Commentary on Local Flooding and Action taken by Barry Crossland 6 January 2019 / 29 July 2024 by johnhudson The Talking Politics column with Barry Crossland I trust information from organisations with no need to mislead or distort. The Met Office is such an organisation and they have forecast a rise in global temperatures with increased extreme weather. In Calderdale we have already experienced extreme weather with the Boxing Day floods in 2015 and […] Read more »
Green Party calls for a green infrastructure programme, 10 years after 2008 economic crisis 31 December 2018 / 29 July 2024 by johnhudson We welcome the report by The Green New Deal Group which, if implemented, would mean hundreds of new skilled ‘green’ jobs across Calderdale. The Green New Deal Group, whose members include Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas MP and tax campaigner Professor Richard Murphy, launched a report* calling for a programme of investment in green infrastructure […] Read more »
Government policies continue to work towards increasing inequality and poverty 30 December 2018 / 29 July 2024 by johnhudson Read more »