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30 April 2021 / 28 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
Jonathan Bartley: “Having a Green in the room provides a voice for the environment, the climate and social justice, areas we believe other parties are failing to match their rhetoric with meaningful action” The Green Party is expecting to make significant gains across the country in the local elections next month, as it stands a […]
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29 April 2021 / 30 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
“We send 55% of our rubbish to be incinerated. That’s disgraceful,” says Penny Remfry, Green Party candidate for Elected Mayor in North Tyneside. “We should be recycling much more than the measly 35% we do at present.” In the latest copy of the North Tyneside Council’s magazine [1], the Council outlines what happens to our […]
28 April 2021 / 23 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
“Bring back Life-Long Learning” says Penny Remfry, Green Party candidate for Elected Mayor. North Tyneside used to have a lively adult education sector, but it has been decimated by government cuts and reduced to a focus on qualifications for employment only. Penny says: “There was a wide range of classes people could go to, from […]
26 April 2021 / 28 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
“My aim is for North Tyneside Borough to become a beacon of good practice and innovative thinking in the North East“ – Penny Remfry, Green Party Candidate for Elected Mayor. We need to tackle climate change urgently, and we all have a part to play in this. Our homes produce around 30% of carbon emissions […]
23 April 2021 / 21 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
Stop the privatisation of our health services, says Penny Remfry Green Party candidate for Elected Mayor Penny Remfry, Green Party Mayoral Candidate, is concerned about the centralisation of health and social care services through the proposed Integrated Care Systems (ICS) planned for implementation in 2022. Penny says: “The ICS sounds good, who doesn’t want to […]
22 April 2021 / 21 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
22 April 2021 : Earth Day is an annual event to support environmental protection. It is five years ago today that the Paris Agreement was signed; committing countries around the world to reduce carbon emissions – requiring economic and social changes. This year, the UK hosts COP26 – with the aim of accelerating the global […]
20 April 2021 / 20 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
I have long thought that we could have a much better, fresher food network in North Tyneside. We have great disparities of wealth and incomes in North Tyneside – some of the poorest 20% of wards in the country as well as some of the wealthiest. For example, in the Riverside and Chirton wards by […]
19 April 2021 / 19 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
“Young people are our future. We are leaving them a terrible mess to sort out. That’s not fair. We need to clear up as much as we can now, so their task will be easier” – Penny Remfry, Green Party candidate for Elected Mayor. Climate change, environmental degradation and species loss, combined with the economic consequences […]
15 April 2021 / 15 April 2021 by North Tyneside Green Party
Martin Osborne: “Greens want independent businesses to be at the heart of a Green recovery” The Green Party has called on the government to provide more financial support for independent businesses by reversing its decision to stop Covid- related business rate appeals and extend the business rate holiday and current tourism VAT cut through 2021. […]
Independent businesses have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. As the nation moves towards lifting remaining restrictions, they must be financially supported to get them back on their feet. The Greens set out a five-point plan last December for small businesses and want big and small businesses alike to play a leading role in a […]