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18 November 2024 / 19 November 2024 by Green Party
Responding to £1bn in funding which the government says will deliver a London-style bus service across England [1], co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer MP, said: “It is encouraging to hear that councils will be empowered to take control of bus services. Tory deregulation of services was a green light for axing routes, running […]
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Reacting to planned protests this week by farmers over changes to Inheritance tax [1], Green Party Food, Agriculture & Rural Welfare spokesperson, Emily O’Brien, said: “Farmers are feeling abandoned. They have suffered badly from Brexit, both via detrimental trade conditions and reduced subsidies. And tax breaks for agricultural land have inflated land values, making it […]
6 November 2024 / 6 November 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the US elections, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “A dangerous bigot, bully, and liar is once again set to become the leader of the most powerful country in the world. A climate change denier, a proud racist and misogynist, and a man who has sought to subvert elections and incite insurrection. On […]
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30 October 2024 / 30 October 2024 by Green Party
Greens call on chancellor to: Ahead of today’s Budget, co-leader Carla Denyer said: “We need to see Labour use this opportunity to make some bold decisions. “Fourteen years of Tory underinvestment in our NHS, our schools, care for our elderly loved ones have left our public services crumbling around us and in a state of […]
23 October 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news (BBC) that a new independent commission will soon launch the largest review of the water industry since privatisation in the 1980s, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer said, “Water is a basic human need. It should be in public hands run for people, not profit. I don’t know why Labour won’t even […]
17 October 2024 / 17 October 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news that Labour is planning to build HS2 from London to Crewe (LBC), Green Party Transport Spokesperson, Matt Edwards, said, “A high-speed rail line connecting only the suburbs of London to Birmingham was the worst of all worlds. The Green Party welcomes the investment in our railways, but this is just one part […]
15 October 2024 by Green Party
Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns said: “Starmer’s pledge to investors that he will “cut red tape” is a tired cliché that, in practice, too often means harming environmental standards and workers’ rights. We’ve had fourteen years of successive Conservative governments promising to “cut red tape,” and all we have to show for […]
15 October 2024 / 15 October 2024 by Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer said, “The reports over the weekend that no food has entered Northern Gaza since the 1st of October, of Israel’s attack on al-Aqsa Hospital, of chemical weapons being used to attack UNIFIL peacekeepers, of mass civilian casualties in Gaza’s Jabalia Refugee Camp and of increased rocket fire into Israel from […]
9 October 2024 / 9 October 2024 by Green Party
Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party said: “The claim that wealth taxes would lead to large numbers of people leaving the UK isn’t credible. This didn’t happen when changes were made to non-dom status in 2017, and research by Patriotic Millionaires has shown that 68% of those with over £1 million to invest support […]
8 September 2024 / 8 September 2024 by Green Party
Delegates at Green Party conference in Manchester have voted for HS2 to be funded and completed in full, including the entire Eastern leg and an underground through station at Manchester Piccadilly. The policy development comes as phase one of HS2 between London and Birmingham is well under construction. Commenting on the revised Green Party policy, […]
The Green Party has voted to oppose the introduction of Freeports and Special Economic Zones across the United Kingdom at it’s annual party conference in Manchester. Commenting Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay said: “There is no place for Freeports or Special Economic Zones in the United Kingdom. Their introduction will only serve to displace economic […]
At their conference in Manchester, Green delegates today voted to support an immediate ban on greyhound racing and the use of the whip in horse racing. This is alongside a high compulsory levy to be imposed on all betting, to be used solely for welfare improvements, and a single regulatory authority to enforce animal welfare […]
At its party conference in Manchester, the Greens have voted to support United Nations experts’ calls for the Taliban’s treatment of women to be recognised as a gender apartheid under international law and as a crime against humanity. The party endorsed Amnesty International’s demands of the UK government to: Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: […]
31 July 2024 / 31 July 2024 by Green Party
Amanda Onwuemene, Green Party Spokesperson for Policing and Domestic Safety said: “The far right is using disinformation around the horrific murders of children in Southport to do what it always does: spread hatred and fear. “The attacks on a mosque and police by fascist thugs yesterday are an appalling violation of a community that has […]
30 July 2024 / 31 July 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Labour’s plans to build more homes, Adrian Ramsay, Co-Leader of the Green Party, said: “We are in a housing crisis that leaves many without the basic security of a safe and warm home”. “This crisis though is an affordability crisis. “There are a million empty homes, and a million homes that planners have […]
Following the release of images Manchester Airport that showed a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer striking a man twice as he lay on the ground, Green Party spokesperson on police and domestic safety, Amanda Onwuemene, said, ‘We’re horrified by the video of a man being kicked and stamped on the head whilst lying on the […]
23 July 2024 / 23 July 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news that Labour plan to close the Bibby Stockholm, Green Party Refugee and Migration Spokesperson, Benali Hamdache, said, “Today’s announcement to close the Bibby Stokholm is very welcome. “The conditions there are as cruel as they are ineffective. “It’s entirely inappropriate for people to be held in such vile conditions. “Seeking asylum […]
21 July 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news that President Biden is stepping down and will not run in November’s Presidential elections, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “We wish President Biden well and thank him for his many years of public service. “This cannot have been an easy decision for him. “But to take a decision that is […]
21 July 2024 / 21 July 2024 by Green Party
A Green Party spokesperson said: “We’d like to pay tribute to the brilliant work done by our councillor for Gipton and Harehills ward, Mothin Ali, in bringing calm and unity after the unrest on Thursday night. Mothin risked putting himself in harm’s way to keep the peace and worked tirelessly throughout the night to reduce […]
Green Party councillor Mothin Ali responded to Nigel Farage’s claim that the disorder in Harehills in Leeds on Thursday was the ‘politics of the sub-continent’ saying: “Farage is in America commenting about a community he knows nothing about. “As he has done time and time again he seeks to use tensions to further societal division […]
17 July 2024 / 17 July 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news that there will be no dedicated disability minister in government, Mags Lewis, Green Party Spokesperson for Disability said, “Whilst it is to be welcomed that the Government finally announced the new Disability Minister late last week, it is a huge concern to see the role has been added to, or amalgamated […]
The Green Party is today arguing that hundreds of thousands of children can be lifted out of poverty if Labour committed to equalising capital gains tax to pay to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The four newly elected Green MPs, will be proposing a reasoned amendment to the King’s Speech that includes the scrapping of […]
16 July 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the resignation of England Manager, Gareth Southgate, Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, took to X (formerly Twitter) to say: “Gareth Southgate has modelled a new form of national leadership that puts kindness and compassion at the heart of all we do. His legacy will be one not only of extraordinary sporting achievements having secured […]
Responding to the news that the Welsh First Minister, Vaughan Gething, has resigned, Wales Green Party Leader, Anthony Slaughter said, “After over three months of chaos at the heart of Welsh Government the news that Vaughan Gething has finally resigned following the resignation of four ministers this morning is to be welcomed, but questions must be asked […]