1 December 2021 / 29 November 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
The CBI Conference was held last week and the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, spoke to address his so-called Green Industrial Revolution. Personal Anecdotes In his speech, the PM talked about his history with supercars and his disappointment with the EVs he had driven. He lamented the lack of ‘car sound’ from EVs. He also spoke […]
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30 November 2021 / 2 December 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
Building to start soon on Murton fields The Planning Committee have agreed the proposals for 300+ new homes in the land owned by Northumberland Estates opposite North Tyneside Hospital (November 2021). Building is likely to start in the next few months. A further 2,700 homes are planned for the Murton Gap area between Rake Lane, […]
29 November 2021 / 8 July 2023 by North Tyneside Green Party
The Government has announced that new homes in England will be required by law to install electric vehicle charging points from next year and claims this will see up to 145,000 charging points installed every year. While we welcome this as a well overdue positive statement, we have yet to see details, such as how […]
23 November 2021 / 23 November 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
The Government has forced through their Health & Care Bill. This Bill risks the core principles of the NHS; opening up privatisation and risking a postcode lottery for healthcare. It now falls to the House of Lords to force the Government to rethink the Bill. When the NHS was founded, it was on the three […]
17 November 2021 / 17 November 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
Inflation, the measure of the cost of living, has hit 4.2%. This is driven by the rising cost of food and fuel. Normal times would demand interest rate rises, but these are not normal times. Traditionally, when the rate of inflation rises, this is driven by consumer demand. Therefore the increase to interest rates reduces […]
15 November 2021 / 16 November 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
It was meant to be a ground breaking agreement – a coming together of all nations – to agree a way to resolve the climate crisis. Instead, COP26 was an anticlimax after the hype and anticipation. The pandemic had shown what individual countries could do when faced with an emergency – and it was hoped […]
1 November 2021 / 1 November 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
This year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is being hosted by the UK in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021. It will take place against a background of accelerating climate disasters all around the world and it cannot afford to fail. We are calling on global leaders to […]
29 October 2021 / 29 March 2022 by North Tyneside Green Party
Judy Seymour, a member of North Tyneside Green Party, has written an article for Green World on Universal Basic Income and exploring three alternative systems. In the article, Judy outlines how the use of these systems in cooperation could create an ‘economic model fit for purpose’. The full article can be read here : https://greenworld.org.uk/article/ubi-just-one-tool-box
13 August 2021 / 13 August 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
We are delighted to announce that Martin Collins will stand for election in the Camperdown Ward on Thursday 9 September 2021. Martin is an experienced Green Campaigner – having first joined the Ecology Party (the predecessor to the Green Party) in 1978 – working with the North Tyneside Borough Green Party since 2004. Martin says: […]
8 May 2021 / 8 May 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
We are delighted with the results from Day 2 of the Local Election Results. We have confirmed and strengthened our position as North Tyneside’s third party and we have seen record results around the Borough. We will review the results in full over the coming weeks, to learn and improve on our current position. In […]