Bath and NE Somerset Green Party

Years of campaigning to get information from B&NES Planning on the impact on transport, retail and ecology in east Bath. So many people helped with their objections. Thanks to everyone! People still need help with the cost of living and cheaper food and we recognise that. #Lidl #GreenParty #BathUK

BaNES Green Group has warned that the Bath Movement Strategy risks becoming a "blame-management framework" unless the council spells out who is responsible for delivering its mode shift targets bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/greens-say...

Angry Bath and North East Somerset residents are staging a demonstration outside the offices of Wessex Water on Claverton Down Road at 3pm this Thursday, July 30th bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/residents-...

Greens object and are dismayed to learn that the Lib Dem-run administration is going to remove School Keep Clear markings on Darlington Road outside Bathwick St Mary Primary School, Bath bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/greens-hig...

Why not become a member of the Green Party? Connect with local people who share your values and concerns & join a group of passionate people who are already working hard in your communities. Visit our website and join today! join.greenparty.org.uk

Major reconstruction work is being carried out on Manvers Street in Bath between May and November 2026 bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/greens-que...

BaNES Green Party strongly opposes the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice that was laid before Parliament on 21 May 2026. It is transphobic - let’s call it for what it is. bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/banes-gree...

Councillor Heijltjes suggested having an additional PDS meeting for the local plan ahead of the Cabinet meeting in June in order to properly scrutinise the Local Plan open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Green ward councillors for Lambridge have received a number of concerns from residents relating to building work on Bailbrook Lane at the former Old Nursery Site bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/greens-fin...

Cllrs @clrjoannawright and @SaskiaHeijltjes explain why exiting and entering the NCR 4 on Beckford Road, Bath is challenging for cyclists bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/cllrs-joan...

B&NES Green councillors object to The University of Bath’s planning application for further student accommodation on its Claverton Down campus until better non-car transport options exist open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Everything #Reform do is to help the ultra-wealthy - they don't care about ordinary people. You can see this in everything they say. In this example: #Grenfell is tragic "but everyone dies in the end", so we shouldn't let improved safety stand in the way of house builders profits

Software requested by Greens will allow officers to improve knowledge of recipients’ position within the Council Tax Support Scheme to explore and review how to support the most vulnerable bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/greens-ach...

Every minister should read this from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: “The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash…the same factors that would have brought down the financial system….now threaten to bring down the food system”.

Bath and North East Somerset Council has voted to support a new cross‑panel initiative aimed at improving opportunities for outdoor play and enhancing children's health and well being bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/bath-and-n...

Pro-war, pro-privatisation. Don't trust these people.. www.ft.com/content/be4b...

Bath and NE Somerset Green Party now has more than 1,200 members! Join the movement to make hope normal again - join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party's victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election is a clear win for the politics of hope and change over a campaign dominated by fear, smears and victim-blaming from Reform and Labour domtristram.substack.com/p/a-historic...

“We need a better system to fund local services. We need a national wealth tax, taxing 1% of assets over £10 million which should then be used to better fund public services.” open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Parties exist to gain political power. Don’t be surprised they contest elections. I often hear ‘the Greens are splitting the vote!’, but that’s the political system *Labour have chosen*. Labour could end the threat of a Reform government right now if they adopt PR. (1/2)

Drug deaths have risen every year for 13 years. That’s 13 years of a failed “war on drugs”. Labour should be looking at legalisation, control and regulation - not playing politics with people’s lives. This is a public health crisis. Treat it like one. Not a game.

Today the UK government published a long‑awaited action plan on per‑ and poly‑ fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). It is alarming reading - domtristram.substack.com/p/pfas-why-t...

NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure. It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

England’s most deprived areas are projected to get materially worse by the next general election unless investment and policy shift significantly open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

The ultra-wealthy and corporations are dictating what politicians in the old parties and Reform do. We need to make sure that policy is made in the interests of the people, not those with the most money open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

The B&NES Liberal Democrat administration and the official Labour opposition together, at November’s Full Council meeting, discarded plans for a robust AI ethics policy that the BathNES Green Group proposed in its AI motion - open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services. Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0. But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?" Make it make sense!

Despite decades of the Right, and now Labour, claiming that work is the route out of poverty, a significant number of families on low incomes, even those with a parent in work, are trapped in a cycle of hardship domtristram.substack.com/p/why-the-tw...

Big news 💚 The Bath & North East Somerset Green Party has just passed 1,000 members, our highest ever. 🌿 This reflects the national surge in Green Party membership, now over 150,000. Huge thanks to everyone joining and supporting a fairer, greener future for BaNES! 🌍✨ #BaNESGreens #GreenParty

Today Bath is hosting 'A Vigil of Grief & Love': an 18-hour spoken memorial to honour the lives of Palestinian children killed in the ongoing war in Gaza. Among those taking part will be Green Party councillors Joanna Wright and Saskia Heijltjes open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Bath Green Party councillors @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social and @cllrjoannawright.bsky.social have expressed concern and disappointment following the recent update from Bath & North East Somerset Council on the Pulteney Estate Liveable Neighbourhood proposals open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Bath & North East Somerset Council is asking residents to take part in its new Climate and Nature Survey — but local campaigners say the survey has major gaps open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is the "cost effective way" of getting 500,000 children out of poverty, according to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He's right. Child poverty is and always has been a political choice. Labour should remove the cap immediately.

Local residents and community groups have voiced renewed opposition to Lidl’s latest planning application for a supermarket on London Road open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Council’s restructuring and pay reform initiative comes under intense scrutiny following revelations that some of the council’s lowest-paid frontline staff are facing real-terms pay cuts bathnesgreenparty.substack.com/p/councils-b...

A beloved veteran copper beech tree in central Bath is under serious threat from Bath Rugby Club’s latest stadium development proposal open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

There’s now only one party fighting for fairness and support for those who need it - the Green Party. Join us. join.greenparty.org.uk

Vote vote vote! Let’s show Reform they are not wanted here #votegreen

We are topping the polls for WECA mayor but we will only win if you get out and vote! #weca #votegreen

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We can do this! Make sure you vote.

Greens are predicted to win the WECA mayoral election! Can you help the campaign? Contact us and find out how you can get involved.

The government’s latest official bus statistics report has revealed a concerning decline in bus services across Bath and North East Somerset. B&NES continues to fall behind national and regional averages for bus service frequency and passenger journeys. open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Labour councillors who don't want cuts to the most vulnerable, rather than increasing taxes for the ultra wealthy, are defecting to the Green Party. What will Labour councillors in BaNES do? Will blind party loyalty trump defending the most vulnerable? www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2504058...

Bristol proves it’s possible: now it's time for BaNES to extend free bus travel for disabled people open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

On the evening of the 19th of March, Green councillors for Lambridge Joanna Wright and Saskia Heijltjes hosted a lively public meeting at the New Oriel Hall to discuss transport issues in East Bath open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Any country (or party) that squeezes social security for the disabled because ‘savings must be made’ while continuing to tax unearned wealth (capital gains) less than earned wealth is immoral.

I'm repeatedly meeting people - almost always in social housing, almost always from global majorities - who are breathing in toxic air & chemicals from nearby sites. The Government determined to avoid proper regulation to favour developers and "growth." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Proposed safety improvements for Widcombe Hill have sparked concern among cycling advocates, as plans to install speed cushions on this key route could make conditions more dangerous for those on bikes open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

Without decisive leadership from the Liberal Democrats and Labour, services will continue to decline, inequality will rise, and our community will fall further behind. Our residents deserve better. open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...