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Labour’s outrage over Yorkshire Water bonus isn’t enough – take it back into public hands
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…
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‘Once It’s Gone, It’s Gone’: Campaigners call on council to halt sale of greenbelt land
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…
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Green Councillors Demand Demolition of Derelict Former School After Another Fire
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…
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Green Councillor Criticises Hosepipe Ban as Yorkshire Water Fails to Tackle Leaks and Pays Millions to Shareholders
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.…
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Starbucks ignore Bradford Council planning rules
Ilkley’s Green Councillor Ros Brown has spoken out about Starbucks erecting a 9-metre-high sign on the Wheatley Lane drive-thru site without first gaining planning permission. The planning application for the sign is due to be decided by Bradford Council on 1st July. “A resident took this photo of the sign this morning with me…
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Councillor demands answers after Combined Authority downplays bus cuts for Holmewood
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…
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Greens: “Bradford residents are being forced to foot the bill for the failures of this Labour administration.”
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…
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Greens welcome delay to “short-sighted” cuts to school buses.
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…
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Greens respond to Labour’s 10% council tax hike
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…
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Westgate Hill Street planning application “everything wrong with the planning system”
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…