You know the @greenparty.org.uk is popular? This poll shows 75% of people support this top GP policy of introducing a wealth tax of 1% on assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn yougov.co.uk/economy/arti... @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳 Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform. Are you in? Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️

Just got this new equipment installed at the council ...

Here's a great new independent business in Sheffield that collects food waste and produces compost. Just what we need for better soil health and less incineration. nowthenmagazine.com/articles/hop... via @nowthenmag.bsky.social

Have a read of this thread for excellent snapshots of what Green Party conference is like. #GPConf

House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 with job losses and falling confidence in Labour It’s no surprise that house building is stalling when people can’t afford to save for deposits This is the perfect time to replace the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980

💚 Delighted to announce we just reached 73,000 new members! ✊🏽 @greenparty.org.uk is the party of environmental, social, racial and economic justice. 👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk

So, Government wants a massive cut in local democracy that will cost more in a huge local government reorganisation? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Makes no savings? Makes no sense. @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social

It's Friday - so why not watch this sketch with Patrick Stewart: What has the ECHR ever done for us? youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?...

It IS possible to act on the Nature Emergency. 🌻 Salmon are now breeding again in the River Don in Sheffield 🐟🐟🐟: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Great work by everyone involved in the projects like Don Catchment Rivers Trust.

Congratulations to everyone who got the A-level results they wanted today. And a heartfelt "don't panic" to anyone who didn't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

🌍 "Low carbon" grants for businesses in Sheffield are available again. 💷 Businesses can get advice on how to save money and further grants are available towards the cost of bigger investments like solar panels and insulation. www.sheffield.gov.uk/business/uk-...

This is brilliant - of course. Happy #YorkshireDay!

Wishing the world a happy Yorkshire Day. And what better way to do it than with a world famous song originally written and performed by a Sheffield band, and covered by another one here. Blue Sky: meet the Everly Pregnant Brothers.

This was a brilliant initiative I visited yesterday. @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social

Today, I visited the @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social stall at the Moor Markets where children from local schools were selling produce they had grown themselves.

Brief trip to Liverpool this morning for the LGA Independent AGM and the General Assembly. Congrats to Hannah Dalton, @cllrandrewcooper.bsky.social and @cllrjohnnydenis.bsky.social Many thanks to Marianne Overton for all her work. Caught to with @douglasjohnson.bsky.social and some other Greens too!

Moving fast and breaking things didn't work well in Iraq in 2003 and won't work any better in Iran in 2025. The UK must not get dragged into supporting an illegal war.

What Eisenhower said over 70 years ago is even more true today.

Huge congratulations to Dr Agnes Watson for being elected as councillor for Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden, joining the 23-strong team running Mid Suffolk. Get involved: midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/about-us/get... Help Clare win in Bury St Edmunds: actionnetwork.org/campaigns/to...

It's certainly welcome to hear the #Chancellor announce £39bn for affordable housing, building on the success of places like #Sheffield. We'll have to await the detail of how this splits out over the 10-year period and how much is for social rent not just "affordable" related to market prices.

Free parking announced for town centre! 🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗 Seriously? Surely every town centre needs is more people driving in, causing congestion and pollution. At least it keeps them off the buses. 🤦 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Defence minister Luke Pollard refuses to tell parliament how many spy flights the RAF has conducted for Israel. We can tell him. It's over 500 👉 www.declassifieduk.org/britain-sent...

We're building a strong, credible and influential Green voice in Parliament - and winning real change! For our climate, our communities & our democracy. Join us with Caroline Lucas to hear more: 👉 Book now: shorturl.at/SZGix #TogetherWeWin

Carla Denyer MP is calling for a change in planning law so that councils can make better decisions about advertising, taking environmental impact and public health into account. Please contact your MP to ask them to back the amendment today 🙏

Privatised long-term incinerator contracts stop waste reduction or #recycling. In #Sheffield, we can't have a food waste recycling collection because we have a private waste contract and incinerator. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ... @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social

Good to see @elliechowns.bsky.social joining with @adrianramsay.bsky.social to take over leadership of the Green Party. 2 out of the new group of 4 MPs shows they are serious about using political power for the Greens.

The right to protest is fundamental in a democracy. It's great to see the courts agree. Credit to @libertyhq.bsky.social for getting Suella Braverman's unlawful regulations declared to be against the law. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...

