North East Region Green Party | News in the North East

“It was a good result for us”

07 May 2012

The Green vote on Tyne & Wear mirrored the national trend – with Greens coming second in four wards on Tyneside as the Coalition parties’ votes crashed.

LibDem False Claim Shock!

02 May 2012

Newcastle Green Party will be reporting the false claim by Liberal Democrats that they 'led the fight' against development of our Green Belt.

Shields Road Shoppers Support Green Policies For The High Street.

30 April 2012

A Green Party street survey has shown massive support for Green local economic policies, and a big 'thumbs down' for a key part of the Council's own regeneration plans.

Stephen presents petition to protect Green Belt

24 April 2012

Today (24th April), Stephen Watson, Green Party candidate for the Wardley & Leam Lane ward, delivered a petition with more than 300 signatures from concerned local residents to the Gateshead Council Planning Department. The petition opposes the development of greenbelt land in the Leam Lane area for housing.

Never on a Sunday

19 March 2012

Heaton Green leads local calls against Sunday trading proposal. Heaton Green Party activist Andrew Gray has responded to proposals to relax Sunday trading laws during the Olympics with an e-petition on the Government website.

Not Selling the Farm!

19 March 2012

North East Greens are delighted and relieved that Bill Quay Community Farm has had a reprieve. This precious urban farm in Gateshead was facing complete withdrawal of funding from Gateshead council from April 1st, which would have meant the farm having to close.

Good news but let’s see if those chickens hatch…

26 February 2012

Sandy Irvine, Chair of Newcastle Green Party has given a cautious welcome to the news that Newcastle city council seems to have withdrawn proposals to build on certain critical sites in the Green Belt, not least the one next to Gosforth Nature Reserve, one which would have devastated a vital wildlife habitat.

"A Deeply Unsustainable Plan"

19 December 2011

The Green Parties of Newcastle and Gateshead have submitted their formal objection to the One Core Strategy, calling on Newcastle and Gateshead councils to go back to the drawing board. Their objection calls the Strategy a “developers’ charter”. They say that, if given the choice, developers will prioritise executive-style housing on greenfield sites, contrary to what councillors and planners say about brownfield site redevelopment. The result will be just more unsustainable urban sprawl, while areas like Scotswood and Walker, neighbourhoods that urgently need regeneration projects, will be marginalised again.

Pensions Justice!

27 November 2011

North East Greens will be joining the TUC 'Day of Action for Pensions Justice' on Wednesday, taking part in the march from Gateshead Civic Centre to the rally at Spillers Wharf, Newcastle.

A Green perspective on the Global Occupy Movement

06 November 2011

"The global financial crisis and billion-pound bailouts have exposed the plain truth that the entire economic system is rigged against the hard working majority. As a first step towards mending the damage wreaked on our society by reckless financial gambling, the Government must back a Robin Hood Tax at the G20 Summit in Cannes - with the revenue ear-marked to address sustainable development and the growing climate crisis."