Green Party deputy leader visits Lancaster as new local manifesto is launched

A public launch event was held at Lancaster Friends Meeting House this week, with Zack Polanski, deputy leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, attending as a special guest speaker.

Mr Polanski is a member of the London Assembly, and visited Lancaster as part of a tour of the north west, where he grew up.

During his visit, Mr Polanski met residents in Ellel who are campaigning against the new roads and town proposed for south Lancaster.

He also met several of the Green Party’s new candidates, including young Greens Tom Fish and Isabella Metcalf-Riener, who are standing in University Ward, and Dr Suhir Abuhajar, who is standing in John O’Gaunt Ward.

At the launch event, Coun Jack Lenox, the Green Party’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Lancaster & Fleetwood, presented the party’s updated local manifesto.

It included examples of what Green councillors have achieved in recent years, and what they want to focus on over the next few years. It is available to read online at northlancs.greenparty.org.uk

Greens currently hold 15 out of 60 seats on Lancaster City Council, including council leader Caroline Jackson and four other cabinet members.

They co-operate with Labour, Liberal Democrats, Morecambe Bay Independents and Bay Independent Group to run the council in a shared administration.

Coun Lenox said: “We hope to gain many more seats in the elections on May 4, and become the biggest group on the council, so that we can implement more of our policies and ideas to make the whole district fairer and greener.”