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Bradford bus users “being forgotten about yet again”
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Mayor of West Yorkshire to demand action following the announcement key early morning and evening services were being withdrawn after month of cancellations and disruption to services in the South of the city.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…
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Councillor calls for action to save school buses
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…
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Concerns raised as more houses planned in Bierley
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…
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Green councillors have urged the Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep bus fares down.
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…
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Councillors welcome funding for Steeton and Silsden bridge project
Green Party councillors have welcomed the decision by West Yorkshire Combined Authority to approve funding for the A629 bridge project at the Steeton and Silsden roundabout. The meeting of the Combined Authority on 31st October approved funding for phase 1 of the long-awaited bridge to help people cross the busy Aire Valley Trunk…
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Local voices will be silenced in Labour planning reforms claim Green Party councillors
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…
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Green councillor responds to news NEC Group pull out of Bradford Live
THE NEC Group has pulled out of the multi-million pound Bradford Live project with “immediate effect”, it has been confirmed this afternoon. Councillor Matt Edwards, leader of the Green Party Group on Bradford Council, said: “At last the Bradford public is getting confirmation of what has been one of the worst kept secrets in the…
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Greens call for investment in high speed rail for Bradford at national conference
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…
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Leader of Greens on Bradford Council selected as party’s candidate for Bradford South
The Green Party has today announced Councillor Matt Edwards will be their candidate for the Bradford South constituency at the General Election on 4th July. Councillor Edwards was first elected to Bradford Council in 2021 and was re-elected on May 2nd with one of the largest vote shares in Bradford. He represents Tong…
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Former Labour councillor to stand as Green Party candidate in upcoming elections
A former Labour councillor has been unveiled as the Green Party’s candidate for Keighley West in the upcoming Local Elections. Adrian Farley, who was the councillor for Keighley West from to 2012 to 2021 will be standing as the Green Party candidate for the ward in the local elections due to take place…