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‘A devastating impact on our local environment’: Response to Poole Harbour oil spill

27 March 2023 / 5 November 2024 by chrishenderson

BCP Green Party notes with sadness and anger the oil spill which took place in Poole Harbour on Sunday 26 March 2023. A major incident has been declared, and the spill will have a devastating impact on our local environment as well as those who live near and work on the harbour.

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BCP Council votes to stop investing pensions in risky fossil fuels

23 March 2023 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

BCP Council has voted to stop investing pensions in risky fossil fuels. £41m of taxpayer-underwritten investments are now closer to being switched away. A motion was successfully proposed by Councillor Felicity Rice, and seconded by Green Councillor Chris Rigby.

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Local dog fouling: BCP Council progress on better enforcement stalls due to budget pressures

20 March 2023 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Moordown campaigner Joe Salmon said: "We've contacted the Council on multiple occasions about [dog fouling]. One thing they were considering was the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order. This would really help the Council be able to properly enforce preventative measures. However, action on this seems to have stalled due to budget pressures." Conservative-run BCP Council has been forced into £35.1m of budget cuts for 2023/24 - plus the maximum Council Tax rise.

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Cost of living crisis: Help is available for local residents, highlight Kate Salmon and Simon Bull

10 November 2022 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Food price hikes, soaring energy bills, mortgage turbulence – the cost of living crisis is hitting household finances hard. Ordinary families are facing stark choices this winter, with many people worried about how they’re going afford the essentials in the coming months.

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Simon Bull in Bournemouth Echo: ‘We should not fail these vulnerable children’

17 October 2022 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Simon Bull, Green Party Councillor for Winton East, has had a letter to the Editor published in the Bournemouth Daily Echo. He was responding to the Echo’s report that 65% of plans issued by BCP Council to assist children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities who need more support failed to hit the specified deadline. Simon’s letter […]

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Chris Rigby helps get unanimous BCP Council support for tough climate stance with Barclays Bank

4 October 2022 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

BCP councillors have unanimously passed a motion, co-sponsored by Green Councillor Chris Rigby, to call on the Council's banking provider Barclays Bank to work to protect residents of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, by adopting climate policies that are recognised to be in keeping with the Paris Agreement.

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Simon Bull in Echo again championing local offshore wind – but local Conservatives still say no

2 February 2022 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Simon Bull, Green Party Councillor for Winton East on BCP Council, has again been quoted in the Bournemouth Echo, again championing an offshore wind farm for Dorset.

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Chris Rigby gets Wessex Water grilled over raw sewage discharges

1 February 2022 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Wessex Water managers were grilled for nearly two hours by a panel of BCP councillors, over the company's record of raw sewage overflow discharges into the sea at sites spanning most of the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch coastline. The hearing at BCP Council's Overview & Scrutiny Committee had been secured by Green Councillor Chris Rigby.

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BCP Greens attend Global Day for Climate Justice Marches for COP in Bournemouth and Glasgow

9 November 2021 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

An estimated 200 people attended the Global Day for Climate Justice event in Bournemouth on Saturday 6th November. BCP Green Councillor Simon Bull was one of those giving speeches in Bournemouth, with a BCP Green Party bloc represented at the march and rally. Martine Smid-Weevers, BCPGP’s Membership Secretary (pictured, second from right), said: “Great turn out for […]

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Claire Seymour places third in Dorset PCC election, ahead of Lib Dems and Labour, with 1 in 7 first-preference votes

8 May 2021 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Claire Seymour says: “Thank you SO much for all your support, your shares and want for change. “It was amazing to see the results come in, to be ahead of Labour and Lib Dems! “Such a wonderful experience – relentless, yet fun and a total rollercoaster. I’m looking forward to sharing my experience of being a woman […]

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BCP Council to switch to 100% renewable electricity

28 September 2019 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) Council has announced that all council buildings across the conurbation will be powered by 100% renewable electricity with effect from 1 October. A council statement said: "In response to the Climate Emergency declared in the summer, BCP Council has taken steps to ensure its own electricity use comes from 100% renewable sources as soon as possible."

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Green Councillors submit Climate & Ecological Emergency motion to first meeting of the new BCP Council

19 May 2019 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Bournemouth’s Green Councillors Simon Bull and Chris Rigby have fulfilled their pledge to submit a motion to the first meeting of the new BCP Council proposing a local declaration of climate and ecological emergency. 59 councils in the UK have already made a declaration.