Press Releases
9 February 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Chair of the Green Party executive, Jon Nott, said: “We are pleased that the court has recognised that a democratic political party has the right to select those who speak for it on the basis that they can and will communicate and support party policy publicly. “We welcome the findings in the judgment that […]
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8 February 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the Home Office’s new plans to clampdown further on protests, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “This is another worrying step towards an authoritarian state, which too many in the government seem intent on creating. “This government is reaching the stage where it views any disagreement with its plans as practically an offence […]
7 February 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to news that Labour is ditching its policy of spending £28bn a year on its green investment plan [1], Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “This is a massive backward step – for the climate, for the economy and for good quality jobs. Both the security of our planet for future generations and […]
The co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, has dismissed today’s announcement of a ‘dental recovery plan’ by the government saying it will ‘fail to fill the giant hole in NHS dentistry provision.’ Greens are calling for dentists to be paid the full costs of NHS dental treatment. Ramsay is standing as parliamentary candidate […]
5 February 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to news that Labour will not seek to legislate on the creation of a new national care service in its first King’s Speech [1], Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “Labour are dropping policy commitments like confetti. Next in line it’s social care, with the Party planning to ditch a previous pledge to create […]
30 January 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
A report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has accused the UK government of giving ‘mixed messages’ at the COP28 climate summit held in Dubai in December [1]. The CCC said: “The international perception of the UK’s climate ambition suffered from mixed messages following announcements on new fossil fuel developments and the prime minister’s speech […]
26 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said the International Court of Justice interim ruling underscored the need for a renewed political initiative to secure an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages and a long-term peace. Ramsay said: “The International Court of Justice is right to insist that Israel must ‘take all measures within its power’ to […]
23 January 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to this year’s poverty report from the Joeseph Rowntree Foundation, which says that it is now 20 years and six prime ministers since there was a sustained fall in poverty [1], co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer, said: “This latest report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation makes for grim reading. Over one in five […]
Responding to comments by the shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting that the NHS needs reform and efficiency savings, not extra money [1], Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “Labour’s fiscal rules are clearly bad for your health. Blaming the Health Service’s ills on inefficiencies rather than on chronic underfunding is an insult to […]
19 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for a green industrial strategy offering a clear road map toward creating sustainable, green jobs following confirmation that Tata is slashing 2,800 jobs at its steelworks in Port Talbot. Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said: “This is devastating news for the local community and beyond. Wales knows only too […]
