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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
