Cheltenham Press Releases Jan Foster (Prestbury)
16th December 2024 / 16th December 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
This month I’ve been working to get the message out to eligible pensioners to apply for Pension Credit. You have to have applied by 21st December in order to get the Winter Fuel Payment. Apply at https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit/how-to-claim. A cross party group of councillors has produced an information sheet which I’ve been distributing in the ward. […]
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17th November 2024 / 17th November 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
First of all, I must apologise for last month’s misinformation about Post Office facilities in Prestbury. I received an email from the Post Office on 12th September asking me to spread the word. Unfortunately I didn’t receive a follow up to say it wasn’t happening! I hope no-one was inconvenienced. Prestbury this month has been […]
Cheltenham Press Releases Daniel Wilson PPC
2nd October 2024 / 2nd October 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
Compared with towns of a similar size, Cheltenham has a good range of sports and recreation facilities. We have plenty of green spaces within the town and the Cotswold hills are on our doorstep. We also have several sports fields and tennis courts dotted across the town, as well as the amazing Lido. For over […]
16th September 2024 / 16th September 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
Post Office:- Great news – Prestbury is to have a ‘light’ Post Office Service on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays at ‘Dearly Pre-Loved’ on the High Street, for parcels, bill payments and phone top-ups. See here for more info: Consultation Hub – Prestbury High St Drop & Collect GL52 3AR. Spread the word! Idsall Drive and […]
The Budget at the end of October will set the course for the rest of this parliament. Green MPs do not accept the need for public spending cuts. On the 4th July, the public didn’t vote for things to get worse. We want a bold budget for investment in our broken public services and the […]
1st September 2024 / 9th September 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
Boris Johnson is not welcome in this town. This is the man who allowed the Cheltenham Festival to go ahead despite the risk of covid. Cheltenham suffered as a result of that failure. The pandemic spread here much faster than in other areas with our hospital having the highest number of coronavirus hospital admissions in […]
26th August 2024 / 26th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
The cyber park is going to be a big development within Cheltenham, and it’s important that we ensure that we push for this to be the best that it can be for the people of Cheltenham. With more than 1000 new houses, and the promise of 35% of those to be affordable, it’s also likely […]
13th August 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
It was lovely to chat to so many people last month at my first surgery at the library. Also, thanks to all the Prestbury residents who have contacted me over the last month, or stopped me on the footpath. It’s great that so many people care about the community and can be bothered to try […]
30th July 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
Many of us have been watching the Olympics in Paris and cheering on team GB. Aside from the sporting excellence on show, the UK should look to replicate some of the amazing policies the French are adopting when it comes to the environment. All could and should be implemented here. Investment In Rivers The Triathlon […]
9th July 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
Congratulations to Keir Starmer and the Labour Party on their victory in last week’s General Election. A major factor for the result was the utter contempt the public had for the Conservatives. As such, the Labour government has a lot to prove in the coming months and years. The vote certainly shouldn’t be seen as […]
25th June 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
It has been the same two-horse political race in Cheltenham for too long. You can change that on July 4th. History has shown us this can happen. In 1997, the Green Party polled 2.7% of the vote in Brighton Pavilion. 13 years later Caroline Lucas was elected as the first Green MP to an area […]
15th June 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
I am standing as your Parliamentary candidate for the Green Party. I am married with 4 daughters and have lived in the area for over 20 years. I am not a career politician, having worked in business all my life, building and leading successful companies across Europe. I am a trustee of the Cheltenham Trust where I […]
24th May 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
If Rishi Sunak has done one good deed this year, it is to finally announce the date for the General Election. The Tory administration has failed on nearly every measure it was elected upon – Brexit, levelling up, the economy, public health, schools, the health service, defence, prisons, immigration system, the pound, the reliance on […]
10th May 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
I want to congratulate all 40 newly elected councillors. Cheltenham expects and needs you to put the town’s interests first and that you represent all the residents in the wards you were elected in, not just those who voted for you. The Green Party is delighted Tabi Joy was re-elected in St Paul’s. Ashleigh Davies […]
26th April 2024 / 13th August 2024 by Cheltenham Green Party
The dumping of sewage into our rivers and seas by water companies more than doubled in 2023. According to the Environment Agency, there were 3.6 million hours of sewage discharges, compared with 1.75 million hours in 2022. The FT recently exposed the fact that two of Britain’s biggest water firms have failed to map large […]