18th August 2025 / 15th August 2025 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party has called for Yorkshire Water to be taken into public ownership after it was revealed the company’s boss was given an extra £1.3 million through an offshore parent company, despite previously claiming it would “not be appropriate” to accept the payment on top of her salary. The revelation comes after a string […]
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14th August 2025 / 15th August 2025 by Matt Edwards
Local campaigners and Tong Ward councillors have submitted a petition calling on Bradford Council to stop the sale of green belt land off Westgate Hill Street, where a developer wants to build 1,000 houses and industrial units. Over 1000 people have signed the petition which was started by Julia McGoldrick-Hayden, chair of the Tong and […]
22nd July 2025 / 14th August 2025 by Matt Edwards
Green Party councillors in Tong Ward are calling for urgent action to demolish the former Yorkshire Martyrs School off Westgate Hill Street following yet another fire at the site over the weekend. Emergency services were called out once again to deal with a blaze at the abandoned building — the latest in a string of […]
16th July 2025 / 15th August 2025 by bradfordgreens
Green councillors on Bradford Council have condemned Yorkshire Water’s decision to impose a hosepipe ban, branding it a direct result of years of mismanagement, ignored repairs and financial priorities that have left the region vulnerable. The hosepipe ban was announced earlier this month (8 July) and came into force on Friday 11 July. Green councillors […]
8th May 2025 by Matt Edwards
A Green councillor has asked transport bosses at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to explain why councillors were sent an email that services would be “retimed” whilst First have actually announced that it plans to cut one bus an hour to Holmewood. The email sent on Wednesday 7th May refers to the 617/618 service, which […]
6th March 2025 / 6th March 2025 by Matt Edwards
Green Party councillors have put forward proposals at the Bradford Council Budget meeting, showing that more could have been done to avoid the 10% council tax increase – which is the highest in the country. Green Councillors have made it clear that they would not support any budget “where Bradford residents are being forced to […]
25th February 2025 / 25th February 2025 by Matt Edwards
Green Party councillors have welcomed the announcement that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has stepped in to fund vital school bus services – but have demanded answers over how proposals to cut them were made without alternatives being looked at first. Councillor Matt Edwards (Green Party – Tong Ward), who has been speaking out against […]
3rd February 2025 / 3rd February 2025 by Matt Edwards
Green councillors have responded to news that Labour-run Bradford Council has been granted permission to increase council tax by 9.99% – the biggest increase of any council in the country. Councillor Neil Whitaker (Craven) the finance lead for the Green Party on Bradford Council has said, “It is shameful that the new Labour government has […]
16th January 2025 / 16th January 2025 by Matt Edwards
A Green councillor has labelled proposals for a sprawling development of over a thousand houses in greenbelt as being “everything wrong with the planning system.” This is in response to a planning application from Hallam Land to build on a 124 acres green belt site off Westgate Hill Street, in the Tong and Fulneck Valley. […]
15th January 2025 by Matt Edwards
Green councillors have responded to news that Labour-run Bradford Council was looking to increase council tax by up to 14.99%. Councillor Neil Whitaker (Craven) who is the Green Party’s finance spokesperson has said, “I know many people are going to be very angry if they have to pay significantly more Council Tax for even […]
16th December 2024 / 16th December 2024 by Matt Edwards
Three Councillors have written to the bosses at Arriva and the Mayor of West Yorkshire to demand action following the announcement key early morning and evening services were being withdrawn after month of cancellations and disruption to services in the South of the city. Today, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority announced new timetables for some […]
19th November 2024 by Matt Edwards
A Green Party councillor has urged council bosses to save school buses at two district schools. On Tuesday, Bradford Council launched a consultation on proposals to withdraw the routes to St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic Collage and Bingley Grammar School from September 2025. But at a Council meeting, Councillor Matt Edwards, the Leader of […]
12th November 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens
A Green councillor has raised concerns after another planning application has been submitted to build houses on green space in Bierley. This is the fourth planning proposal for new houses on green space in Bierley in four years and would see 59 houses built on a field of the former Lockwood Farm. It also comes […]
8th November 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens
Green councillors have urged the Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep £2 bus fare cap. In a letter to Tracy Brabin, Green Party councillors have called on her to follow the lead of her counterpart in Greater Manchester and commit to keeping the bus fare cap at £2.00. This comes as the new government […]
1st October 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens
Labour’s proposed planning reforms will silence local voices and impose huge house building targets that ignore real local need, Green Party councillors on Bradford Council claim. The new government has announced an overhaul of the planning system which will involve new mandatory targets for councils and a review of the current greenbelt. But Green councillors […]
