The Green Party secured its first sole control of an English council with victory in Mid Suffolk.
. They doubled their seats on Mid Suffolk District Council, taking them to 24 on the 34-seat authority. A week on from that historic win, what can the residents of Mid Suffolk expect from their new council?Andy Mellen, leader of the Mid Suffolk Greens, said he believed the party could improve local services
The environment will be high on the council's agenda, but he says the party will "not be telling people what to do". He says: "We have already got a little programme which we managed to get funding for when we were in opposition which is a trial with electric buses. "What we've got to try and communicate to people is if a bus service is there, use or lose it," he says.
The Greens are now the largest party in Lewes, East Sussex, where they gained eight seats and the Tories lost 19.
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