Press Releases
2 July 2024 / 1 July 2024 by Paul Corry
*lnvestment: * Abolish Ofsted and replace high-stakes formal SATs testing with system of continuous assessment * Free daily school meal for all children * Scrap tuition fees and restore maintenance grants for undergraduates * Provide students at all state-funded schools and colleges access to a qualified counsellor. The Green Party has announced a package of […]
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29 June 2024 / 28 June 2024 by Paul Corry
Green Party Communities spokesperson Ellie Chowns today launched a Green Charter for Small Business designed to help them and our High Streets thrive in the green economy of the future. Chowns, who is the party’s parliamentary candidate in North Herefordshire, said: “Small and medium-sized businesses are the lifeblood of our economy and our communities. “There […]
27 June 2024 / 26 June 2024 by Paul Corry
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer today offered a route to pay justice for junior doctors embarking on another round of strikes in their long-running dispute. Denyer said: “The outgoing Conservative government should have come to an agreement with the junior doctors a long time ago. The fact it hasn’t underlines why the Conservatives can’t be […]
18 June 2024 / 17 June 2024 by Paul Corry
The Green Party has today pledged an extra £5bn over five years for local government spending to keep local museums, theatres, music venues, libraries and art galleries open and thriving. The Party says its Green MPs will push for VAT to be axed on local theatre and cultural events and for hospitality. Greens are also […]
12 June 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Paul Corry
The Green Party will today promise real change in a manifesto designed to “invest to mend broken Britain.” A fairer, greener tax system will raise tens of billions of pounds by asking super-rich multimillionaires and billionaires to pay more, equalising the treatment of income from work and wealth, and ensuring top earners pay National Insurance […]
10 June 2024 by Paul Corry
Responding to PM Rishi Sunak’s pride in Tory achievements, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “This Conservative Prime Minister is heading for the exit because he is totally out of touch. “He claimed: ‘I am proud of what’s been achieved over the last 14 years’, but it is 14 years in which we broke away […]
