Local elections
5th April 2023 / 16th October 2024 by richardsimpson
National Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer was in the region on Tuesday (4th April) to support candidates standing in the local council elections on 4th May. Her morale-boosting visit was a recognition that the Party sees the North-East as a realistic target for building on past successes by winning more seats on our councils. Although […]
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Caroline Lucas Pollution Supporting communities
10th February 2023 / 16th October 2024 by richardsimpson
County Durham Greens have been working with Green Party MP Caroline Lucas to push the Government to find the cause of the massive die-off of shellfish and crustaceans off the North East coast. Crab and lobster populations, from Teesside to as far south as Scarborough, have been decimated since September 2021. Some scientists and fishermen […]
Achievements Local elections
17th July 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
We’ve won an award! County Durham Greens have won the ‘Working Together’ Award in the annual Green Party Regional Awards at its AGM. A panel of judges gave us the award in recognition of our generosity in helping other local Green Party branches, particularly Sunderland, in the run up to May’s local elections. The nomination […]
Housing Policies
17th May 2022 / 16th October 2024 by richardsimpson
A £250 billion investment plan for local authorities is needed to insulate and upgrade 10 million homes. The Green Party has also called for a £320 emergency winter fuel payment for every household as energy bills surge, and the restoration of the £20 uplift to Universal Credit and doubling it to £40 per week, paid […]
