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Castle Newsletter February 2022

News from Councillors Lucy Bywater & Ben Foley (Green Party councillors for Castle ward), February 2022 Welcome to Castle Ward newsletter February 2022 Well we’ve been keeping busy and balancing the needs of the community with the need globally to address climate change. We hope you see the positive contributions that your Green councillors are […]

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Ejel Khan’s Speech National day of action for the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill and the nationality & Borders Bill in Parliament Square .

Ejel Khan On Stage Speaking against the Nationality and Borders Bill.

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 […]

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Bedford Council agrees to Green Party call to end fossil fuel investments

Bedford Borough Councillors Lucy & Ben With Green Party Logo and the words Green Win Bedford Council vote to end fossil fuel investments

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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Ejel Khan Protesting the Nationality & Borders Bill

Ejel Khan speaking outside the House of Lords 5/1/22

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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Oppose The Police, Crime & Sentencing Bill

Baroness Jenny Jones of Moulsecomb

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 […]

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Our Response to the Bedford Council 2022 Budget.

Image with Green Background the word Budget

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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