Press Releases
14 February 2025 / 14 February 2025 by Paul Corry
Green Party response to JD Vance speech (1) Green MP, and party parliamentary spokesperson on foreign affairs, Ellie Chowns said: “US Vice President JD Vance’s use of the Munich Security Conference to lambast allies rather than focus on the real chaos makers in the world is sadly predictable but no less bizarre and dangerous for […]
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7 February 2025 by Paul Corry
Green MP and party co-leader Adrian Ramsay has urged the government to divert planned new subsidies for the privately owned wood-burning Drax power station to a national home insulation scheme. Adrian Ramsay said: “Drax is a green energy scam, burning trees – some imported from ancient forests from as far away as Canada – subsidised […]
6 February 2025 by Paul Corry
Responding to new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (1) showing that the global temperature was the highest on record for a January, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer MP said: “In light of this latest scientific evidence, it would be dangerously foolish to do anything to put our burning world in even greater danger. […]
31 January 2025 / 31 January 2025 by Paul Corry
Adrian Ramsay, Co-Leader of The Green Party of England and Wales, MP for Waveney Valley, welcomes the start of the consultation process for the Land Use Framework. “Food security and nature restoration are essential for our very survival. They must not be seen as in competition – the government must step up its efforts on […]
31 January 2025 / 30 January 2025 by Paul Corry
On the fifth anniversary of the UK’s exit from the European Union, Green MP Ellie Chowns said: “These five years have seen the economic, social and political costs of leaving the European Union become ever clearer. “Far from ‘taking back control’, we have all lost out. “Young people have been deprived of the chance to […]
30 January 2025 by Paul Corry
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer MP has welcomed a Scottish court ruling that government approval of the giant new Rosebank and Jackdaw developments was unlawful because it did not account for the significant emissions that would be caused by burning the fields’ oil and gas. Carla Denyer said: “This is a victory not just for […]
15 January 2025 by Paul Corry
Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire and Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson, said: “I welcome the news of a ceasefire agreement between the Israeli government and Hamas. This is a vital step to halt the devastating violence that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and caused unimaginable suffering, particularly for the people of Gaza. […]
15 January 2025 / 15 January 2025 by Paul Corry
Responding to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, Green Party co-leader and MP for Waveney Valley, Adrian Ramsay said: “War and climate change are rightly recognised by global business and political leaders as the biggest risks to the world in the coming years. The major question is what they will do about them. “The […]
10 January 2025 by Paul Corry
Reacting to news that 11 councils have asked the government to postpone elections this year, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay MP said: “People must be allowed to vote at the local elections in May. It would be an outrage if the first outcome of a plan the government claims will devolve power from Westminster to […]
Responding to new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service showing that the average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer MP said: “This news comes as uncontrollable wildfires rage in Los Angeles, and just months after unprecedented flooding in Spain killed over 200 people. “The target of limiting […]
