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11 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has urged the government to launch an urgent international peace effort to end the Israel Gaza war. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “The horrific loss of Israeli civilian lives on October 7 has been compounded by months of devastation for the people of Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, leading to […]
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10 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement that new primary legislation will be introduced to exonerate convicted postmasters, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “It is incredible how long it has taken successive governments to address the clear injustice faced by hundreds of honest, hard-working people at the Post Office. “It shouldn’t take a TV […]
5 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer reacts to the resignation of Tory environment champion Chris Skidmore: “As the world burns, the Tories turn in on themselves. The government’s green credentials are truly in tatters. “The climate crisis is here and now and being experienced by people across the country, but the Prime Minister can’t hold on […]
4 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader today set out plans for the year ahead. Denyer said: “As politicians go back to work in Westminster next week, most of the population have already been hard at work, dealing with the cost-of-living crisis and, perhaps, thinking – ‘Surely things could be a lot better than this?’ “With so much violence and […]
30 December 2023 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “I am really looking forward to the year ahead. There is a General Election on the horizon and with it a chance to create a fairer, greener country – and get more Green MPs elected to Parliament. “2023 was a big year for the Green Party. Thanks to another set […]
28 November 2023 / 14 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for a ban on all private jets taking off or landing at UK airports. They say this form of transportation, favoured by a super-rich elite, is the ultimate symbol of ‘climate inequality’ where the richest 1% of the population produce as much planet warming pollution each year as 5 billion […]
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24 November 2023 / 6 August 2024 by Green Party
How do we fast track the energy transition? As Greens we know that to create a safe and liveable future for all, we have to end the use of fossil fuels, fast track the energy transition and slash emissions. But how do we get there? With the backdrop of COP28, deputy leader Zack Polanski hosted […]
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1 November 2023 / 29 October 2024 by Green Party
The co-leaders of the Green Party have written to the UK government and the official opposition urging them to “listen to the people” and join international calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. In a letter to both the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly [1], and his Labour counterpart, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy [2], […]
11 March 2023 / 14 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for a halt to all further dividends to water company shareholders until the privatised monopolies end dumping sewage into the UK’s waterways and coasts. Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay will make the announcement during an address to members at the Green Party’s Spring Conference in Birmingham today (Saturday 11 March). […]
6 December 2020 / 17 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party peers have said parliament must be allowed scrutiny of post-Brexit trade deals as the government’s Trade Bill returns to the House of Lords for debate tomorrow.[1] The Greens have also set out how the bill must include the existing strong protections for the environment, workers’ rights and food safety. Green peer Jenny Jones […]
