Labour ditches £28 billion green investment plan: A backward step for climate and economy It’s not about the economy’s capacity, it’s about political will and priorities. This is a massive backward step – for the climate, for the economy and for good quality jobs. Both the security of our planet for the next generations and the […]
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Our Streets Should be Safer
Daniel Wilson’s Cheltenham Blog Our streets should be safer Two weeks ago, an 82-year-old died after being hit by a car in Cheltenham town centre. This is not an isolated case. There have been several accidents on our roads in the past few years, with some even happening near schools. Despite this and the public […]
The Post Office Scandal
It is incredible how long it has taken successive governments to address the clear injustice faced by hundreds of honest, hard-working people at the Post Office. We shouldn’t need a TV drama to get the Government to do the right thing and address a manifest injustice on this scale. The severity and scale of the […]
2024 Can Be The Year For Change
It is easy to let the January blues get the better of us. Cheltenham Town and Gloucester Rugby are languishing at the wrong end of their respective tables, the days are short, we may have already abandoned dry January and the credit card bills from December’s overindulgence will shortly be with us. In this first […]
We Need More Transparency from Lib Dems
We need more transparency from Lib Dem run Cheltenham Borough Council Those are not my words but those of the Lib Dem leader of Gloucester City Council! It would appear Cheltenham Borough Council, which co-owns Gloucestershire Airport, has been in talks to sell off the airport without consulting many of their colleagues who represent the […]
Cheltenham Can Have a Green-led Council and a Green MP
Those are not my words but those of Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, who was in Cheltenham last week. Caroline made the point that some 20 years ago, Brighton was a two-party battleground between the Conservatives and Labour. It has since elected an MP in four consecutive general elections and twice made […]
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Homelessness is Not a Lifestyle Choice
If you talk to the rough sleepers on Cheltenham high street, you will soon realise that homelessness is not a ‘lifestyle choice’. The latest attack by the Home Secretary Suella Braverman comes on the back of a litany of extreme statements by a minister who should not be allowed to hold office. I call on […]