Tag: South Oxfordshire

Greens Respond to English Devolution White Paper

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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 […]

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Green Councillors move Councils to become Real Living Wage employer

/ 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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South & Vale Greens call for urgent rethink over Didcot HIF1 roads scheme.

/ 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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Local election success: South and Vale Greens double their District councillors!

/ 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 […]

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Thame Greens Take Action on Cost of Living

/ 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 […]

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Greens lead partnership for Wallingford bathing water status

/ 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 […]

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