Our new councillors have been settling into their roles and have already done lots of work for their residents. These are the kinds of things our new Green councillors have been getting up to. Hummersknott Kate and Thom have had a great welcome and have held two councillor surgeries at Salutation Hall and one […]
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Green councillors in Darlington have written to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, “to ensure proper funding of local services and sound policy that works for people, not profit.” Green Party Councillor, Matthew Snedker has called for a three-year funding settlement, an increase in all council budgets in line with […]
For the next four years Darlington Council policies will be dictated by eight people whom most voters didn’t want. Labour received only 35.1 percent of the votes cast at this month’s elections but they will be in power despite nearly twice as many people voting against them as for them. The leader of the 24 […]
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Darlington’s rivers, ponds and becks are now at greater risk of pollution after the Government ripped up laws that require house-building projects to protect water quality, say Darlington Green Party. This can only worsen nitrogen pollution in the Skerne and Tees, which is already too polluted, according to Natural England. The “nutrient neutrality” laws were […]
Cllr Matthew Snedker, Coordinator of Darlington Green Party said: The government’s own figures highlight the plight of far too many children growing up in poverty. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities scores Darlington on 30 measures against the national average. Of those 30 measures, which cover a wide range of indicators, Darlington is below […]
An opinion poll which shows nearly two-thirds of UK electors trust neither Tory nor Labour politicians is backed-up by doorstep canvassing in Darlington, say local Green Party councillors. An annual survey has indicated that around 61 percent of people in the UK think the country “needs a completely new type of political party to compete […]
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Green Party candidates at this May’s local council elections have serious concerns about the way the extension of the Tees Flex service has been handled. There are many problems with public transport in our region and this is just one example of poor management and poor policy making by Conservative administrations. The initial contract […]
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Darlington Green Party has called for a halt to all dividend payments to Northumbrian Water shareholders and those of Britain’s other privatised water monopolies until they stop dumping sewage into waterways and coastlines. For the first time, the party is contesting every ward at May’s Darlington Council elections and all its candidates are supporting the […]
As Britons turn down the thermostat – again, and many turn to food banks, Darlington Green Party Cllr Matthew Snedker believes it’s time for the Tories to accept responsibility for the disastrous outcome of their long years in power. The cost-of-living crisis is a direct result of their policies and lack of planning, he says. […]
Bryony and Matthew would like to thank the community groups and concerned individuals who worked with us to submit detailed evidence at the public examination to the Darlington housing plan. Recently, the Government has recalculated housing need using the very latest data and projections. They warn that the Local Plan would attempt to build 40% […]
