11 August 2025 / 11 August 2025 by Green Party
Cambridgeshire County Council Green Group leader Elliot Tong has been appointed the national party’s Democracy and Citizen Engagement spokesperson. The national role will be crucial in pressing for real change to counter growing public distrust of the political system and the rise of the far-right. Elliot, who is also a Cambridge City councillor, said: “National […]
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7 August 2025 / 7 August 2025 by Green Party
Responding to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s call for a gambling industry levy to fund tackling child poverty, Green Peer Natalie Bennett said: “Having been at the heart of the New Labour government, which unleashed the toxic, destructive gambling industry that we have today with the 2005 Gambling Act, it is good to see Gordon […]
6 August 2025 by Green Party
Ahead of more planned demonstrations this weekend outside hotels housing asylum seekers, Green Party spokesperson on Policing and Domestic Safety, Amanda Onwuemene, said: “The unrest we are seeing outside hotels housing asylum seekers and in our communities is unacceptable. The protests are the result of the deliberate spread of myths and lies about asylum seekers […]
5 August 2025 by Green Party
As delegates from around the world meet in Geneva to discuss a UN Global Plastics Treaty, co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, said: “The UK must push for the most ambitious plastics treaty possible and stand firm against attempts by oil producing states and fossil fuel and chemical corporations seeking to trash any deal […]
Reacting to news that the Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has given the green light for councils to sell off allotments to raise funds, Green peer and keen allotment holder, Jenny Jones, said: “It seems there are no green spaces that are safe under this Labour government. “Allotments are valuable spaces to promote physical and mental […]
Responding to a report by the Common Wealth thinktank which says that the sale of millions of council homes to tenants at steep discounts since 1980 has fuelled vast shortages in social housing and turbocharged inequality, Green MP Ellie Chowns said: “This report lays bare the devastation Right to Buy has wrought on communities up […]
31 July 2025 by Green Party
On one hand, this government is saying they’re taking the climate crisis seriously, and on the other, they’re backing a project that will release a reported 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year. These expansion plans would see the number of flights at Heathrow Airport go up to 720,000 from their current capped number of 480,000 a year.
29 July 2025 / 29 July 2025 by Green Party
Reacting to today’s emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza and Keir Stamer’s statement, Green Party MP, Ellie Chowns, who is the party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, said: “What Starmer has said today suggests Palestinian statehood is a bargaining chip, only to be awarded if the Israeli government fails to end the genocide in Gaza and agrees to a […]
Responding to jubilant scenes in London where the Lionesses were seen parading the streets after winning the Euro 25 cup, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, Siân Berry, said now was the time to “build on this momentum.” “The historic and dramatic Lionesses Euros win has been such a boost and inspiration for budding footballers and […]
23 July 2025 by Green Party
Reacting to the International Criminal Court’s first-ever ruling on climate change, co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer MP, said: “In a landmark ruling today the ICJ has made clear that failure to take decisive action to protect the climate, through continued fossil fuel production and consumption and granting fossil fuel exploration licences, can be […]
