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11 October 2020 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
Selby Green Party is calling on Nigel Adams, MP for Selby & Ainsty, to support the Lords’ amendment to the Agriculture Bill. The debate will take place in the House of Commons on Monday 12 October. Over one million people signed the NFU petition asking the government to ensure future trade deals do not lead […]
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18 May 2020 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
Selby Green Party is calling on Selby District Council to take urgent action in response to the Climate Emergency. Local Green Party campaigners led by Cherry Waters of South Milford have delivered a letter to the Council asking for it to adopt an urgent motion containing four key elements. The motion [1] firstly includes a […]
6 April 2020 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
The Green Party is organising medicine collection and deliveries from a rural pharmacy to housebound residents. Springbank Health in Tockwith and Green Hammerton previously relied on volunteers to deliver prescribed drugs, but many of these volunteers are themselves now self-isolating, leaving the delivery service under threat. Arnold Warneken, Selby & Ainsty’s Green Party Parliamentary Candidate who lives in Cowthorpe […]
21 October 2019 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
Selby District Green Party is thrilled to announce that Chloe Wilcox has recently been recognised with a Green Hero Award at the Green Party October Conference in Newport. Chloe, who at only 14, is the youngest UK Chair of a local Green Party, has campaigned tirelessly to remain in Europe, whilst at the same time fighting […]
15 October 2019 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
Arnold Warneken, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Selby & Ainsty, was out on the streets in Selby at the weekend talking to voters young & old. Concerns were raised about a wide range of issues, from improving care for older people, to the payment of illegal wage rates for 18-year olds. The continuing uncertainty about […]
23 September 2019 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
Arnold Warneken, Green Party Parish Councillor for Tockwith, and Parliamentary Candidate for Selby & Ainsty, is raising concerns about short supply of commonly-prescribed drugs due to Brexit fears. After recently trying to purchase painkillers unsuccessfully from a number of Wetherby shops [1], Arnold then discovered that harassed reception staff at a local GP surgery was dealing with […]
14 September 2019 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
Arnold Warneken, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Selby & Ainsty, conducted the Yorkshire Remain Voice Choir on Saturday in Leeds city centre, as part of the Stop The Coup March. The protestors, including members of Selby and District Green Party, met at the Cenotaph at 11am with musical instruments and banners to sing anti-Brexit songs. This event […]
29 August 2019 / 5 November 2022 by Tom
Members of the Selby and District Green party were pleased to have a chance to meet with Magid Magid, Green MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber last week. Magid was using the European Parliament summer holidays to meet as many of his constituents as possible on a whistle-stop tour of the region.
