Bradford District Green Party https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/ Your local Green Party for all of Bradford District Thu, 08 May 2025 16:44:11 +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 Bradford District Green Party https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/ 32 32 Councillor demands answers after Combined Authority downplays bus cuts for Holmewood https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2025/05/08/councillor-demands-answers-after-combined-authority-downplays-bus-cuts-for-holmewood/ Thu, 08 May 2025 16:44:11 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2865 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 […]

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]]> 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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]]> Westgate Hill Street planning application “everything wrong with the planning system” https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2025/01/16/westgate-hill-street-planning-application-everything-wrong-with-the-planning-system/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:20:52 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2809 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.  […]

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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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]]> Bradford bus users “being forgotten about yet again” https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2024/12/16/bradford-bus-users-being-forgotten-about-yet-again/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:30:49 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2789 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 […]

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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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]]> Concerns raised as more houses planned in Bierley https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2024/11/12/concerns-raised-as-more-houses-planned-in-bierley/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:28:57 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2748 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 […]

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]]> Green councillors have urged the Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep bus fares down. https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/2024/11/08/green-councillors-have-urged-the-labour-mayor-of-west-yorkshire-to-keep-bus-fares-down/ Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:31:10 +0000 https://bradford.greenparty.org.uk/?p=2590 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 […]

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