Bradford District Green Party

Bingley Ward Bowling & Barkerend Ward Bradford Council Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Craven Ward Heaton Ward Ilkley Ward Keighley Parliament Constituency Keighley West Matt Edwards Neil Whitaker Shipley Parliament Constituency Shipley Ward Tong Ward

3rd February 2025 / 3rd February 2025 by Matt Edwards

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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Bradford Council Celia Hickson Greenbelt Matt Edwards Tong Valley Tong Ward

16th January 2025 / 16th January 2025 by Matt Edwards

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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Bingley Ward Bowling & Barkerend Ward Bradford Council Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Craven Ward Heaton Ward Ilkley Ward Keighley Parliament Constituency Keighley West Neil Whitaker Shipley Parliament Constituency Shipley Ward Tong Ward

15th January 2025 by Matt Edwards

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 Council Bradford South Celia Hickson Matt Edwards Public Transport Tong Ward

16th December 2024 / 16th December 2024 by Matt Edwards

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Mayor of West Yorkshire to demand action following the announcement key early morning and evening services were being withdrawn after month of cancellations and disruption to services in the South of the city.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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Bierley Bingley Ward Bradford Council Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Heaton Ward Holmewood Matt Edwards Public Transport Shipley Parliament Constituency Shipley Ward Tong Ward

19th November 2024 by Matt Edwards

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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Bierley Bradford South Celia Hickson Greenbelt Housing Spen View Lane Tong Ward

12th November 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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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Bradford South Ilkley Ward Keighley Parliament Constituency Matt Edwards National Public Transport Ros Brown Tong Ward

8th November 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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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Bradford Council Caroline Whitaker Craven Ward Janet Russell Keighley Parliament Constituency Road Safety Road-building

1st November 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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 Road. In […]

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Bradford South Caroline Whitaker Craven Ward Greenbelt Housing Keighley Parliament Constituency Tong Ward Ursula Sutcliffe

1st October 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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 Green councillors […]

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Bradford Council Bradford South Matt Edwards Tong Ward

19th September 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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 district. “Despite […]

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Air Pollution Bingley Ward Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Craven Ward Ilkley Ward Keighley Parliament Constituency Matt Edwards National Public Transport Railways Shipley Parliament Constituency Shipley Ward Tong Ward

9th September 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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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Bierley Bradford South Holmewood Matt Edwards Tong Street Tong Valley Tong Village Tong Ward Tyersal Westgate Hill Woodlands

24th May 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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 Ward which […]

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Adrian Farley Keighley West

4th April 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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 on 2nd […]

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Bingley Ward Bowling & Barkerend Ward Bradford Council Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Craven Ward Heaton Ward Ilkley Ward Keighley Parliament Constituency Matt Edwards Shipley Parliament Constituency Shipley Ward Tong Ward

6th March 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

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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Bradford Council Matt Edwards Public Transport

15th January 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

The Leader of the Green Party group on Bradford Council has written to the West Yorkshire Mayor, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and senior officers at Bradford Council demanding answers over the closure of Bradford Interchange.  Bradford Interchange was closed on Friday 5th January but over a week later, little information has been provided as to […]

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