Green councillors question financial logic of cuts to tree maintenance
Green councillors highlight the hidden costs of cutting tree maintenance.
Listen to Labour members on Brexit, Green MEP urges Jeremy Corbyn
New research shows a majority of Labour members want to remain in the Single Market, and support the idea of a referendum on the final Brexit deal. Bristol's Green MEP is urging the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to listen to his membership.
Votes at 16: Bristol Greens give Youth Parliament policy a boost
Green Councillors today urged the council to actively promote and work towards Votes at 16, submitting a motion to Full Council that called on the Mayor to ask central government to allow Bristol to trial voting in council elections for 16-17 year olds.
Green Cabinet member leads on Clean Air for Bristol
8 months on from a successful Green-led City Council motion on air quality, Green councillors welcomed the Mayor’s report back on the council’s progress towards a Clean Air Zone.
Green Councillor calls for curb on pavement parking
Greens slam Tories and Labour for using Brexit ‘as a weapon to fight internal battles’
Molly Scott Cato MEP, Green Party speaker on Brexit, has accused Conservatives and Labour of using Brexit ‘as a weapon with which to fight internal Party battles’. The accusation comers as the Brexit secretary, David Davis, meets the chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, to begin the first full round of Brexit negotiations and follows a series of briefings over the weekend suggesting a cabinet ‘at war’
Bristol's MEP warns of ‘meltdown’ in region’s finance sector post Brexit
Jobs in the finance sector face meltdown in the South West, Green MEP Molly Scott Cato has warned. She has raised the alarm as JP Morgan, the Wall Street bank, announces that 16,000 jobs
Green MEPs tackle throw-away culture
The European Parliament has this week backed a Green initiative which aims to extend the life of consumer products.
Hinkley could force higher electricity prices, warns Green MEP
Soaring costs and further delays to Hinkley could lower financial returns for EDF and result in consumers being ‘arm-twisted’ into paying even higher prices, Bristol's Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, has warned.
Tories must match EU tax standards says Bristol's Green MEP
The UK Government must match EU on tax transparency, says Green Party finance speaker as MEPs vote in favour of country-by-country reporting