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Congratulations to Cllr Hawarun Hussain, re-elected as a Shipley Ward Councillor!

Hawarun was re-elected with the highest Green vote in twenty years of campaigning in Shipley. This is the tenth year in succession that the Green Party was held the Shipley ward.

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Our thanks to the 1,477 people who voted Green in Shipley in the General Election

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Shipley Green Party launches its 2010 election campaigns

Two of Shipley's Green Councillors have launched their 2010 election campaigns.

Cllr Hawarun Hussain is seeking re-election as one of Shipley's three District Councillors. She has represented Shipley since 2004. She says that she is "proud to be a voice for residents on Bradford Council" and is "keen to build on the achievements of Shipley's Green councillors". The Greens have won every local election here for the past ten years.

Cllr Kevin Warnes is the Green Party candidate for Shipley in this year's parliamentary election. Like Hawarun, he has worked hard for Shipley as a District Councillor since 2004. He says that "public service is a privilege that should be earned" and that "local people need a stronger voice at Westminster".

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27 March 2010

Shipley's Green Councillors attend roundabout consultation

Green councillors Hawarun Hussain and Kevin Warnes joined residents at the Hirst Wood Bakery on Saturday 6th March to view the Council's proposals for a new traffic junction at Saltaire roundabout (see picture on right).

The Council consultation was part of the Hirst Wood Day of Action. Hawarun and Kevin had spent an hour picking up litter with other community activists; they then helped Council officers explain the draft plans to dozens of residents and gather in as much local feedback as possible.

Cllr Hawarun Hussain says, "the consultation was a huge success. We got lots of comments, many of them positive, and these will help the Council's highways team review the proposals".

Cllr Kevin Warnes was part of the design group of officers, residents and transport consultants who spent twenty hours in winter meetings analysing a range of possible options. He says that "the plans are promising, but we still have some way to go. The most important thing is that we involve local people in this consultation before any proposals go before the Council's Executive Committee - they, in the end, will make the final decision. The proposals have some good features, but are not perfect, and it is vital that the views of local residents are properly considered. This is what we fought for as ward councillors last year, and have now delivered".

6 March 2010

Shipley's Green Councillors secure landmark budget deal for Bradford

This year's Bradford Council budget will be the greenest in the city's history, thanks to the cross-party deal brokered by the Green Group.

The Green councillors have secured nearly £3 million for the Council's new Environment Unit to drive down the Council's energy bills and carbon footprint in 2010.

Cllr Martin Love, who negotiated the agreement, says that the budget "puts Bradford in pole position to show the country what can be done to protect public services, save energy and cut carbon. And we have kept this year's increase well below inflation".

26 February 2010

Shipley's Green Councillors push Bradford Council to set ambitious energy and carbon targets for 2020

The Green Group won all-party support for its energy and carbon motion at the January full council. The Green motion was seconded by the Conservatives, and supported by Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Cllr Kevin Warnes, who proposed the Green motion,  describes the decision as "a decisive moment in Bradford's history that will put this Council at the forefront of the fight against rising energy prices and climate change. We can now put our house in order".

The new policy commits Bradford Council to reducing its energy consumption by 20% by 2020 and to find another 20% of its energy requirements from renewable sources. The Council is also committed to cutting its carbon dioxide emissions by 40% by 2020 and to working to achieve the same magnitude of district-wide carbon cuts by that date.

26 January 2010

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