Green activist and Sudbury South West Councillor Laura Smith has continued with measuring the quality of the water at sewage outlets into the Stour, around the town. The tests which show instances of e-coli in the water say that if the samples show more than 9 instances then it is a concern for bathers and […]

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Green Councillors Leigh Jamieson and Laura Smith led the scrutiny of the latest CIFCO business plan at the Joint Overview and Scrutiny meeting on the 21st August. CIFCO is the investment company that Babergh and Mid Suffolk have set up to purchase commercial properties around the country. The rental return from these properties is an […]

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Post Office Closure – Sudbury Babergh Green Councillors, led by Sudbury South West member Laura Smith and Deputy Leader of the Council Deborah Saw, have challenged the Post Office over the announcement that the only branch in Sudbury was due to close on Friday 25th August. The closure of the branch that moved into Borehamgate […]

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The Green Party is now the largest party on Babergh District council, with 10 councillors. After the recent May elections we now have the following councillors: Jane Carruthers : Hadleigh South Jessie Carter: Sudbury North West Sallie Davies: East Bergholt Simon Dowling: Hadleigh North Ruth Hendry: Great Cornard Leigh Jamieson: South East Cosford Daniel Potter: […]

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Councillor Leigh Jamieson Green Councillor’s new initiative to fight fuel poverty approved by Babergh Council On 6th October 2022, the Leader of the Green Party on Babergh District Council, Leigh Jamieson, successfully submitted a motion at the Council meeting which will help to substantially improve the energy efficiency of social housing in Babergh and across […]

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Green campaigners came together at Flatford to draw attention to the plight of the River Stour on 25th September 2022, World Rivers Day. This iconic river, made famous by the paintings of Constable and Gainsborough, together with Suffolk’s entire river network, has failed to achieve the Government and Water Framework Directive (WFD) target. All of […]

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Babergh Green Councillors are delighted that the proposed plans for the development of Belle Vue House and the Old Swimming Pool site have been refused by the Planning Committee. “The proposed plans, far from improving the historic townscape as Babergh Planning officers contended, would have seen a four-storey block of flats built on raised ground […]

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Green Party members were surprised to learn that the Sudbury Society last week gave its approval to the revised application submitted by Churchill Retirement Living, calling it ‘a great improvement on the original.” Sudbury Green campaigner Laura Smith said, “We would hardly call it a great improvement. All they have changed is the colour of […]

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