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'A vote for UKIP threatens our NHS' says North West Green Party

20 May 2014

The North West Green Party has warned that a vote for UKIP will put the future of the NHS at threat.

New report shows Green Euro MPs hardest working in Europe – UKIP should pay back their salaries!

20 May 2014

A report released by Vote Watch Europe has analysed the voting records of the different British political parties. The Greens are the party with the best record of attendance (over 91%) and UKIP are the party with the worst (61%).

Green success as Lancashire becomes 50th council to back Robin Hood tax

17 May 2014

Lancashire County Council has become the 50th Local authority to agree to lobby Government to sign up to the Financial Transaction Tax. The motion was proposed at the County’s Full Council meeting on 15th May by Gina Dowding, Lancashire’s Green County Councillor and European elections candidate.

Natalie Bennett

Green Party leader visits Upton protest camp to highlight region’s battle against fracking

15 May 2014

Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, and Peter Cranie, the North West Green Party’s European election candidate, will visit the protest camp at Upton, near Chester, to highlight the Green Party’s opposition to fracking for shale gas and the extraction of coal bed methane.

Greater Manchester councils urged to pay more equal wages

15 May 2014

North West Green Party European elections candidate, Laura Bannister, and a group of organisations in Manchester have today sent open letters to councils across Greater Manchester, urging them to pay more equal wages to their workers and to ensure they pay a Living Wage.

Laura Bannister

Opinion: Everyone should pay their fair share

14 May 2014

Laura Bannister, our Manchester based European and local elections candidate had this opinion piece on tax avoidance published in the Manchester Evening News.

Peter Cranie

North West Greens respond to House of Lords' support for fracking

08 May 2014

The North West Green Party has responded to the House of Lords' economic affairs committee's report on fracking. The report strongly supports the government's decision to go 'all out for shale'.

Peter Cranie

North West Green Party launches European and local election campaign

06 May 2014

The North West Green Party will launch its European and local election campaign today. To mark the campaign launch the Greens will release a new report on the region’s renewable energy capacity – “Energy in the North West - Bringing about a low-carbon, affordable energy future”.

Jenny Jones

Green Peer visits threatened woodland

05 May 2014

Veteran Green politician Jenny Jones, who joined the House of Lords as Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb last November, is visiting Norbury Brook Valley today, 5th May, to see for herself the ancient woodland threatened with devastation if the planned A6-Manchester Airport Link Road goes ahead.

Peter Cranie

New poll puts Greens ahead of Liberal Democrats in the North West

02 May 2014

A new YouGov European election poll, the first with Euro region breakdowns, shows the Greens ahead of the Liberal Democrats in the North West in the race for the last out of 8 proportional representation seats.

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