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18 November 2024 / 18 November 2024 by magslewis
Whilst it is brilliant to hear the transport secretary is making a huge cash injection into bus services, Leicester City council and our Mayor mustn’t squander this opportunity. Too often, the council spends money on fripperies and window dressing , like the railway station refurbishment , which will not give us disabled loos as promised, […]
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1 November 2024 / 1 November 2024 by magslewis
The ongoing scandal of Hospital Close continues, with the Council owned houses still boarded up five years since key workers were told to leave their homes adjacent to Leicester General Not only this, but on Leicester Green Party checking how many of the 135 houses and flats will be fully or partially accessible homes, we […]
21 November 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
Aasiya Bora addressing the public at the March for Peace rally in Leicester on Sunday 19th November 2023. To watch the full video head over to our clip on our YouTube channel.
31 October 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
KEEPING OUR PROMISE TO YOU PUSHING FOR PLAYGROUND REPAIRS You told us the play area between Adderley Road and Clarendon Park Road is badly in need of repair – while £millions are spent on buying buildings in the city-centre when a fraction of that could see this much valued play area repaired. We have pushed […]
25 October 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
VICKY PARK PAVILION REVIVAL THE RETURN OF THE CAFÉ AT THE PAVILION iS ONE STEP CLOSER After many long delays the Council will finally be inviting expressions of interest in reviving a much asked after café at the Pavilion in Victoria Park. Victoria Park Pavilion has huge potential as a hub for all communities around […]
18 October 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
Check out what Green Councillor Patrick Kitterick has ben up to this month working hard for our community. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to get in touch with any of the Castle Ward councillors here
22 September 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
Check out what Green Councillor Liz Sahu has ben up to this month working hard for her community. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to get in touch with any of the Castle Ward councillors here
22 July 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
Leicester Green Party would like to object to the proposal to shut rail ticket offices or severely curtailed their opening hours. This shortsighted proposal would have a devastating impact on disabled people and older people in particular, and the digitally excluded. May we ask if an equality impact assessment has been done on this proposal? […]
19 July 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
People in Castle Ward seem to be as excited about having three green councillors as our members are. We have been asked what they have been doing. Here is a brief summary of just 7 days worth of activity: Wednesday 12th July – Attended the Planning Committee and spoke out against a planning application in […]
7 July 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
I was delighted to read that Leicester City council have finally submitted plans for Hospital Way in Evington. However, I’ve got to voice my utter frustration at the delays and time it has taken so far. This estate has stood derelict for many years now, and the city council have owned it for over two […]
19 June 2023 / 1 April 2024 by jangrothusen
View a digital copy of the newsletter distributed to residents in Saffron Ward.
22 February 2023 / 1 April 2024 by
Outrage after outrage seems to follow every move by our current government. As they continue to smash the NHS into thousands of disparate pieces, and fail to protect the environment or workers’ rights, they also leave us all to the mercies of a badly regulated and dysfunctional energy market. Whilst pressures on all of us […]
23 September 2021 / 23 September 2021 by
The link below will send you to a letter to Government ministers from The Access Association. They state the forgotten risks of the colourful street crossings that are growing in popularity. Sections of our society are being ignored in this rush for whimsy in city centres. The crossing’s inconsistency affects the confidence of both those […]
In Letters to the Press we highlight the work done by local members and activists who contact the local media and help shape discussions in our city. This letter address fumes from a factory in Aylestone Park which is impacting the lives of local residents. I would like to add my support to the residents […]
28 July 2021 / 28 July 2021 by
Leicester Green party were extremely disappointed to hear that a key morning train service, servicing busy villages into Leicester has been cancelled. EMR have confirmed this service has been cancelled ‘until further notice’, just when people are beginning to return to work. That a key commuter train has been axed and has disappeared from […]
12 July 2021 / 12 July 2021 by
A by-election has arisen for a Councillor in the Humberstone and Hamilton Ward, due to the death of Councillor John Thomas. It’s a three-seat council ward with two Labour Councillors in post. Our candidate is active local community campaigner and environmental activist, Pam Bellinger. Here is Pam’s personal statement to the voters of Humberstone […]
It is with sadness that Leicester Green Party has learned of the recent dissolution of the Friends of Victoria Park community group. This group has worked for many years “to promote the use of Victoria Park by local people, recognising its social, historical, ecological and horticultural values.” (https://fovp-leicester.org.uk/) The decision to wind up this important […]
5 July 2021 / 5 July 2021 by
Members of the Leicester Green Party joined the nationwide rally this weekend to protest the privatisation of NHS services, poor working conditions, pay justice and patient safety. Under the threat of heavy rain nearly 100 people from across the city gathered at Gallowtree Gate to demonstrate their opposition of the disastrous NHS policies of the Tory […]
2 July 2021 / 2 July 2021 by
In Letters to the Press, we highlight the work done by local activists who contact the local media and help to shape discussion in our city. This letter addresses concerns over the future of local transport. Leicester Green Party were disappointed, but not surprised to read in the paper today that LCC intend to pursue an […]
24 June 2021 / 24 June 2021 by
The Covid-19 lockdown has meant that the Leicester Green Party, along with everyone except our amazing key workers, have been unable to carry out any of our usual activities. As lockdown eased, we wanted to get back out and help our local communities. A litter pick is an accessible and practical activity which would take […]
23 June 2021 / 23 June 2021 by
In Letters to the Press, we highlight the work done by local activists who contact the local media and help to shape discussion in our city. It was with great concern that I read in the Mercury about the amounts of rubbish found in a river in Leicester recently and noted that a 25-year-old crisp packet […]
28 May 2021 / 28 May 2021 by
In Letters to the Press, we highlight the work done by local activists in contacting local media and helping to shape discussion in our city. Leicester City Council has been at cross purposes with both itself and its declaration of a climate emergency in its reaction to a small bike shed built in a front […]
24 April 2021 / 25 April 2021 by
Residents of Leicester’s North Evington ward will be voting for a new councillor in a by-election on 6th May. The Green Party’s candidate is Aasiya Bora. My name is Aasiya Bora, and I live and work in Leicester with my family. A twice daily walk across Spinney Hill Park was part of my journey to […]
13 April 2021 / 15 April 2021 by
As of April 2021, Leicester Green Party has itself a new website. There are plenty of upsides to this, most of them technical, but one of the downsides is that, to start with, it looks like we’ve not been getting up to much. That’s not the case. We’ve been busy both with emails to our […]
