We need to end the internal market within the NHS, not tinker with it. Our NHS has had to operate as an ‘internal market’ under Labour and Tory governments for 25 years. Now, crippled by historic PFI deals and a funding crisis, it is at risk like never before. NHS England is proposing that local […]
On Saturday 17 March Green Party MP Caroline Lucas is visiting Heaton to lead a discussion on plastic waste. She will talk about the scale of the damage to our wildlife, our oceans and to future generations. And we will discuss how much we could do locally, to solve the plastic waste crisis. “Calling time […]
Newcastle Greens responded to the Council’s recent council budget consultation on 7th January, challenging the reliance on conventional economic growth to deliver services for the city. The Council’s economic strategy is based on conventional neo-liberal “growth” economics, tempered by the language of “inclusive growth.” Our response argues that this does not take into account the […]
Read More… from Newcastle Greens respond to the Council’s “business as usual ” budget
Our submission to the 2018/19 budget consultation built on our earlier submissions to the Council’s three-year budget consultations in 2012/13 and 2016/17. All three responses are available below. The theme of the 2016 response was Taking Back Control. Government needs to devolve more funding and powers to local authorities, and the Council needs to devolve […]
Read More… from Newcastle City Council budget submissions 2013 and 2016
One of our guiding principles is Think Globally, Act Locally and in our latest Heaton Greens newsletter the emphasis is on the local in our response to the council’s budget proposals for next year. Andrew Gray, long standing Green Party activist in Heaton and other Greens, will be out and about this weekend (9th and […]
Read More… from Greens talk with residents about latest city budget proposals
Here is our response to the Council’s consultation on the next phase of its local planning strategy. See bottom of this page for our formal objections to the local planning strategy itself. Response to Draft Development Allocations Plan […]
See also separate Waste Strategy page. Follow-up submission, proposing targets for a city waste stategy Presentation slides and notes, presented to Waste Commission’s stakeholder meeting on 30th October 2017 Initial contribution to Waste Commission with ideas to support greater waste reduction, re-use and recycling […]
Read More… from Feedback for Newcastle Waste Commission, May-November 2017
This image is of a recent luxury housing development in Jesmond. In it, Heaton Green activist Andrew Gray is pointing to a car whose numberplate reads ‘RANGE ROVER’. The image summarises what is wrong with our housing policy locally and nationally: executive homes taking up excess space and designed for the needs of car drivers […]
A Green vision means having a plan that puts people at the centre. Newcastle Green Party would zone East Pilgrim Street for affordable retail and housing units, would increase the greening of the city centre and would make provision for safer walking and cycling. summary policy statement for East Pilgrim Street redevelopment […]
Read More… from Urban Policy Statement – East Pilgrim Street, May 2017
A Green Guarantee for a confident and caring Britain The Green Party launched its national manifesto this morning and here in Newcastle we want to tell you about it. The Green Party has big, bold ideas to create a confident and caring Britain that we can all be proud of. We aren’t afraid to hope for […]
