Press Releases
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 […]
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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 […]
6 January 2025 / 6 January 2025 by Green Party
Reacting to Keir Starmer’s plans for the NHS in which he confirmed there will be greater use of the private sector to help reduce hospital waiting lists in England, co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay MP, said: “The Green Party has long argued for a shift towards community focused health provision, and this approach is […]
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20 December 2024 by Paul Corry
Green Peers Jenny Jones and Natalie Bennett respond to news that new Peers have been appointed to the House of Lords: “We are the two Green Party peers who have campaigned for the Lords to be replaced with an elected second chamber. We hope these new peers will join us in doing the same. “If […]
19 December 2024 by Paul Corry
Responding to Ofwat’s announcement of planned water bill rises over the next five years, co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, said: “England has one of the only fully privatised water networks in the world, and we are all paying a high price for this. “Privatisation has resulted in £80bn being leaked out to shareholders […]
18 December 2024 by Paul Corry
Reacting to the government’s financial settlement for local government announced today, Green Party co leader Adrian Ramsay MP said: “The funding settlement is barely enough to keep councils ticking over. It does very little to ease the underlying financial stresses that local authorities are facing after years of rising costs around social care, special […]
17 December 2024 / 17 December 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to news that government and regulators have broken the law by being too lenient on water companies that spill sewage, and on the day Thames Water seeks a £3bn bailout, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay MP said: “For too long billions have been leaking out to shareholders instead of going into fixing our broken […]
16 December 2024 / 16 December 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to the government’s White Paper on the reorganisation of local government, Green Party MP Ellie Chowns said: “There is much to be welcomed in this White Paper including strengthening the rights of communities to purchase cherished local assets such as youth clubs, libraries or sport facilities; increasing powers over control of local transport, better […]
Responding to measures contained within the government’s White Paper on English Devolution, which the government will announce today, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay MP said: “Local democracy is in urgent need of reform but this White Paper does not deliver the real change our local councils need. “It steals power away from local people and […]
12 December 2024 / 12 December 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the “planning overhaul” announced today by government, Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, said: “This new planning framework from Government fails to tackle the housing crisis head on and instead panders yet further to the interests of private developers whose main interest is lining their pockets. By pitting what’s happening as a binary battle […]