News for the community, by the community.
Councils from Preston to Islington are spending locally through procurement, boosting local business and increasing the council’s take in business rates. It’s part of a concept called community wealth building. The Green Party believes there’s more opportunity for this in Havering, says Mark Whiley, Chair of Havering Green Party.
As East Havering Data Centre consultation draws to a close on Tuesday April 7th, Green Party Chair Mark Whiley has criticised developers that he says are carving up Green Belt across the East End and South Essex. Today he writes:
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Following a recent article in the Havering Daily by Green Party’s Mark Whiley, the Member of Parliament for Romford-Andrew Rosindell MP writes:
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Romford’s MP voted six times for cuts to council funding and, as a Conservative, failed for sixteen years to address social care funding reform.
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The Green Party has drawn attention by renewing its policy calling for the Church of England to be disestablished, which would end the Church’s formal ties to the British state.
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Havering Green Party have launched their “Change for the Better” campaign for the May 7th local elections, fielding candidates with a strong mix of experience, local knowledge and community commitment in every council seat.
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As environmental campaigners met to discuss the potential harms and inappropriate development faced by Havering, Green Party campaigner Mark Whiley calls on councillors to not rush timelines or consultations ahead of next year’s elections.
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Havering has been allocated £1.082m, the fifth largest sum for a London borough, to fix the state of our roads. This is great news for all road users, with smoother journeys, less risk of damaging vehicles, and better fuel efficiency – less fuel consumption which means less emissions.
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While we acknowledge the tough financial context, brought on by a failure of the Conservative and Labour governments to address local government finance, we believe that viable multi-use options exist to repair, or rebuild and maintain our libraries.
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Barking, Dagenham and Havering Green Party fully support the campaign led by Jodie Satterley to stand firmly against the violence to our natural local environment represented by the woodland destruction that Network Rail have resumed without notice.
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It is not acceptable that there are people in our community choosing between eating for themselves or feeding their kids. It’s also not acceptable that this becomes a permanent, rather than temporary set of circumstances.
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Disillusioned by the system that is rigged against democracy, a significant portion of us voted for real change; rejecting media pressure to vote tactically as opposed to splitting the vote for either of the main two parties.
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Rather than continually dealing with the effects of knife crime the factors such as
financial deprivation, socio-economic background, early childhood and adolescent experiences of violence, drug addiction and low educational attainment have to be addressed.