A popular local businesswoman has been selected by the Green Party as their candidate for Tong Ward. Green Party members voted to select Ursula Sutcliffe, who owned and ran the popular plant shop and cafe ‘Plant One On Me’ in Bradford City Centre until it closed last year. Ursula has lived in Holmewood for nearly […]
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At the Full Council meeting yesterday (Tuesday 13th December), Bradford Council voted to take action to tackle the social housing crisis in the city following proposals from a Green Party councillor. The proposals were put forward by Councillor Matt Edwards, leader of the Green Group and a councillor for Tong Ward, which has one of […]
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A local councillor has demanded Kirklees Council refuse plans for an Amazon Warehouse after a transport plan revealed that waiting HGVs could be directed on to congested roads in Bradford. Agents acting on behalf of the developer have submitted a Transport Assessment to demonstrate what would happen if HGVs arrived too early at the site. […]
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Green Party councillors have raised concerns about cuts to opening times at Household Waste Centre across Bradford District and the lack of publicity. From 31st October, centres will now open an hour later at 9am on a weekday and close at 16:45. On Saturdays the tips will – open at 9am and close at 3.45pm […]
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reens have responded to a leaked video showing the ex-Chancellor, Rishi Sunak boasting to Conservative Party members in Royal Tunbridge Wells that he had diverted public money out of deprived urban areas like Bradford to help wealthy towns. The leaked video was uncovered by the New Statesman magazine and shows the Tory Leadership Contender speaking […]
Data uncovered by the Green Party has revealed the worst fly tipping hotspots across Bradford over the last year. For the fourth year in a row, the Little Horton Ward is the worst area for fly tipping across Bradford with 930 instances reported during 2021. This was followed by Bowling & Barkerend Ward (824 cases), […]
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Bradford Council has agreed to measure its Local Plan against a set of standards called “Healthy Homes Principles” following a motion by a Green Party councillor. Speaking at the Full Council meeting on Tuesday (25th January), Councillor Matt Edwards (Tong Ward) proposed that Bradford Council re-evaluated its local planning policy, which would put people and […]
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Matt Edwards, Green Party councillor for Tong Ward has called for Bradford Council to ensure tackling illegal levels of air pollution are at the heart of a major road scheme. Green Party councillors have welcomed a commitment by Bradford Council re-design the Tong Street scheme to make the project more environmentally friendly, but have called […]
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Bradford Green Party are celebrating our best ever election result in the city after securing our best ever result in Shipley, electing our first councillor in Tong Ward, coming close in two others – and coming third across the whole district. Councillor Martin Love was re-elected in Shipley for with 3405 votes – a massive […]
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Bradford Greens have warned that transport proposals in the draft local plan could leave the South parts of Bradford behind. In a submission to the emerging Local Plan consultation, Bradford Green Party have questioned why all proposals for priority bus routes, greenways and cycle routes are north of the City Centre and only road schemes […]
