Well done Dr Dan Pratt and Dr Ross Piper for today's second path clearance at Barking. Lots of car toots and neighbours were coming to say thank you.💚 Thank you to Jane as well for awesome cake and coffee 🍰☕
#MidSuffolk#Suffolk#VoteGreen#GetGreensElected
The Govt's National Security Assessment is a stark warning, showing that global biodiversity loss & ecosystem collapse threaten the UK’s security & prosperity.
I welcome the Leader of the House's commitment to make time available so we can debate this critical issue.
Join us for our action day on Saturday 24 January and help to deliver a leaflet to every home in Stowmarket. We will be meeting at 9.30am in the car park at Cedars Park Community Centre, Pintail Road, IP14 5FP. Please join us there.
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"The Conservative administration are being very disingenuous about the council’s role in the possible postponement of the local elections in May," said Andrew Stringer.
Full story:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/12/s...
🗳️ Defend Democracy Protest - Mon 12 Jan
📍 Endeavour House, Ipswich | 9am meet - Suffolk County Council may delay elections again, meaning councillors elected in 2021 could sit until 2028.
⚠️ 7-year terms without a vote are unacceptable.
✊ Rally from 9am | Speeches 9.15-9.45
Councillors from Green, Lib Dem & Ind. group at Suffolk County Council insist that any decision to cancel elections for the second time should be publicly debated as a matter of urgency, and voted on at an extraordinary council meeting in early Jan
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/18/g...
Last weekend, on a typically overcast December day, Green Party councillors and campaigners completed their sixth session of path clearance in the District.
Read the full story 👇
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/09/g...
Members of the Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent (GLI) group, who form the official opposition at Suffolk County Council, say the government’s proposed changes to immigration rules will unfairly disadvantage Suffolk care workers.
Full story 👇
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/08/s...
A controversial sewage sludge site nr Wattisham air base has been ordered to stop operations after residents raised health fears.
Tests showed levels of Ammonia 170+ times higher than safe levels for aquatic animals like water bugs and fish.
Full story
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/s...
Following installation of the main structures, Green Party councillors have welcomed news that the unpopular temporary bridge at #Stowmarket Railway Station will go, and a far better, fully accessible bridge with lifts will be opening, hopefully in January.
Full story: midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk
“They’re running scared of the opinion polls. They’ve seen the rise in support for the Green Party and Reform and they are afraid they will lose control."
Full statement from Caroline Topping, Green Party candidate for Mayor of Norfolk & Suffolk, here 👇
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/06/g...
Come tomorrow to our Christmas Big Day Out in #Stowmarket (meet at Rookery Bowls Club on Tavern Street at 10:30am) and meet Adrian Ramsay, Caroline Topping and more, on a fun day where you can help us spread the good news of what Greens are doing.
Sign up:
actionnetwork.org/events/chris...
All ready for tonight's launch. Come down to the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket from 7.15pm and meet your amazing candidates for next year's county council elections! 🌲
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💚 For all new and existing members, supporters and friends and family, join us tomorrow at John Peel Centre in Stowmarket from 7:15pm for a very special launch of our county council campaign and a wonderful chance to meet candidates for upcoming elections.
RSVP 👇
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Green-led Mid Suffolk sells old loss-making investment, including tobacco and oil shares which clash with policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Read the full story:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/29/g...
💚 Another milestone!
As the Green Party celebrates reaching 150k members nationally, we’ve now grown to 400 members in Mid Suffolk.
A warm welcome to everyone who has joined us, and don’t forget, we've got our pre-Christmas meetup & celebration at Red Gables in early December.
Mid Suffolk District Council’s meeting on October 23rd ended with a debate and rejection of a Conservative motion defending perpetuation of the damaging right-to-buy policy originally introduced by the Thatcher Government of the 1980s
Read the full story
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/24/h...
We're so thrilled that the Green Party of England and Wales has now exceeded 100,000 members, and we're only 23,000 from overtaking the Conservatives.
💚 If you're a local supporter and not yet a member, it's super easy to sign up and become a full member today: join.greenparty.org.uk
County, District and Town Councillors are calling on Suffolk County Council to act now to replace broken and loose paving slabs in shopping streets in Stowmarket.
They have been out with hazard tape marking some of the worst hazards.
Over 100 Green members were delivering the first leaflet for our Norfolk and Suffolk Mayoral candidate Caroline Topping, and Green candidate for MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Annette Dunning.
Sign up for the next big day out in Norwich:
actionnetwork.org/events/norwi...
Some surgeries from our Green MP Adrian Ramsay MP for Waveney Valley coming up in Mid Suffolk in Stowupland and Eye as well as some other areas of Waveney Valley too.
Head over to chat with Adrian about any issues you have if you live in the constituency.
Greens are now the fourth largest party by membership across England, Wales and Scotland, with Lib Dems pushed into fifth place.
