Hello I’m Philippa Fleming & I am the coordinator for Luton & Bedfordshire Green Party and a member of the Green Party Drug Policy Working Group committee. I was devastated this week to learn about the strip search of Child Q from the people of colour community in a Hackney School which was instigated by […]
My name is Ejel Khan I am the coordinator of the Muslim LGBT Network. I’m am an openly gay muslim man. I would not be able to say that in many countries across the world. Particularly muslim majority countries such as Saudi Arabia or other countries I could mention. The reason I am here today […]
At Bedford Council’s meeting on Wednesday night (12 January) the council overwhelmingly passed a motion proposed by Green Party’s Ben Foley (councillor for Castle Ward) to “support divestment from fossil fuels” and to ask for the Bedfordshire Pension Fund and the Border to Coast Pension Partnership to remove all funds from fossil fuels. The […]
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Above Image Ejel speaking outside the House of Lords 5/1/22 Long title (from Parliament website) Make provision about nationality, asylum and immigration; to make provision about victims of slavery or human trafficking; to provide a power for Tribunals to charge participants where their behaviour has wasted the Tribunal’s resources; and for connected purposes. Nationality & […]
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Can you help Baroness Jenny Jones? Foreword The Government is trying to take away our democratic freedom to protest, but over the next 10 days we have a unique opportunity to stop some of the worst measures outright. We need your help to persuade Labour to vote against them in the Lords. The Government sidestepped […]
Response of the Green Party to Budget Consultation of Bedford Borough Council The pervasive nature of the Climate Emergency means that the capital spend proposed on “Tackling Climate Change” is woefully short of what is needed. Urgent needs include a modal shift of transport towards public transport and active travel, and of goods transport from […]
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Bedford Green Party Response The PSPO cycling restrictions have succeeded in fining well over 3000 people. In other words, these were people who were riding slowly enough, and who actually agreed, to stop to give their details. Many of these have been older people and those with mobility issues who rely on a cycle as […]
Here’s Bedford Borough’s draft corporate plan itself which there was a public consultation on: https://bbcdevwebfiles.blob.core.windows.net/webfiles/Your%20Council/Consultations/Corporate%20Plan%20-%20Consultation%20Draft.pdf And our Green Party submitted response is here: Vision: The proposed ‘vision’ is “We want Bedford Borough to thrive as a place, a location that people are proud of, want to live in and move to. To do this we […]
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Green councillors in Castle ward are really pleased to see a car club in Bedford at last. Some journeys can only be done by car, and this sort of scheme offers people a chance to have affordable and easy access to an electric car nearby without having to own their own car with the hassle […]
“A 20mph speed limit will make our streets safer and more pleasant for all road users” By Laura Hutchinson from Bedford Today A consultation on a plan to introduce 20mph speed limits for the whole of the Castle Road area in Bedford has launched. Councillors from Castle ward teamed up with those from Newnham ward […]
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