Council Motions News
25 October 2023 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
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 katfoxhall
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” […]
News
8 May 2023 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
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 […]
Activism Nature News
27 March 2023 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
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 […]
Activism News
21 March 2023 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
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 […]
Nature News
14 March 2023 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
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 katfoxhall
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 katfoxhall
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 […]
News Thames Valley Police
23 July 2022 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
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 katfoxhall
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 […]
5 April 2022 / 14 November 2024 by katfoxhall
South Oxfordshire District Council Green Party Group Leader Cllr Robin Bennett has written for Green World magazine about the changes the Green and Lib Dem administration have been making. “Our administration’s approach to bringing services back in house is a clear reversal of our Conservative predecessors’ policy, and has put us in a much stronger […]
15 March 2022 / 14 November 2024 by katfoxhall
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye and Cllr Robin Bennett at Culham railway station. Greens are calling on OCC to rethink their road-building plans and make better use of the area's existing transport network.
2 February 2022 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
South Oxfordshire District Councillor and Thames River Champion Jo Robb has called for water companies to be held to account and for urgent action to be taken to save our rivers. Cllr Robb was speaking at a recent protest in Port Meadow, Oxford (23 January) against sewage pollution. The event was organised by local campaigners […]
Nature News Reservoir
23 November 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
Local Green campaigners have objected to the latest Thames water proposal for a mega-reservoir outside Abingdon, calling for water companies to first get their house in order by prioritising measures that manage demand, reuse water wherever possible, upgrade and repair existing infrastructure, and prevent wastage through leaks. The response has been submitted at the first […]
19 November 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
South and Vale Greens have described a £4 million fine levied against Thames Water as “a drop in the ocean” and called for a wholesale review of our water companies to ensure real investment in infrastructure doesn’t come at the expense of the public. The statement follows news today (Friday) that Thames Water have been […]
Climate Action News
10 October 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
Oxfordshire Pension Fund has committed to shift 15% of its assets – some £470m – into a fund offering rapid decarbonisation and divestment from fossil fuels. The decision, which comes in the same week as Harvard announced it is divesting from fossil fuels, marks a key turning point for the local government pension scheme, which […]
21 September 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
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