Join our family today and help us to get more Greens elected across Norfolk and Suffolk.
💚 Join
join.greenparty.org.uk
"Suffolk County Council is so keen on saving money that they've spent thousands on One Suffolk campaign, including £37k for Alice in Wonderland leaflets, £6,700 on photos and £500 on badges. This is how much they care about saving you money."
Read more:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/09/16/g...
We're delighted Caroline Topping, Leader of East Suffolk District Council, district and county councillor for Beccles, has been selected as the Green candidate for the Norfolk and Suffolk Mayoral election in May 2026.
Join us to help Caroline win.
More:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/09/12/l...
⭐ GREEN MEMBERS, SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS ⭐
Our next meeting will take place at Westhorpe Village Hall, Church Road, Westhorpe, IP14 4SY, on Tuesday 9 September 2025. Instead of having a speaker, this time we thought we would opt for something a bit more collaborative.
Green Party councillors & members have carried out the second stage of rendering the cycling & walking path from Needham Market to Stowmarket usable again. The work has involved cutting back hedges & clearing earth & undergrowth to reveal the full path.
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/08/25/c...
Council restructuring needs public engagement, not a political campaign. Money is better spent on mending roads.
More spending on propaganda has been revealed. Plus the public are baffled and concerned by the tone of the 'Alice' leaflet.
Full story 👉 midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/08/13/g...
Join us for the Mid Suffolk Green Party Summer Social – a relaxed evening for members and their families to connect, celebrate, and enjoy good company.
📍 Alder Carr Farm
🕠 From 5:30pm onwards
📅 Sunday 3 August 2025
Let us know you're coming – RSVP by 1 August:
📧 admin@midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk
Local Green Party councillors are increasingly concerned that despite changes in the law vapes are still being discarded as litter after a single use.
Read the full story 👇
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/22/g...
Who's funding the pink Alice in Wonderland leaflet landing in Suffolk mailboxes? It slams the 3-unitary plan - but the sender’s unclear. Evidence suggests tens of thousands of public funds are being used to lobby against district and borough councils.
👉 midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/25/c...
Responding to news Jeremy Corbyn MP is forming a new party, Cllr Andy Mellen, speaking on behalf of Mid Suffolk Green Party, said: "If anyone is looking for a political party 'rooted in the communities' they need look no further than the Green Party with 60 councillors across Suffolk and growing."
A truly wonderful effort tidying up the path between Stowmarket and Needham Market. 19 volunteers from Mid Suffolk Green Party helped yesterday. Special thanks to James Firman Tree Surgeries. We cleared six bin bags of litter and a combined half a mile of path. More to do! 💚
🚴♂️ Big news for cycling fans and climate champions alike! We’re thrilled that Stages 1 and 2 of the Tour of Britain are being hosted by Green-led councils - including right here in Mid Suffolk 🌱 And on Wednesday 3 September, the race will start and finish in Stowmarket!
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One week ago today, Dr Agnes Watson was elected to represent the villages of Haughley Stowupland, Old Newton Wetherden and Gipping, serving alongside Councillor Janet Pearson.
Read the full story 👇
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/13/g...
Thank you to all those who voted for Dr Agnes Watson today in the by-election in Haughley, Old Newton, Stowupland and Wetherden, and special thanks to everyone who has helped with the campaign. And to top it all, one of Agnes’ goats had babies on polling day!
#GetGreensElected
Huge thanks to everyone who has come along today to support the campaign to get Dr Agnes Watson elected as councillor to represent Haughley, Stowupland, Old Newton and Wetherden, alongside Janet Pearson 💚
Upcoming action days:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/calendar-and...#GetGreensElected
Sign up for our #GetGreensElected Action Day in Haughley tomorrow to get Dr Agnes Watson elected to represent Haughley, Old Newton, Stowupland & Wetherden: actionnetwork.org/events/haugh...
🕙 10am, Sun 18 May
📍 Maxwell Charnley Room, Haughley, Post Office, 2 Old St, Haughley, IP14 3NR
Join us today for our meeting of Green Party members and supporters in Stowupland. Our main speaker will be Claire Stephenson, Adrian Ramsay MP for Waveney Valley's Constituency Office Manager. Today will also include the AGM and a celebration of two years running Mid Suffolk District Council. 🎂
All welcome - join us on Wed 2 April at Debenham Vets from 7pm for tea, coffee, cake and conversation.
We’re delighted to welcome Tansy Cooper, Landscape Recovery Officer for the East at the Environment Agency, as our main speaker.
Feel free to bring along anyone who might be interested.
This is to let you know that very sadly Councillor Rachel Eburne passed away on Friday 14 March 2025.
Rachel’s wisdom and warmth will be missed by so many people in so many ways. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
Read more here:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/17/l...
