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Ahead of the General Election on Thursday 4th July, I will be taking part in hustings events across North Herefordshire. Do come along to hear from me and the other candidates. All the details are below, including information on how to submit questions (where...

I'm delighted that the Green Party is supporting the i newpaper's Save Britain's Rivers manifesto - and that we'd go further to end the national scandal of pollution and sewage in our rivers. Together with Sian Berry, I wrote about our plans to clean up our water in...

It was a beautiful day to be out speaking to voters today - and I was delighted to be joined by Baroness Natalie Bennett, former Green Party leader and Member of the House of Lords, in Pembridge today. Natalie's tireless work to hold the Government to account in...

It was a real pleasure to visit Oliver's Cider and Perry today. Oliver’s is a small, independent cider and perry making company based on a farm in Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire. I met founder Tom Oliver to learn more about the business, and the fine cider and perry that...

We had teams out campaigning in both Leominster and Ledbury today. Here I am with some of the lovely people who’ve been out knocking on doors in Ledbury today. Politics is all about teamwork - if you'd like to join our lovely team, find out how you can get involved!

Fantastic talk last night at Eardisland Village Hall by Andrew McRobb of CPRE Herefordshire on the subject 'Can our Rivers Survive?'. CPRE have done an amazing job raising awareness of the plight of our rivers and also very practically organising hundreds of citizen...

I popped into the Leominster Shopmobility coffee morning at the Forbury Chapel. It was lovely to chat with all the volunteers about their involvement with this brilliant charity. Some of them have been volunteering for 17 years or more! They provide incredibly...

I attended Wellington Village D-Day Memorial coffee morning today, which was part of the village's fun week. I had a wonderful time chatting with John Perkins who has been involved with the Wellington football club since 1968!  And Jennifer Jarrett, who is part of the...

There was an amazing atmosphere at the Green Party's General Election launch in Bristol today - so much excitement for the real hope we are offering at this election. Our campaign in North Herefordshire is one of the Green Party's top four across the whole country and...

Kevin McCloud, the host of Channel 4's popular 'Grand Designs', has endorsed Ellie Chowns' campaign in a video posted to Ellie's Instagram and Facebook accounts. McCloud, who lives in the North Herefordshire constituency, said in the video, "I'm voting for Ellie...