Shipley Ward Archives - Bradford District Green Party https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/category/shipley-parliament-constituency/shipley/ Your local Green Party for all of Bradford District Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:15:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/11/cropped-images-32x32.jpeg Shipley Ward Archives - Bradford District Green Party https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/category/shipley-parliament-constituency/shipley/ 32 32 Greens: “Bradford residents are being forced to foot the bill for the failures of this Labour administration.” https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/06/greens-bradford-residents-are-being-forced-to-foot-the-bill-for-the-failures-of-this-labour-administration/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:41:23 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2833 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 […]

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]]> Greens welcome delay to “short-sighted” cuts to school buses. https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2025/02/25/greens-welcome-delay-to-short-sighted-cuts-to-school-buses/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:51:00 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2828 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 […]

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]]> Greens respond to Labour’s 10% council tax hike https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2025/02/03/greens-respond-to-labours-10-council-tax-hike/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:28:12 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2819 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 […]

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]]> Greens response to potential council tax rise of up to 15% https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2025/01/15/greens-response-to-potential-council-tax-rise-of-up-to-15/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:49:01 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2807 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 […]

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]]> Councillor calls for action to save school buses https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2024/11/19/councillor-calls-for-action-to-save-school-buses/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:50:03 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2775 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 […]

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]]> Greens call for investment in high speed rail for Bradford at national conference https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2024/09/09/greens-call-for-investment-in-high-speed-rail-for-bradford-at-national-conference/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:49:35 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2501 Delegates at Green Party conference in Manchester have backed a new Northern Powerhouse rail line with a through station at Bradford. Green Party spokesperson on transport Councillor Matt Edwards, who is leader of the Green Group on Bradford Council spoke in favour of the policy. Celebrating the vote he said: “I am delighted that the […]

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]]> Green Leader on Bradford Council responds to the budget https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2024/03/06/green-leader-on-bradford-council-responds-to-the-budget/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:29:39 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2473 Councillor Matt Edwards, the leader of the Green Party on Bradford Council, has responded to the latest Conservative budget that offers little for most people in Bradford. Councillor Edwards said, “Bradford has suffered under fourteen years of economic mismanagement by this Conservative government. Our district needs investment in public services but all this government had […]

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]]> Statement on Bradford Council overspend https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2023/10/30/statement-on-bradford-council-overspend/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:21:03 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2459 Following the announcement that Bradford Council faces an overspend of £68m in the coming year, the Leader of the Green Party Group on Bradford Council said:  “We can’t get around the fact this announcement today is bad news for taxpayers in Bradford. We have had many years of significant Council Tax rises whilst every day […]

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]]> Yorkshire Water should be apologising for higher bills https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2023/05/30/yorkshire-water-should-be-apologising-for-higher-bills/ Tue, 30 May 2023 10:06:47 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2412 An apology from Yorkshire Water’s chief executive over sewage discharges is not good enough according to Green Party councillors on Bradford Council who say they should be apologising for charging people for services they failed to deliver Nicola Shaw apologised because Yorkshire Water had “taken too long” to produce a plan to tackle sewage being […]

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]]> Greens call for public transport investment as new data reveals 1 in 4 don’t drive https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2023/01/09/greens-call-for-public-transport-investment-as-new-data-reveals-1-in-4-dont-drive/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:20:02 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2276 The post Greens call for public transport investment as new data reveals 1 in 4 don’t drive appeared first on Bradford District Green Party.

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