3 May 2025 / 3 May 2025 by Green Party
After this year’s County Council elections in England, the Green Party has made a net gain of 43 seats, taking their tally to 859 seats on 181 councils. The party held 38 seats, gained 48 and lost just 5. The Greens gained from both the Conservatives and Labour and lost no seats to either. 24 […]
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2 May 2025 / 3 May 2025 by Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating another record-breaking year having taken their councillor numbers to a new record high. Greens delivered impressive results in the County Council elections with good gains in places such as Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Devon while breaking through onto councils for the first time in areas where Reform dominated, including in Staffordshire […]
2 May 2025 by Green Party
“Five-party politics in England is the new norm, it’s here to stay, and Greens are only just getting started.”
1 May 2025 / 1 May 2025 by Green Party
We’ve increased our number of councillors seven years in a row, and we are sure this will be an eighth. We are taking seats from both the Conservatives and Labour up and down the country as voters, understandably, move away from the tired old parties that have let us all down.
30 April 2025 / 30 April 2025 by Green Party
Commenting on Tony Blair’s call for a major rethink of net zero policies which comes as the Climate Change Committee warns the UK is critically unprepared for the escalating threats of the climate crisis, co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer, said: “Tony Blair has decided to mimic Nigel Farage on net zero and sounds […]
27 April 2025 by Green Party
Co-leaders Carla Denyer MP and Adrian Ramsay MP said: “This guidance issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is ill-considered and impractical, and leaves many unanswered questions about how services will be provided in a way that meets trans people’s needs (1). “As it stands the guidance is likely to cause both distress […]
23 April 2025 / 23 April 2025 by Green Party
“Nigel Farage is a performer, a con artist. He will say or do anything. He will happily dance to a populist tune regardless of its impact. Let’s not forget he’s bankrolled by fossil fuel interests, climate deniers, and major polluters—taking in £2.3 million since the 2019 election.
9 April 2025 by Green Party
Responding to news that the government is considering nationalising British Steel, the Green Party has thrown its support behind public ownership. Co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “We cannot afford to let our steel industry in Scunthorpe go into smelt down. With Chinese owner Jingyehas prepared to walk away and the steel industry facing Trump’s outlandish 25% […]
I’m calling on the Prime Minister to take this morally reprehensible suggestion off the negotiating table. The very idea that he would cut tax obligations for some of the biggest companies in the world, controlled by some of the very richest people in the world, in an effort to appease President Trump is an insult to each and every person struggling to get by at the moment.
8 April 2025 by Green Party
The Green Party of England and Wales will today (Tuesday 8th April) launch their local elections campaign for what they predict will be a “record-breaking” year for them. The launch will take place in Warwickshire, one of the places where Greens are expecting to make gains leaving them with a record number of local councillors. […]