Press Releases
8 September 2024 / 8 September 2024 by Green Party
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: […]
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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 […]
