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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 […]
News Transport
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” […]
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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 […]
