Babergh Green Party
Largest Party In Babergh District
Babergh District Green Party
More than just talk
Comment from Cllr. Leigh Jamieson, Leader Green & Labour Group, Babergh District Council “It’s good to see this plan for cycling and walking improvements come to fruition, particularly as Green Councillors at both the county and district council level championed drawing up a priority list of improvements in 2018 and 2020. The need for such […]
Babergh Council vote is, “a disaster for local democracy,” says Leigh
“It’s extremely disappointing that the Council has voted to stay with the Cabinet model of governance rather than returning to a more democratic committee model. Important decisions will continue to be made by a small cabal of 10 councillors selected by John Ward, the Council Leader. Meanwhile other democratically elected Councillors remain stuck on the […]
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Comments from Cllr Leigh Jamieson, Leader of the Green Group on Babergh District Council, regarding the Council Budget, 2022-2023
Last week Babergh Council Leader, Cllr. John Ward wrote an article in the Suffolk Free Press extolling the various initiatives the Council was taking , “to protect this green and pleasant land for generations to come.” So I was shocked to read in the four-year Council Budget that one of its overarching principles was “to […]
Babergh “rewards developers’ poor performance,”…again
“It’s extremely disappointing that the Council has voted to stay with the Cabinet model of governance rather than returning to a more democratic committee model. Important decisions will continue to be made by a small cabal of 10 councillors selected by John Ward, the Council Leader. Meanwhile other democratically elected Councillors remain stuck on the […]
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Conservatives refuse Green call to commit to spending £20m on cycle path upgrades
Suffolk County Council’s Conservative administration has refused to commit to spending £20m of identified cycle network upgrades that it boasted about in its manifesto. The party’s election manifesto for the 2021 local election polls in May said: “We have identified over £20m of upgrades for our cycle network.” The opposition Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent group […]
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