CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED FOR SELE BY-ELECTION 26 June 2025 / 27 June 2025 by pressteam Two hardworking, Sele residents have been announced as the East Herts Green Party’s candidates in the Hertford Town Council by-election, taking place on Thursday 10th July. Drew Waller-Downes and Sarah Aldridge will be standing in the Sele by-election, which is taking place following the resignation of two Labour Hertford Town Councillors just days after the […] Read more » Defending Our Environment Hertford wildlife
EAST HERTS GREEN PARTY QUADRUPLES ITS SEATS ON HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 6 May 2025 / 10 May 2025 by pressteam Green Party councillors in Hertford and Ware are celebrating after having won four County Council seats in Hertford and Ware. Rachel Carter, County Cllr for Hertford St Andrew’s, is also a Hertford Town and District Cllr representing Hertford Castle. She said: “I’m honoured to have been elected to represent the residents of Hertford St Andrew […] Read more » Defending Our Environment Hertford News Ware
raising awareness of reusable nappy week 29 April 2025 / 29 April 2025 by pressteam New parents have a lot to think about, and no doubt nappy changing is quite a big part of the day! This week is Reusable Nappy Week, aimed at raising awareness of reusable nappies and highlighting some of the benefits. To learn more about experiences from local parents who used reusable nappies, we spoke to […] Read more »
setting out the truths about new bin arrangements 10 April 2025 / 11 April 2025 by pressteam From Green Party Cllr Sarah Hopewell, East Herts District Council Executive Member for Wellbeing In the final lead up to the Hertfordshire County Council elections, and in a somewhat surprising move, Hertford & Stortford Conservatives have decided to run a widely advertised petition against the new East Herts District Council (EHDC) bin contract. Surprising, because […] Read more »
Hertford Councillors on the District Council’s ‘Call for Sites’ 6 March 2025 by pressteam A message to Castle Ward residents from Green Councillors Rachel Carter and Sarah Hopewell. Like us, you may have seen a letter recently from a Conservative town councillor about the District Council’s ‘Call for Sites’ and how that might impact the land to the East of Queen’s Road and another South of Hornsmill Road. We […] Read more » Defending Our Environment Development East Herts District Council Hertford Housing
Correcting some of the misinformation regarding the District Plan and Call for Sites 16 February 2025 / 16 February 2025 by pressteam By Cllr Vicky Glover-Ward, Executive Member for Planning and Growth, East Herts District Council I have become aware that at least one political party is spreading misinformation about the Call for Sites and District Plan review as part of their leafleting to residents so I thought it would be worth setting out some facts about […] Read more »
Green-led Ware Town Council Invests to Protect Community Facilities 5 February 2025 / 6 February 2025 by pressteam Green-led Ware Town Council has announced an ambitious budget for 2025/26 that includes significant investment to protect much-loved local facilities in the town. Key among this is a pledge of £120,000 to help get Fanshawe Pool & Gym reopened following its closure in December 2024. The Greens have also voted to take on the lease […] Read more »
Green Leader Carla Denyer joins local Green Party to launch their May Election Campaign with a rallying cry to oust the Conservatives 26 January 2025 / 2 April 2025 by pressteam Green Party Co-Leader Carla Denyer MP joined Greens in East Herts at the weekend to launch their County Council local election campaign, with a rallying cry to oust the Conservatives who’ve shown they’re unable to tackle critical issues in Hertfordshire. Nearly 100 Green Party supporters joined the launch event, where they called out the Conservatives […] Read more » Campaigns Carla Denyer County Council County of Chaos Elections
Happy New Year from the Green Party 9 January 2025 / 10 January 2025 by pressteam We would like to wish all our supporters and residents in East Herts a very Happy New Year! We’ve started 2025 by delivering beautiful New Year cards that were created by one of our local Green Party volunteers, the artist Anastasia Olarou. She has produced three amazing artworks, which showcase some iconic landmarks in Buntingford, […] Read more »
Fanshawe Pool Update 11 December 2024 / 12 December 2024 by pressteam Green Party Councillor Sarah Hopewell, East Herts District Council Executive Member for Wellbeing, provides an update on Fanshawe Pool in Ware. Following the recent Facebook post from MP Josh Dean about the possibility of Exceptional Circumstances funding (from the Department for Education), we know people might have had raised hopes about the future of Fanshawe. […] Read more » East Herts District Council Funding Ware
