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6 July 2024 by Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay MP, has congratulated Labour on forming a government and welcomed Keir Starmer’s pledge to restore politics to being about public service. Ramsay has however also warned that the NHS is in crisis and that Labour need to “get serious” about finding the funding to nurse the broken NHS back to […]
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4 July 2024 / 4 July 2024 by Green Party
As the polls close, Green Party Co-leader Adrian Ramsay, who is standing in Waveney Valley, said: “Tonight, Greens are on the brink of new breakthroughs. The Greens offered real hope and real change at this election and voters have been responding. “In Conservative-inclined places like Waveney Valley and North Herefordshire, and in cities like Bristol […]
3 July 2024 / 2 July 2024 by Green Party
Green party co-leaders Carla Denyer (Bristol Central) and Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley) will spend the final full day of campaigning in their tight marginals before a massive get out the vote action on Thursday led by hundreds of volunteers. Denyer said: “Our aim is to win at least four Green MPs and are within touching […]
2 July 2024 / 2 July 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party of England and Wales has reiterated their call to bring water companies back into public ownership, following the landmark Supreme Court judgment published on Tuesday. The Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Appeal had been wrong in concluding that the legislation that privatised the water companies prevented legal claims being brought […]
1 July 2024 / 30 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is today calling for an additional £22bn capital investment to bring crumbling NHS hospitals, primary care buildings and outdated equipment up to modern standards. This comes as the King’s Fund warns that without action, we will inevitably continue to have a ‘deteriorating NHS estate increasingly unfit for purpose’. Green Party co-leader, Carla […]
28 June 2024 / 29 June 2024 by Green Party
Speaking from the spin room at the BBC QT Leaders, Green Party Baroness, Natalie Bennet, said, “The contrast between the fear mongering of Nigel Farage and the positive, ambitious hope offered by Adrian Ramsay and The Green Party could not have been clearer. Tonight, Adrian showed what a Green society with real investment in our […]
27 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Channel 4’s undercover filming of Nigel Farage’s supporters racist, Islamophobic and homophobic comments, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “Farage’s Reform Party’s mask has not just slipped, it’s been well and truly trampled into the ground. Farage’s attempts to re-write history by distancing himself from these remarks just don’t wash. Just a few […]
26 June 2024 / 26 June 2024 by Green Party
TV personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the Green Party parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns, will today be testing the River Wye for phosphate levels alongside a group of local campaigners and wild swimmers. The duo will outline The Green Party plan for rivers that will include the nationalisation of our water companies, investing £12bn […]
25 June 2024 / 25 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has vowed to end Britain’s ‘dental deserts’ by restoring full access to NHS dentistry after years of cuts that left millions unable to get affordable dental treatment. Elected Greens will push for a new contract for NHS dentists that ensures everybody who needs an NHS dentist has access to one, backed by […]
24 June 2024 / 23 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is today highlighting their ‘take greater care’ commitment, pledging better care for millions of people in the care system and those working in it. The Green Party manifesto includes a commitment of £20bn extra a year to ensure free personal care available for all and increased pay rates and a career structure […]
24 June 2024 / 21 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the ranking of different party manifestos released today by Britain’s leading environmental groups, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer said, “These rankings show what most of us already know. “Greens are the party that has the strongest fully costed policies for the environment. “If you want green, then you need to vote Green. “Labour’s […]
20 June 2024 / 20 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the next government to save money and save lives by: The Green Party has today announced the policies needed to end new HIV transmissions by 2030, warning that the government’s HIV Action Plan for England expires next year. Figures compiled by the Terrence Higgins Trust show a dire situation […]
19 June 2024 / 19 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Labour’s announcement that they plan to use NHS money to buy care home beds[1], Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “Labour is fiddling while our NHS burns. “This rehashed plan barely touches the edges of the scale of investment needed. “They’re correct to say that we need proper investment in social care to […]
17 June 2024 / 17 June 2024 by Green Party
The IFS have today warned that 250,000 children will be hit by the two-child benefit cap next year, rising to an extra half a million by 2029. Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, responded saying, “Greens have unequivocally pledged to scrap the two-child benefit cap in our fully costed manifesto. “Today I am urging the Labour […]
17 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Labour’s plans unveiled today that see them pledge £7.3bn to accelerate the green transition, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “Sticking the word ‘green’ in front of a plan doesn’t make it Green. "Far from it in Labour’s case. "The headline figure of £7.3bn falls massively short of the £40bn per year that Greens have committed to spend.
14 June 2024 / 14 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party today is celebrating Euro 2024 kicking off with a game-changing offer to football fans that will see billions invested and money from professional clubs transferred to local communities. The Green offer includes a £5bn package to invest in community sports and culture that will see grassroots sports clubs properly funded. In addition […]
13 June 2024 / 13 June 2024 by Green Party
Speaking from the ITV spin room, Green Party Co-Leader, Zack Polanski, gave a snap reaction to the ITV Debate saying: “Tonight the greens hopeful and ambitious vision for Britain clearly connected with the audience. “We saw a battle of ideas on an equal platform. “Voters were shown the full spread of electoral possibility. “And while […]
13 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the publication of the Labour Party’s Manifesto that promises an “unprecedented slowdown” in NHS finances, Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay said, “This Labour Party manifesto is a diagnosis of doom for our NHS and other frontline services. “After 14 years of mismanagement and underfunding our health service is severely overstretched and crying out […]
10 June 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news that 408 leading climate scientists have demanded more action on the climate emergency in an open letter, Green Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, said, “It is time for politicians to sit up and take note. Here we have 408 scholars who have dedicated their careers to understanding the climate crisis demanding not more words, but […]
7 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “The Green Party is proud to announce that in this election we will have candidates standing in 574 seats in England and Wales. “All over the country voters will have the opportunity to vote Green and vote for real hope and real change instead of the half […]
6 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay and the party’s Health and Social Care Spokesperson, Dr Pallavi Devulapalli, today announced a “game-changing” package for the NHS and social care totally £50 billion a year in investment by 2030 and an additional £20 billion in capital investment to improve crumbling buildings. Commenting at the launch, Green Co-Leader, Adrian […]
Key points: The Green Party will today set out a package worth £30bn per year for the English National Health Service by 2030 – more than any other major political party. The result will see NHS frontline workers’ salaries increased, guaranteeing rapid access to a GP and same day access in case of urgent need, […]
5 June 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to todays’ speech by the UN Secretary General António Guterres, Green Party parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns, said: “The UN Secretary-General has reiterated today that the climate crisis is here and it’s hitting us hard. He made clear that if we are to have a liveable future we need to act with extreme […]
4 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the head-to-head debate between Sunak and Starmer, Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay said: “This election debate needed to be better. “It would have been better if the other leaders of other political parties were stood alongside challenging the cosy consensus of Starmer’s Labour and Sunak’s Conservatives. “Our NHS is creaking, the cost-of-living crisis […]