The Green Party’s co-leader has called on North East councils to be more “ambitious” in their action to combat climate change.
Carla Denyer was in the region on Tuesday as her party pushes to make major gains at next month’s local elections. The Greens are targeting big success in areas like Darlington and South Tyneside, where they already have some council seats, and want to get their first councillors elected in others including Newcastle and Gateshead.
Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service while on the campaign trail in Crawcrook, Ms Denyer said that North East authorities who had declared climate emergencies must start enacting more “ambitious policies” to reach net zero.
