Press Releases
9 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to a new report from the Office for Environmental Protection which says: “government will not meet its ambition that most water bodies will be on the road to good condition or else already in that state by 2027,” Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “The Green Party wants to see much greater protection of […]
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8 May 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for mandatory solar PV panels to be fitted on all appropriate new buildings and for all new homes to be built to Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standards. The call comes as analysis (1) finds that the world’s oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year and that the EU’s […]
4 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating an historic electoral victory after it emerged as the largest party on Bristol City Council and won every available seat in their target parliamentary constituency of Bristol Central. Across the city, the Green Party won 34 seats, becoming by far the largest party in the city and the largest group […]
3 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
In a historic electoral victory, amid a record-breaking local election campaign, the Green Party has this evening not only emerged as the largest party on Bristol City Council, but has also won every available seat in their target parliamentary constituency of Bristol Central. Across the city, the Green Party has won 34 seats in the […]
The Green Party has gone from the fourth largest party on Hastings Borough Council to the largest party. Greens won 8 seats and retained 1 of 16 seats up for election (38% of the vote), up from just 1 seat when the seats were contested in 2021. This leaves Greens with 12 councillors, Labour with […]
Reflecting on early local election results, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “Green councilors are being elected in ever higher numbers across the country and are ready to deliver for their communities. “We have won our first councilors on Newcastle Council, and our first councilors on Sefton and Redditch, taking seats from Labour and the […]
2 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
As polls closed across England in the local elections, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “It has been a wonderful experience to be out on the doorstep listening to voters and understanding why their concerns over the cost of living, cuts to local services and the climate crisis are turning into votes for the Green […]
25 April 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
In response to Labour’s announcement that it plans to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years [1] co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer, said: “Greens give an amber light to these proposals. We have long called for full public ownership and significant investment in our railways. The passengers left stranded after cancelled or […]
23 April 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the Rwanda Bill completing its parliamentary stages, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “I don’t want people risking their lives crossing the channel in small boats. But the way to stop that isn’t this punitive, inhumane approach. It’s providing safe and legal routes for people to apply for asylum from overseas, and working […]
19 April 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to stop GPs issuing sick notes to people too ill to work, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “How cold hearted do you have to be, and how lacking in empathy, to see this crisis of ill health as anything other than caused by decades of austerity and […]
