 8th May 2020 by martynhurt
Over the last 40 years, a series of political choices have encouraged us to treat our homes as little more than financial assets. That’s exacerbated inequality between those who own a home and those who don’t and left the fundamental right to a roof over our head in the hands of a dysfunctional market, with […]
11th May 2020 / 11th May 2020 by martynhurt
Leaky homes, more than 10% of households living in fuel poverty and people having to choose between staying warm or putting food on the table. That is the true picture of household energy use in the UK, and it isn’t good enough. Working from home, or being laid off, has cut overall energy use but […]
10th May 2020 / 8th May 2020 by martynhurt
Our current food system is riddled with risks, inequalities and fragilities. Some of these are being exposed and exacerbated by the current pandemic. Farmers have been forced to pour milk down the drain or plough crops back into the field, whilst supermarket profits have soared yet an estimated 3 million Britons have gone hungry. Our health […]
