Exeter Green Party welcomes Dartmoor wild camping legal ruling 22nd May 2025 / 22nd May 2025 by exetergreenparty The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling which means that wild camping will be allowed to continue on Dartmoor. The court ruled that a multimillionaire landowner was wrong to ban it on his land. Green councillor for Heavitree in Exeter, Catherine Rees, who has supported the campaign for wild camping on […] Read more »
Join a union to ‘Reform-proof’ your job, urge Green Party 5th May 2025 / 5th May 2025 by exetergreenparty Exeter’s Green councillors are using the May Day holiday marking International Labour Day to call on Council workers in Devon and elsewhere to ‘Reform proof’ their jobs by joining a union if they haven’t already done so. Newly elected Green councillor on Devon County Council, Andy Ketchin, said: “Nigel Farage has pledged to impose an […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party Unions
Greens offer positive alternative to Labour and the real antidote to Reform after ‘stunning’ Exeter results 3rd May 2025 / 3rd May 2025 by andrewbell The Green Party in Exeter is celebrating three gains in the Devon County Council elections, a third of the entire city – all previously Labour seats. The Green candidate in St David’s and Haven Banks, City councillor Andy Ketchin (left), won by a landslide, achieving 46% of the vote, compared to Labour’s 24%. In St […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party local election 2025
Greens on course to win more seats than Labour in Devon 27th April 2025 / 27th April 2025 by exetergreenparty The Green Party in Devon believe they are on track to win more seats than Labour across the county next Thursday. Greens say they are hopeful of winning their first seats in Exeter, retaining councillors in East and South Devon and winning new seats in North Devon, Torridge and Mid Devon. Local Green parties in […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party Heavitree
South West Water should ‘be front of the queue’ for nationalisation, say Green Party candidates 25th April 2025 / 25th April 2025 by exetergreenparty Green County Council candidates in Devon are calling for the nationalisation of South West Water. The call comes in the wake of water bills increasing by a third and Environment Agency data showing the company released sewage for more hours than any other water company in England during 2024. In Salcombe Regis a South West […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party
Exeter Greens call for review of impact of Supreme Court ruling 19th April 2025 / 19th April 2025 by exetergreenparty The leader of the group of Green party councillors, Diana Moore, has called on Exeter City Council to undertake a review of the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on “the legal definition of a woman” which they say is “defined by biological sex under equalities law.” Councillor Moore said: “Exeter has a high proportion […] Read more »
Changes to Exeter bus services: Greens welcome funding for improvements but accuse Stagecoach of going into ‘reverse gear’ 9th April 2025 / 9th April 2025 by exetergreenparty The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed planned improvements to city bus services planned for April using Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding awarded to Devon County Council [1]. However, they point to reduced services by Stagecoach on unsubsidised routes which, they say, strengthens the case for public control of buses. Green Party candidate for […] Read more »
Green light for city centre car park “only Exeter Labour wants” 26th March 2025 / 26th March 2025 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party have slammed the Labour-led City Council for a decision to create a temporary car park on the old bus station site [1]. A survey run by Exeter Greens to which 270 people responded found no appetite for a car park, with residents instead calling for a range of creative ideas for the […] Read more » #Exeter climate change Exeter Green Party transport
Greens slam Labour’s ‘dismal’ record on tackling empty homes in Exeter 10th March 2025 / 10th March 2025 by exetergreenparty Green councillors in Exeter are stepping up their campaign to address Exeter’s housing crisis. They are demanding the Labour-run City Council takes urgent action on empty homes, pointing to the ‘dismal’ record of pursuing empty homes over the last five years. Green Party councillor, Diana Moore, said: “There are 3,584 applicants on Exeter’s Housing waiting […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party housing
Greens across Devon call for Authority Leaders to pull together or see Devon divided up by Whitehall 24th February 2025 / 24th February 2025 by exetergreenparty An open letter to Local Leaders and MPs from Devon Green Councillors Government has made it very clear that the local government reorganisation in Devon is inevitable, and we intend to engage with this in a positive way to ensure the needs of our communities and environment come first. We are deeply concerned that conflicting […] Read more »