Greens condemn the Chancellor’s Austerity 2.0 budget after he announced spending cuts of £30 billion which will impact the poorest the hardest.
The Autumn Statement has left people paying the price for a decade of Conservative economic mismanagement, while those with the broadest shoulders and those profiting from the crisis have been let off the hook.
The Chancellor announced he was sticking to his cash spending plans for the next two years, meaning a 5% real terms pay cut for public sector workers across the country.
Greens would raise money through a dirty-profits tax and a tax on the super wealthy and use it to help people through the cost of living crisis.
We support decent pay increases that reflect rising inflation and a national minimum wage of £15 an hour.
Redlands Green campaigner Kate Nikulina is standing up for road safety
Green campaigner Kate Nikulina has been working with Redlands Green councillors Dave McElroy and Kathryn McCann for the Redlands 20mph road safety scheme to be reviewed so residents’ concerns can be investigated.
This has now happened and the dangerous buildout near the junction of Redlands Road and Allcroft Road is going to be removed and replaced with speed cushions.
As the second largest party on Reading Council Greens will keep pushing on road safety.
Katesgrove Green councillor Doug Cresswell tackling bins on pavements
Many Reading roads are plagued with bins on pavements. Katesgrove Green councillor Doug Cresswell has been working with other Green councillors to tackle this problem especially on narrow roads.
The council is starting to respond in a positive manner agreeing to collect some bins from gardens and put them back there on very narrow roads.
We will keep up the pressure to clean up Reading and make our pavements fit for use.
Greens are the second largest party in Reading
Fortunately, there’s now real, constructive opposition to Labour-run Reading Council. Following the local elections in May there are now more Green councillors than Conservatives. Green councillors are working hard and standing up for residents across the town.
If you’re keen on being part of the change in Reading, get involved and help us make Reading fairer, greener and cleaner: reading.greenparty.org.uk/get-involved
Green Party councillor Rob White is the leader of the main opposition group on Reading Borough Council
