25 October 2023 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Councils have extended their policy of paying the Real Living Wage thanks to proposals put forward by two Green councillors this week. The Councils had agreed in principle in February 2023 to ensure staff directly employed by them receive a minimum of the Real Living Wage […]
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5 July 2023 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
Green councillors are renewing their call for Oxfordshire County Council to pause and review a major road scheme around Didcot. This comes as the government’s Climate Change Committee urged a systematic review of all current and future road-building projects, and to allow only schemes that “meaningfully support cost-effective delivery of Net Zero and climate adaptation” […]
8 May 2023 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
South and Vale Greens are celebrating a successful set of results in Thursday’s local elections. The branch now has four seats on Vale of White Horse District Council and eight in South Oxfordshire. All six of our councillors defended their seats, with six new councillors elected. We also defended and gained a seat on Thame […]
27 March 2023 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
Green councillors and campaigners are calling for the creation of a new nature park forDidcot, as part of efforts to improve community wellbeing and tackle the ecological crisis inthe growing town. The large park – of 200 acres or more – would be accessible through sustainable travel fromDidcot and will include areas for people to […]
21 March 2023 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
Local Green Party campaigner David Dawson helped establish Cosy Thame to give residents practical support and advice on keeping their homes warm amid the cost of living crisis. Working with Thame Green Living, Citizens’ Advice and Thame Town Council, Cosy Thame have given out free draught excluders for residents, organised a curtain exchange and arranged thermal imaging and drone […]
14 March 2023 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
Green councillors and campaigners have reacted angrily to the decision by Conservative Secretary of State for Environment Therese Coffey, to reject an application for Bathing Water Status for Wallingford. Greens have condemned the process as opaque and not fit for purpose. South Oxfordshire District Council, Wallingford Town Council and rivers charity Thames21 submitted a joint […]
14 February 2023 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
Green councillors and campaigners from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse have called on the County Council to rethink a decision that could see hundreds of students lose their school bus places from September. Oxfordshire County Council have told families at 8 schools who can currently pay for transport under the council’s “Spare Seats” […]
7 October 2022 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
Green Councillors representing communities in South Oxfordshire have accused Thames Valley Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner of a dereliction of duty after repeated calls for speed limit enforcement on the A4074 and the A4130 have been met with delays and excuses, despite clear evidence of sustained law-breaking. In an open letter to Thames […]
23 July 2022 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
South & Vale Greens have criticised Thames Valley Police’s new knife crime operation as an oversimplified and knee-jerk reaction that will do little to tackle a complex problem. The new Operation Deter campaign, launched recently by Thames Valley’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber, promises that the police will make those carrying knives in our […]
19 July 2022 / 18 November 2024 by Kat Foxhall
The campaign to achieve Bathing Water status for the Thames in Wallingford took another step forward last week when residents gathered at the Riverside for water testing training. Almost 20 enthusiastic residents and councillors signed up for the training morning, hosted by Thames21 and supported by South Oxfordshire District Council. The scheme was initiated by […]
