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1 December 2024 / 1 December 2024 by Joseph Cox
Last Wednesday saw two members of Southampton and District Green Party deliver a deputation to Southampton City Council. As part of full council meeting, Professor Barrie Margetts and Lori Foster delivered a deputation questioning what exactly would be involved in the new transition plans for adult and child social care, following a £42m savings announcement […]
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The fire at Millbrook Old Cemetery reported by us early August meant the ten trees pictured above had to be felled. Now there is a bleak almost dystopic scene left in one corner of the cemetery where the area probably is being used to hoard grass cuttings away from the trees, meaning fire risks in […]
13 September 2024 / 14 September 2024 by Joseph Cox
Due to the resignation of a Councillor in Shirley ward a by-election has been called for the 10th October. Barrie Margetts (pictured), has been selected to stand for the Green Party and has an excellent work record in Southampton as a previous Councillor and as a Professor at University of Southampton. Barrie has lived in […]
12 August 2024 / 22 August 2024 by lorifoster
Members of the Southampton Green Party attended the Unity Rally at Southampton Bargate on Saturday in solidarity. Standing to say “No more” to those who push racist, Islamophobic, anti-refugee, anti-semitic and xenophobic views. We stood with the people of Southampton, including members of Stand Up to Racism, Southampton Climate Action, Greenpeace, Unite, Southampton Muslim Council […]
4 August 2024 / 5 August 2024 by Joseph Cox
Thirteen trees have been marked for felling. At the end of July fire broke out in the Millbrook Old Cemetery where the fire brigade attended and thankfully extinguished the blaze in one corner of the site. Already there are 13 pink fluorescent paint markings on trees, indicating they need to be felled. It appears a […]