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24th November 2017 by exetergreenparty
The Green Party has announced that well-known peace campaigner and union activist, Tom Milburn, will be their candidate in the forthcoming city council by election in Newtown and St Leonards. Tom has lived in the city centre for 20 years, having first come to Exeter as a student. Tom says that the proliferation of luxury […]
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21st October 2017 by exetergreenparty
Consultation on the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan [1] will be wholly inadequate if the participating councils stick to their present plans. In a letter [2] to Councillor Daniel Gottschalk, chair of Exeter’s planning committee, Green Party Councillor Chris Musgrave argues that the whole process has been designed as a top-down one for minimum participation by […]
12th October 2017 by exetergreenparty
Green Party Councillor, Chris Musgrave, has welcomed a decision by the City Council to keep the bus station open, after developers pulled the plug on £100m redevelopment plans of the area. Cllr Musgrave who spoke at an extraordinary full council meeting, at which the project was discussed, said: “Labour’s dream of a privatised leisure centre […]
10th October 2017 by exetergreenparty
18th September 2017 by exetergreenparty
Greens have called on Exeter City Council to live up to their promise of working cross-party to address the city’s notorious air pollution. The pledge was made at a council committee meeting last week, when councillors discussed a report on air quality in Exeter. The City Council is developing a new draft Air Quality Action […]
15th September 2017 by exetergreenparty
As councillors on an Exeter City Council committee meet this Thursday to discuss Exeter’s air quality, the Green Party have slammed the Council for years of inaction, demanding bold measures to tackle air pollution, mainly caused by traffic, and make it easier to move around the city. Greens say current plans fall far short of […]
Greens demand City Council stop using toxic weed-killer in Exeter The Green Party will today send an open letter to the leader of Exeter City Council, Pete Edwards, urging him to press the City Council to end the use of a toxic pesticide in Exeter. The letter, signed by 50 people, expresses deep concern at […]
14th August 2017 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party has slammed a Stagecoach consultation on tackling traffic congestion as a sham. Local Greens say the results of the consultation, carried out over the summer, have instead been used as justification to cut services; an announcement about a review to Exeter bus routes was made from Stagecoach South West last week [1]. […]
22nd July 2017 by exetergreenparty
Green Party councillor, Chris Musgrave, tonight voted against a £7m uplift to the leisure centre budget. The steep rise was supported by all Labour councillors at an extraordinary full City Council meeting this evening, Wednesday 19th July, but opposed by Conservative councillors, Lib Dem councillor Kevin Mitchell, as well as Mr Musgrave. Cllr Musgrave refused to […]
9th June 2017 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party has commended their candidate Joe Levy for running a positive campaign which has highlighted the plight of young people and the climate change crisis. Joe Levy secured 1,027 votes. Joe Levy said, “Over the past few years the Tories have created a real mess. Austerity has broken peoples’ lives, Brexit has divided […]
7th June 2017 by exetergreenparty
Joe Levy urges voters to make confident choices on Thursday In a final call-out to voters, Green Party parliamentary candidate, Joe Levy, is urging voters to make a confident choice for Exeter’s future. Mr Levy said, “This election is unlike any we have seen before. Brexit is hugely disruptive and the Tories will leave that […]
18th May 2017 by exetergreenparty
Speaking after Tuesday’s meeting of Exeter City Council, Councillor Chris Musgrave reacted to the Council’s allocation of places to its scrutiny committees for 2017-18. Exeter’s first Green Councillor requested a place on the city’s Leisure Complex Board, the committee that scrutinises the controversial bus station development. Councillor Musgrave said: “It is disappointing in the extreme […]
11th May 2017 by exetergreenparty
Joe Levy has today been nominated as Exeter Green Party’s candidate in the 2017 General Election. The nomination was handed in to Election Officers after Green Party members voted for Joe Levy by electronic vote after a selection meeting last Sunday. Joe Levy, 22 years old and a resident of St Thomas, works for Exeter […]
10th May 2017 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party have written to Exeter Labour Party offering to stand back in the general election if there is co-operation on forming a progressive alliance to beat the Conservatives. Green Party members in Exeter voted overwhelmingly to support a deal which would see the local Party stand down in the general election in return […]
For immediate release: Friday 5th May 2017 Greens have secured their highest ever County Council result in Exeter, securing nearly 18% of the votes in the St David’s and Haven Banks division and coming third. This was nearly double that received for the next highest Green result – 10% in St Sidwell’s and St James. Exeter […]
3rd May 2017 by exetergreenparty
The Green Party have condemned fare rises on Exeter’s bus services, with some tickets rising by at least double the rate of inflation. Green City Councillor, Chris Musgrave and County Council candidates, Diana Moore and Andrew Bell, have written to Stagecoach demanding an explanation for the fares hike. The new fares came into force on […]
28th March 2017 by exetergreenparty
In a week in which the government is to trigger Article 50, and so beginning the official two year countdown to leaving the EU, Exeter Green Party have issued the following statement. Hard Brexit – we didn’t vote for this The Conservative government is using the narrow majority for leaving the EU to pursue a […]
23rd March 2017 by exetergreenparty
Green councillor, Chris Musgrave, has responded to last night’s extraordinary full council meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the bus station and new leisure complex: “The Labour administration went to considerable efforts last night to avoid answering the more difficult questions. I’ve never heard, “I don’t know” or “can’t say” more times in one evening – […]
16th March 2017 by exetergreenparty
A ‘flash mob’ of cyclists and walkers will take to roads in St David’s today to highlight danger points and press the City and County Council to make it safer and easier to walk and cycle around Exeter. The event is being organised by Exeter Green Party [1], and will include the Party’s Deputy Leader, […]
Exeter Green Party is to launch a new Renters’ Charter this Thursday to address the problems and difficult issues facing young renters in the city [1]. The charter, which will be launched at Exeter University by the Deputy Leader of the Green Party, Amelia Womack [2], includes calls for tough planning conditions on developers to […]
7th March 2017 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party say the delay in plans to develop the bus station site provides a valuable opportunity for ‘better thinking around the project’. Green Party councillor, Chris Musgrave, who defected from Labour last week, has been highly critical of the Council’s plans for the ownership and management of the planned new leisure complex in the […]
28th February 2017 by exetergreenparty
The Green Party in Exeter have gained their first city councillor, following the defection from Labour by Alphington councillor, Chris Musgrave. Councillor Musgrave says he has been drawn to the Green Party because of their deep-seated commitment to openness and transparency in local government, something he says is ‘in short supply with the current Labour […]
4th February 2017 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Greens will reiterate a ‘refugees are welcome’ message when GreenParty Deputy leader, Amelia Womack [1], visits Exeter this Friday. Ms Womackhas long championed refugee rights and last year visited refugees in the’jungle camp’ in Calais [2]. During her visit to Exeter she will visit Cityof Sanctuary [3] to hear about how the organisation helps […]
5th January 2017 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party has responded to the Your Future Care consultation under taken by the Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (http://www.newdevonccg.nhs.uk/about-us/your-future-care/have-your-say/102083). A new way of delivering health and social care is proposed, with more care being provided at home. While the approach could have positive benefits for patients, we expresses deep concerns […]