Greens Respond to English Devolution White Paper 13 January 2025 / 13 January 2025 by Admin Oxfordshire Greens held an Extraordinary General Meeting in January to discuss the Government’s White Paper on English Devolution; At the meeting Greens agreed that power should be held locally, with full accountability and transparency at the local level and the creation of smaller unitary authorities. Greens disagreed with the interpretation made by others that this […] Read more » English Devolution Local Government Sarah James South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse
Green COUNCILLOR SAM CASEY-RERHAYE CONDEMNS RACISM OF ALL KINDS 24 May 2024 / 13 January 2025 by Admin Cllr Sma -Casey-Rerhaye proposal unanimously accepted to condemn all forms of racism Read more » Anti-Racist Conflict Gaza Israel Motions sam casey-rerhaye South Oxfordshire
Green Councillors move Councils to become Real Living Wage employer 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 […] Read more » cost of living council motions fair pay Jo Robb Katherine Foxhall South Oxfordshire trade unions Vale of White Horse
South & Vale Greens call for urgent rethink over Didcot HIF1 roads scheme. 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” […] Read more » climate HIF1 Pete Sudbury roads sam casey-rerhaye Sarah James South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse
Local election success: South and Vale Greens double their District councillors! 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 […] Read more » elections South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse
Greens Call For New “Landscape Scale” 200+ Acre Park for Didcot 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 […] Read more » Adam Grindey andrea powel David Attenbourough nature Peter Dragonetti sam casey-rerhaye
Thame Greens Take Action on Cost of Living 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 […] Read more » cost of living South Oxfordshire Thame
“As murky as the Thames” – Greens respond to rejection of Wallingford Bathing Water Status application. 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 […] Read more » Bathing Water Status James Barlow Jo Robb rivers sewage Thames Wallingford water
County Council urged to rethink school bus decision 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” […] Read more » buses education Katherine Foxhall Pete Sudbury robin bennett school transport
Green Councillors call for urgent action against speeding on South Oxfordshire roads 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 […] Read more » Andrea Powell Benson Henley Jo Robb police roads robin bennett sam casey-rerhaye speeding
