News - Luton and Bedfordshire

Our Response to the reports of Child Q

Posted on 18th March 2022 by philippa

Image of Philippa Fleming sitting in her wheelchair in her back garden.

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 […]

Help Ukraine with our Template Letter

Posted on 5th March 2022 (5th March 2022) by jenny

How can you help Ukraine? (Template Letter) Support Ukraine while kickstarting a new economy We need to stop funding Putin’s aggression but we also need to drastically reduce our dependency […]

Castle Newsletter February 2022

Posted on 14th February 2022 (14th February 2022) by jenny

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 […]

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

Posted on 16th January 2022 (16th January 2022) by philippa

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 […]

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

Posted on 13th January 2022 (13th January 2022) by philippa

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 […]

Ejel Khan Protesting the Nationality & Borders Bill

Posted on 8th January 2022 (9th January 2022) by philippa

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 […]

Oppose The Police, Crime & Sentencing Bill

Posted on 6th January 2022 (10th January 2022) by philippa

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 […]

Our Response to the Bedford Council 2022 Budget.

Posted on 4th January 2022 (4th January 2022) by philippa

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 […]

PSPO Town Centre Cycling Ban

Posted on 2nd January 2022 (11th June 2022) by philippa

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 […]

Green Party response to the Council’s Consultation on its Corporate Plan.

Posted on 10th December 2021 (11th June 2022) by philippa

Image of Cllr Lucy Bywater and Cllr Ben Foley in Castle Ward

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 […]