17 July 2025 by Geoff Skinner
SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire 16th JULY 2025 – This week, a Rights of the River Motion was passed by Southampton City Council. Following extensive work to bring about a cross-party motion on rights of the river, Councillors came together to highlight the needs of this vital blue space within our city as an official move to protect […]
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16 July 2025 / 16 July 2025 by Geoff Skinner
MAJORITY LABOUR COUNCIL VOTE TO SELL VITAL CHALK RIVER, ACTIVITY CENTRE AND SSSI TO COMPANY PREVIOUSLY FINED £90M FOR ILLEGAL SEWAGE DISCHARGES. SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire 16th JULY 2025 – Popular Southampton site Woodmill Activity Centre and surrounding land, including a designated site of Special Scientific Interest, has today been given the green light by a majority […]
18 May 2025 by Geoff Skinner
Thank Goodness, said Cllr Katherine Barbour, Green Party, on hearing the news that the Bus Gate is being suspended. She has been calling for this since the end of January when this trial started. No data was presented about the impact of the first 3 months of the trial but clearly the results are not […]
14 May 2025 / 14 May 2025 by Geoff Skinner
Some members of the local party including Cllr Matt Reynard attended a Trans Rights protest on 26th April in Southampton. Around 500 people marched through the city demanding Trans Rights. A number of supportive speeches were made including from local trade union officials. This followed a Supreme Court ruling on 16th April stating the definition […]
9 May 2025 / 12 May 2025 by Geoff Skinner
It’s May the 3rd and the weekend of the hard fought for May Day Bank Holiday and a few days since Workers Memorial Day (28th April). I am running a little late as I join my Southampton Green Party colleagues. There is a crowd of people from across the Trade Union and political left movements. […]
8 May 2025 / 8 May 2025 by Geoff Skinner
After the local elections in May 2024 Candidates for the General Election are Katherine Barbour (seated on the left) and Neil Kelly (seated 3rd from left). The Natural Environment Background Southampton supports a variety of habitats including coast, mudflats, rivers, wet and dry meadows, heathland, woodland and parkland. A number of these areas are designated […]
14 April 2025 / 14 April 2025 by Geoff Skinner
GREENS MAKING A DIFFERENCE – CHECK OUT WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE Following the excellent work being done in St Denys each month to do litter picks, local residents in Portswood Park have joined together to do the same thing in Belmont Road, Spring Crescent, Thackeray Road and Woodside Road. If […]
MESSAGE FROM COUNCILLOR BARBOUR My inbox has been flooded with residents contacting me regarding concerns about the Portswood Bus Gate. I am now doing regular updates to people who have contacted me, as the council informs me of progress. If you would like to receive these updates,please email me, councillor.k.barbour@southampton.gov.uk, and I will add you […]
26 March 2025 / 10 May 2025 by Geoff Skinner
This announcement regarding Cllr Matt Renyard, sitting Councillor for Coxford Ward, having served the Labour Party as: Councillor Renyard will today be informing his Labour Colleagues and other elected members of Southampton City Council at today’s Full Council that he is resigning from the Labour Party, after being a Labour Councillor for the past six […]
