Darlington Borough Council has a “Stronger Communities Fund”, which allocates £1,000 to each elected councillor to spend in their wards to use for the benefit of their ward and its residents. The funding must be used to: ⦁ support individuals and groups to enhance access to opportunities to improve health and wellbeing outcome within their […]
Darlington Council Finances
You may have read stories in the local press lately about the state of Darlington Council’s finances (https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23897943.warning-black-hole-darlington-councils-finances/). The new Labour led administration have warned that there are rough times ahead, but the former Conservative leader of the council has been at pains to point out that they built up reserves of more than […]
Latest Skerningham “consultation”
Some of you, although probably not many, would have spotted that a further step in the consultation process for the Skerningham development took place at the beginning of November. There has been deep dissatisfaction from residents about how this consultation has been set up and organised. Unbelievably, there was no advance announcement or publicity by […]
Darlington Green Party offer solidarity to CEPAC workers.
Dear CEPAC Workers, Darlington Green Party believes that working people should receive a decent, living wage and be entitled to a sufficient level of economic security to meet their needs. Every worker should have the right to fair income security. This is a particularly important issue facing local people at the moment due to rising […]
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Councillor Matthew Snedker selected as Green Party parliamentary candidate for Darlington
The next general election will take place next year and Matthew will be standing as our Green Party candidate. Matthew said: “We’re facing a double crisis in our country, for our climate and for our democracy, but the Greens have the ideas and the political energy to push for progressive solutions. I’m both hopeful and […]
Report from the latest full council meeting – Labour tries to tighten their grip on power
The latest full council meeting was held on 28th September. There was a big turnout from the public (around 45, which is a lot more than usual), lots of interventions from Green councillors, and it didn’t finish until 12.30am. During the proceedings Green councillors tabled three positive and well considered amendments but the Lib/Lab coalition […]
Councillor activity in Harrowgate Hill and Hummersknott
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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AFTER A DECADE OF GRINDING AUSTERITY, COUNCIL TAX RISE MAY BE THE LAST STRAW FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COST OF LIVING CRISIS.
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 […]
THIS IS A COUNCIL THAT THE PEOPLE SAID THEY DID NOT WANT
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 WATERWAYS AT RISK OF EVEN MORE POLLUTION AS ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ARE RIPPED UP
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 […]
