Archive for May, 2009

Caroline Lucas Publishes Expenses

19th May, 2009

carolineandkeithcroppedGreen MEPs were amongst the first to make expenses information publicly available, and last year took the decision to have their annual accounts fully audited. The auditor’s certificate is available via Caroline’s website:

http://www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk/euro-parliament/#pay

Here you can also see a breakdown of how she has spent her general allowance in the past year and information about her travel expenditure.   She is in the process of compiling the records for previous years, and this will be available shortly.

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Green Party Candidates Meet Caroline Lucas in Forest Row

4th May, 2009

wgpgroup1w On 3oth April, Green Party members standing for election in the County Council elections on June 4th met with Caroline Lucas, Green Party leader, before her presentation “Credit Crunch and Climate Crisis: The Way Forward” in Forest Row.

Back row, left to right:

Paul Brown: West Sussex , standing for East Grinstead South
Barrie Weller; West Sussex, standing for Worth Forest
David Jonas: East Sussex, standing for Buxted & Maresfield
Phillip Smith: West Sussex, standing for Haywards Heath Town
Peter Gorman: West Sussex, standing for Lindfield and High Weald
Mike Airey: West Sussex, standing for Hurstpierpoint & Bolney

Front Row:

Keith Obbard: East Sussex, standing for Forest Row
Caroline Lucas: Green Party Leader
Catherine Edmundson: West Sussex, standing for Cuckfield
Colin Stocks: East Sussex, standing for Crowborough

Green Party Leader visits Forest Row

4th May, 2009

wgp_speakerswCaroline Lucas MEP, leader of The Green Party visited Forest Row on Thursday 30th April to launch the local Green candidates campaign for both the West Sussex and East Sussex County Elections, and to promote her own campaign for re-election to the European Parliament.
Caroline has been a frequent visitor to Forest Row since 2003 when she addressed a packed audience during a national debate about the introduction of GM Crops to the UK, and a similarly vibrant public meeting in 2006 to support the Climate Change Bill which was finally passed by Parliament in 2008.

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