Alistair Ford – Green Party Candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne North
I am standing for the Green Party because I believe that we are the only party to have real joined-up policies to address the huge issues we face in Newcastle and across the planet. The latest IPCC report on the impacts of climate change, the air pollution crisis, the need to protect the most vulnerable in society, finding new ways of providing work and livelihoods, and ensuring Newcastle is a healthy, happy, green place for future generations are all things that the Green Party policies would tackle.
I feel strongly that we need a new direction in politics and new voices in parliament. As a scientist working at Newcastle University, I see the need for investment in education and research for the new green economy, and to protect our country and our city from a disastrous Hard Brexit.
The Green Party’s policies on climate change and air pollution offer joined-up solutions to looming catastrophes, through progressive ideas on transport, housing, energy, and waste. We are the only party thinking seriously about the future of employment in an age of increasing job insecurity, with ideas like the Universal Basic Income gathering momentum and support. I am passionate about giving the people of Newcastle North a chance to vote for a Green future.
Email Alistair: alistair.ford@greenparty.org.uk
News
Green Party announces candidates for all three constituencies in Newcastle upon Tyne
The Newcastle upon Tyne Green Party has selected its parliamentary candidates for the 2017 general election. Once again the party will stand in all three of Newcastle’s constituencies, with Alison Whalley the candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne North, Peter Thomson standing for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and Alistair Ford, standing as a parliamentary candidate for […]
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City Council amends its Public Space Protection Order after pressure from Greens
On Monday 24th April, Newcastle City Council’s Cabinet approved a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for the city. The Cabinet agenda papers online include both the order and the Green Party response to the previous proposal. Towards the end of 2016, Greens had distributed leaflets in Heaton about the PSPO, and held a protest in […]
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A Sustainable Newcastle – what does this really mean
Newcastle Young Greens and Newcastle Green Party are co-hosting a one-day conference on Saturday 6th May, on the theme, A Sustainable Newcastle – what does this really mean. speakers Mark Burton (Steady State Manchester) and Chi Onwurah (MP Newcastle Central) a choice of three workshops the film “GrowthBusters” (Dave Gardner, 2011) a chaired debate between Chi Onwurah […]
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Green submission for the 2017/18 Newcastle City Council budget
The theme for our 2016 budget submission is Taking Back Control. Government needs to devolve more funding and powers to local authorities, and the Council needs to devolve to its neighbourhoods. The Council’s budget proposals promise more of the same – more investment in the city centre to attract new businesses, and “to grow as […]
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Stepping up the campaign against a proposed begging ban
Greens will be in Heaton this weekend, to distribute information on the Council’s proposals to criminalise begging and rough sleeping across Newcastle. The Council’s proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) would make even passively begging a criminal offence, and visibly possessing bedding could attract a £1,000 fine or fixed penalty notice (paragraph 16 of the […]
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