On 2 May voters in England elected more than 2,500 councillors in 14 unitary authorities, 28 metropolitan boroughs and 34 district councils. Fielding 1700 candidates with a gain of 74, the number of Green councillors is now 812, that is 5% out of a total of approximately 17,000. 181 seats were either held or gained … Continue reading a new record for the greens in the 2024 local and mayoral elections
Month: May 2024
lgbtiqa+greens fail to have the ehrc stripped of its top level un status
In April 2023 members of the LGBTIQA+ Greens joined in Stonewall’s complaint to the UN Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and its chair, Baroness Falkner, over trans issues. The aim of the complaint was to have the UK equality watchdog stripped of its high- … Continue reading lgbtiqa+greens fail to have the ehrc stripped of its top level un status