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4th June 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
Exeter’s Green Party councillor, Diana Moore, has responded to plans by Devon County Council for creating safer walking and cycling routes as lockdown measures are eased. She says these “fall considerably short of the expectations that many in Exeter have in order to make roads slower and safer.” Last month the government called on Local […]
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15th May 2020 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party Councillor, Diana Moore, has written to the leaders of Exeter City and Devon County Councils asking them what steps they plan to take to comply with government demands to reallocate road space to people walking and cycling. In the letter to Cllr Phil Bialyk and Cllr John Hart, Cllr Moore has asked […]
21st April 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
Exeter’s Green councillor, Diana Moore, has joined 346 other Green Party councillors from 120 councils across the country to demand emergency and longer-term funding for local authorities so they can continue to support communities during the coronavirus crisis. The open letter to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick warns that councils could lose up to half of […]
5th March 2020 by exetergreenparty
Commenting on the collapse of Exeter based airline Flybe, Diana Moore, Green councillor in the city, said: “Coronavirus may have proved to be the final nail in the coffin for Flybe, but this is a company that has been sick for a long time.”The airline’s crash will be devastating for hundreds of Exeter employees and […]
27th February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
Councillors from the Progressive Group on Exeter City Council have expressed their dismay after Labour councillors voted down their amendments to the Council’s budget last night. The group proposed to reopen public toilets and create two new officer posts; one to ensure Exeter City Council implement a city-wide plan to tackle the climate emergency and […]
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24th February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
The Progressive Group on Exeter City Council is proposing amendments to the Council’s budget which would see public toilets reopened and two new officer posts; one to ensure Exeter City Council implements a city wide plan to tackle the climate emergency and another to enforce planning conditions to protect the city’s built and natural environment. […]
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22nd February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party has said the refusal by the City Council to answer questions about progress on implementing the Air Quality Action Plan, agreed back in November 2018, suggests no progress has been made in cleaning up Exeter’s serious air pollution. Lynn Wetenhall, prospective Green Councillor for Heavitree, a ward with one of the most […]
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17th February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
In a first for Exeter, the Greens and Liberal Democrats have agreed to work cooperatively in this May’s city council elections in a bid to make the Progressive Group the official opposition on Exeter City Council. The two parties have worked together over the last year in the council under the progressive banner, together with […]
24th January 2020 by exetergreenparty
The Progressive Group on Exeter City Council has welcomed the U-turn by the Labour run council on the Clifton Hill. While the Sports centre and car park will be replaced with 44 new houses, the Council has agreed that the green space, ski slope and golf range will now be saved. Independent councillor for Newtown […]
12th January 2020 by exetergreenparty
Green councillor, Diana Moore, has called for free parking in the city center on Thursday evenings, introduced by Exeter City Council in the summer last year, to be scrapped. The call comes following revelations that the council is set to lose at least £35,000 of parking income in the twelve-month trial period [1]. The council […]
10th January 2020 by exetergreenparty
Green councillor Diana Moore has expressed disappointment at the decision by councillors on the planning committee of Exeter City Council to grant planning permission for a new £40m retail park on the edge of Exeter [1]. She acknowledges shops and services are needed to support the growth in homes on the east side of the city […]
14th December 2019 by exetergreenparty
The Greens in Exeter saw their share of the vote quadruple compared with 2017 in December 12th’s General election, securing 8.6% of the vote. Joe Levy, the Green Party Parliamentary Candidate said, “This result confirms that the Green Party is on the up in Exeter. The great result comes at the end of a fantastic […]
5th December 2019 by exetergreenparty
As diplomats and ministers meet in Madrid for the latest global climate talks and the head of the UN warns we are rapidly reaching the point of no return, Green Party co-leader, Sian Berry, will visit Exeter on Tuesday 10th December to push the party’s Green New Deal as the solution to the climate emergency. […]
4th December 2019 by exetergreenparty
Green Party Councillor, Diana Moore, has condemned the “Co-living Con” being proposed by the developers of the Harlequins Shopping Centre. The developer’s brochure, which describes the development as ‘micro-living’, claims the development will be for “freelance workers, people working away from home and young professionals” [1] In addition to residents’ concerns about the scale of the two […]
29th November 2019 by exetergreenparty
Deputy Green Party leader, Amelia Womack, will be in Exeter tomorrow to boost her Party’s parliamentary election campaign. Amelia will join Joe Levy and members and volunteers from around the region who will converge on Exeter this Saturday to leaflet and canvass in the city. Her visit to the city comes hot on the heels […]
25th November 2019 by exetergreenparty
Greens pledge support to striking university staff Exeter Green Party parliamentary candidate, Joe Levy, has today expressed his support for the strike by University and College Union (UCU) members at Exeter university and 80 universities around the UK [1]. Joe Levy, who himself works for the university and is a trade union member, said: “I […]
23rd November 2019 by exetergreenparty
Five minutes to register to vote for a government for five years Exeter Greens have called on all Exeter citizens who have not registered to vote to apply immediately as there are only a few days left before the 26th November deadline. There are thought to be more than 9 million people missing from the […]
12th November 2019 by exetergreenparty
Joe talks to Janet Kipling on BBC Radio Devon about Unite to Remain – an alliance between the Green Party, Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru – where a single remain candidate will stand in 60 seats across England and Wales. Click here to hear Joe’s interview. (3 minutes)
7th November 2019 by exetergreenparty
Joe Levy, Green Party parliamentary candidate for Exeter, has been agreed as the Remain candidate in an electoral agreement announced today. The arrangement between the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru will see a single candidate stand in some 60 constituencies while Remain candidates of other parties agree to stand aside. In response to […]
16th October 2019 by exetergreenparty
Greens have called for developers of eco-friendly homes to be rewarded while those who fail to meet high environmental standards be penalised. Diana Moore, Green Party councillor in St David’s ward, says such a policy could be implemented by the council through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – the contribution developers pay towards local infrastructure […]
8th October 2019 by exetergreenparty
Greens have called out Devon County Council for ignoring their own Climate Emergency policy by seeking to build a new park and ride on the edge of Exeter. Park and ride on the city’s edge is a ‘business as usual’ response. It actively encourages private car use and longer car journeys. Approving this new park […]
1st October 2019 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party have announced their candidate for a likely autumn general election which they will fight on a platform of ‘yes to Europe, no to climate change.’ Exeter resident Joe Levy, 25, stood in 2017 and will once again fight the seat for the Greens. The announcement follows a packed out Green New Deal […]
30th September 2019 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party members have selected a former Devon County Council Special Education Needs case manager as their candidate in the upcoming County Council by-election in the Heavitree and Whipton ward. Lizzie Woodman, who has lived in Exeter for over 20 years, says the most urgent priority is to address the climate emergency and that […]
18th September 2019 by exetergreenparty
Green Councillor, Diana Moore has said there is zero progress on implementing an end to the use of single use plastics in Exeter City Council buildings and events. A motion calling for the phasing out of single use plastics was unanimously supported by councillors last April, when it was brought forward by former Green Councillor […]