New Green Councillors Elected in Dacorum Dacorum Greens continue to build a presence on local councils in Hertfordshire with the election of two new councillors in Berkhamsted on 4th May 2023. Leslie Stuart Tate (left), former teacher, now a climate activist and author was elected in Berkhamsted Castle and Kevin Fielding (right), a local science […]
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Dacorum Greens, Kevin Fielding standing in the By-Election for Berkhamsted West.
Kevin Fielding – Dacorum Green Party candidate for Berkhamsted West Dacorum Green Party are fielding candidates in the upcoming by-elections in Berkhamsted West and Hemel Hempstead – Boxmoor. Kevin Fielding is standing in Berkhamsted West. I first moved to Berkhamsted in 1999, have raised my family here, and care deeply about this community and its […]
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Dacorum Greens response to the Fairfax planning application in Gadebridge
We have already faced the many issues surrounding the proposed Local Plan from Dacorum Borough Council, which is now under review since the consultation last year. Now Dacorum is under a new threat to, not just environmental destruction, but also independent applications from developers with plans to add huge estates that place pressure on already […]
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Sherief Hassan speaks out on Public Transport in Hemel NW
Sherief Hassan, our candidate for Hemel NW, is an outspoken supporter of public services – particularly in transport. Sherief says, “We need to think differently. We need new ideas, not just the same old excuses. We Greens have been consistent in our messages and our core beliefs. Only now, when it’s getting late in the […]
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Joe Stopps sets out his priorities for Tring
Joe Stopps, the Dacorum Green party candidate in the by-election for Tring Central in 2021, has set out his priorities in the election on 6th May in a video filmed around where he lives and works. Joe is an active campaigner and, aside from his efforts in reducing air pollution next to a school in […]
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Greens Condemn Integrated Review as ‘Misguided’
“Unless everybody is secure, nobody is secure” Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley has responded this morning to the Integrated Review calling it ‘Misguided’. He said: “This review is based on meaningless rhetoric about Global Britain and a desire to boost the sale of arms by British companies. It will do nothing to increase the security […]
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Petition to create a tax incentive to favour retrofit instead of demolition and new build
Molly Scott Cato launched this petition calling on the Government to “0% rate VAT on refurbishment projects total costs if they substantially reduce CO2e emission of the building; impose a 20% VAT for new build schemes, reduced to 5% if the build meets minimum passive house standard; to 0% rate VAT for all items on […]
The Dacorum Local Plan – A focus on Tring
Each town in Dacorum will be affected in different ways by the Local Plan, but the impact of an unchanged plan would be change our communities in fundamental ways. Our general response to the Local Plan can be seen in our previous post. Joseph Stopps is the prospective Dacorum Borough Council By-Election candidate for Tring […]
Meet Tom Pashby – Green candidate for South West Hertfordshire
Tom Pashby was selected as the Green Candidate for South West Herts at a joint meeting of Three Rivers Green Party and Dacorum Green Party. Tom Pashby grew up in Croxley Green and went to Rickmansworth school. Tom studied environmental science at university and has since worked and volunteered in sustainable energy and climate-focused policy […]
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Berkhamsted ‘not guilty’ Extinction Rebel Faces Trial on 24 October
Berkhamsted Green, Sue Hampton who is an author and Extinction Rebellion activist, was arrested in April in central London. Her plea hearing took place in late August. Here is her account of the day: Before I went along to the City of London Magistrates’ Court a good few weeks ago, to support a friend […]
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