🚀 Following Thursday's election we've reached a new record high 859 councillors on 181 councils! 💚 The Green Party is the only party offering a real alternative to the tired old parties. Join the Green Party today to help us keep delivering real hope and real change ⤵️

Explaining the benefits of low traffic neighbourhoods before they happen can be hard, as the effects are made by humans. This is my local pub 2 mins walk from my house right now. A model filter has become the centre of the community, with parents drinking, and kids playing. #mini-Holland

As if we needed more evidence that Farage et al are divorced from reality - their big idea is to cut spending from local government, which has suffered more in spending cuts than pretty much any other sector over the past decade

The new Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough won 28% of the vote, on 33% turnout. There was no option to pick a second preference. Like in the West of England, the winning candidate was elected by less than 10% of the electorate. This is not sustainable. FPTP must go.

Worrying warnings of cuts in flood defence work across the country. As @carolinelucas.bsky.social says, the government must make commitments now.

Steel is the backbone of Britain's industry—and British steel is central to the Green Industrial Revolution we need. Today I backed the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill and made the case for public ownership, more recycling of scrap steel, fair electricity prices, and support for innovation.

89% of the world's people want to see governments around the world take more action on the climate crisis. We're the majority. The climate denial of the Tories and Reform is the minority. So, starting this Earth Day, let's speak up and show governments we want climate action NOW.

Tomorrow is a BIG day! @yorkshirebylines.co.uk turns 5. It was the first of our publications to launch, so we're celebrating our whole network's birthday - half a decade of citizen journalism that speaks #TruthToPower in the UK. Here's Su, one of our brilliant co-editors in chief to tell more.

And in case you missed it, here's what to do... 1) Set a reminder for 6pm on Tuesday 15th April. 2) Post a birthday wish to @yorkshirebylines.co.uk. 3) Tag YB in your post. 4) Ask some friends to donate to help us do more of citizen journalist that speaks #TruthToPower.

Shocking to see MPs who claim to champion people with ME/CFS back DWP benefit cuts that will hit the community hardest. You can’t support them and strip away their lifelines. #MECFS #DisabilityRights #StopTheCuts #ChronicIllness #DWP #BenefitCuts #Politics #MEAwareness

The sun has been shining in Sheffield this week, bringing lots of people into the city centre. People have been enjoying the newly finished Fargate, browsing the shops and stopping off to have a quick bite to eat on the newly installed benches. Have you been out to see it yet?

Today, @angelaargenzio.bsky.social is speaking at the start of the #povertyconference in #Sheffield.

Reeves is right - the world has changed. So why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Obsession with arbitrary fiscal rules & ruling out wealth taxes is political choice that’s causing huge pain as well as laying out the welcome mat for populist Reform UK #SpringStatement

Urgent: don't cut disability benefits. It is wrong to balance the books by taking from the people who are least able to pay Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/benefit-cuts/ @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @martinphipps13.bsky.social

Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is not just unfair; it’s cruel. A million disabled people stand to lose vital support, while the wealthiest are protected. This isn’t necessity, it’s a choice—and it’s the wrong one. #SpringStatement

Sheffield Greens call for Government to be held to account for Benefit Cuts: sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/2025/03/26/g...

Seriously? Rachel Reeves has just announced universal credit to be cut by half for sick people. No wonder @adrianramsay.bsky.social called the #SpringBudget "morally repugnant."

Today I took a message to Rachel Reeves at the Treasury: it's time to rebalance the economy. A #WealthTax on multi-millionaires and billionaires would raise £24billion - nearly 5 times as much as the government is trying to save by taking support away from disabled people.

Businesses can still apply for grants towards new, cleaner vehicles in #Sheffield - but apply soon. The #cleanair grants scheme ends on 31st May. Here's the details: www.sheffield.gov.uk/clean-air-zo...

Hi @clearchanneluk.bsky.social - nearly had a nasty crash because of your display blocking the cycle path and sight lines. The other cyclist had to swerve round the board but couldn't see me coming the other way

Did you know that period products aren't properly regulated? Thanks to @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social for proposing an amendment to the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk - ensuring that period products are specifically addressed in regulations! shorturl.at/Jvt6u