Green Party

The Green Party’s first MP, the party leader Caroline Lucas, will be in Norwich on Wednesday with the prospect of Greens becoming the largest party on the city council only a few days away.

If the Green Party does overtake Labour in the city council elections on September 9th, the new administration will be another national first following Dr Lucas’ victory in Brighton at the general election in May.

Members of the media are invited to hear Caroline Lucas MP address local Green Party candidates and supporters at 15:30 on Wednesday (Sept 1st) at the Steiner School, Hospital Lane, Lakenham. There will be an opportunity to ask questions, and for one-to-one interviews. A further picture opportunity will follow when Caroline Lucas goes out canvassing in the Lakenham area.

Its expected that Caroline Lucas will be commenting on the Greens’ manifesto themes for the Norwich election: rolling out a scheme to provide solar energy and insulation to help city households save money, supporting local small businesses and shops and making the council more open about the decisions it takes in order to improve its connection with the people of Norwich.

Also addressing the meeting will be Claire Stephenson, who is leading the campaign locally. Ms Stephenson was until recently the leader of the Green Party City Councillors and is expected to resume that role if re-elected. If the Greens do become the largest party, she would probably become the new Leader of Norwich City Council. On Wednesday she will be reporting on the campaign so far and describing the kind of help still needed from volunteers, especially on polling day.

NOTES:

An ‘election special’ edition of Norwich Green Party’s GreenView newspaper is available online at www.norwichgreenparty.org offering more background to manifesto proposals.

The full manifesto is available at www.norwichgreenparty.org or by calling Norwich 611909.

Write a comment

• Required fields are marked with *.

Name:
Email:
Website:
Subject:
Comment: *

Help prevent spam - enter security code above: