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8 July 2024 / 8 July 2024 by Green Party
The four newly elected Green Party Members of Parliament, Sian Berry MP, Ellie Chowns MP, Adrian Ramsay MP, and Carla Denyer MP, arrived at Parliament today, marking a significant moment in the party’s history after they quadrupled their representation in the Commons at the elections. The MPs pledged to hold the Labour government to account, […]
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8 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Responding to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech to investors and developers today, Green Party Co-leader, and Green MP for Waveney Valley, Adrian Ramsay, said: “Labour is right to identify the housing crisis and the need create the infrastructure needed to reach net zero as priorities for the new government. “We will support Labour when […]
6 July 2024 / 6 July 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has laid down the first 10 steps the new Labour government’s must take in their first 100 days to show they’re serious about changing Britain. These steps Greens say will act as a “litmus test for the direction this government plans to travel”. The ten steps that Greens have laid out are […]
6 July 2024 by Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay MP, has congratulated Labour on forming a government and welcomed Keir Starmer’s pledge to restore politics to being about public service. Ramsay has however also warned that the NHS is in crisis and that Labour need to “get serious” about finding the funding to nurse the broken NHS back to […]
5 July 2024 / 5 July 2024 by Andrew Bell
The Green Party has made history by winning four seats in the general election. The party took Bristol Central off Labour, two seats in the former Conservative leaning Waveney Valley and North Herefordshire and retained Brighton Pavilion. The party says that the quadrupling of Green MPs is the result of solid and positive campaigning on […]
5 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Sian’s message to voters: “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone in Brighton who has put their trust in me and the Green Party. This is a very special city, and together we’ve made history again. “I promise to work hard as your new Green MP and make sure your voices are heard […]
New Green MP, and party co-leader, Adrian Ramsay said: “The voters of Waveney Valley have made a momentous and exciting decision today to vote for positive change, and I am profoundly humbled by the faith they have placed in me and the Green Party in electing me as their MP. “I promise each and every […]
5 July 2024 / 5 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Ellie Chowns of the Green Party has achieved one of the biggest electoral upsets in British political history, defeating Conservative Bill Wiggin to become MP for North Herefordshire. The constituency – long considered a ‘safe seat’ for the Conservatives, with Wiggin receiving almost 63% of votes in 2019 – was one of the Green Party’s […]
Today, Bristol has made history. The people of Bristol Central have voted for real hope and real change, electing the city’s first ever Green MP. Bristol Central has said that it has had enough of the political status quo, and has instead chosen the politics of hope. Carla will be a strong, independent voice in […]
4 July 2024 / 4 July 2024 by Green Party
As the polls close, Green Party Co-leader Adrian Ramsay, who is standing in Waveney Valley, said: “Tonight, Greens are on the brink of new breakthroughs. The Greens offered real hope and real change at this election and voters have been responding. “In Conservative-inclined places like Waveney Valley and North Herefordshire, and in cities like Bristol […]
3 July 2024 / 2 July 2024 by Green Party
Green party co-leaders Carla Denyer (Bristol Central) and Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley) will spend the final full day of campaigning in their tight marginals before a massive get out the vote action on Thursday led by hundreds of volunteers. Denyer said: “Our aim is to win at least four Green MPs and are within touching […]
2 July 2024 / 2 July 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party of England and Wales has reiterated their call to bring water companies back into public ownership, following the landmark Supreme Court judgment published on Tuesday. The Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Appeal had been wrong in concluding that the legislation that privatised the water companies prevented legal claims being brought […]
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 […]
1 July 2024 / 30 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is today calling for an additional £22bn capital investment to bring crumbling NHS hospitals, primary care buildings and outdated equipment up to modern standards. This comes as the King’s Fund warns that without action, we will inevitably continue to have a ‘deteriorating NHS estate increasingly unfit for purpose’. Green Party co-leader, Carla […]
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 […]
28 June 2024 / 29 June 2024 by Green Party
Speaking from the spin room at the BBC QT Leaders, Green Party Baroness, Natalie Bennet, said, “The contrast between the fear mongering of Nigel Farage and the positive, ambitious hope offered by Adrian Ramsay and The Green Party could not have been clearer. Tonight, Adrian showed what a Green society with real investment in our […]
27 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Channel 4’s undercover filming of Nigel Farage’s supporters racist, Islamophobic and homophobic comments, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “Farage’s Reform Party’s mask has not just slipped, it’s been well and truly trampled into the ground. Farage’s attempts to re-write history by distancing himself from these remarks just don’t wash. Just a few […]
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 […]
26 June 2024 / 26 June 2024 by Green Party
TV personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the Green Party parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns, will today be testing the River Wye for phosphate levels alongside a group of local campaigners and wild swimmers. The duo will outline The Green Party plan for rivers that will include the nationalisation of our water companies, investing £12bn […]
25 June 2024 / 25 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has vowed to end Britain’s ‘dental deserts’ by restoring full access to NHS dentistry after years of cuts that left millions unable to get affordable dental treatment. Elected Greens will push for a new contract for NHS dentists that ensures everybody who needs an NHS dentist has access to one, backed by […]
24 June 2024 / 23 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is today highlighting their ‘take greater care’ commitment, pledging better care for millions of people in the care system and those working in it. The Green Party manifesto includes a commitment of £20bn extra a year to ensure free personal care available for all and increased pay rates and a career structure […]
24 June 2024 / 21 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the ranking of different party manifestos released today by Britain’s leading environmental groups, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer said, “These rankings show what most of us already know. “Greens are the party that has the strongest fully costed policies for the environment. “If you want green, then you need to vote Green. “Labour’s […]
22 June 2024 / 22 June 2024 by Andrew Bell
Responding to today’s Restore Nature Now march in London, co-leader of the Green Party Carla Denyer said: “The march in London today, calling on politicians to prioritise nature and climate, gets our full backing. The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Action is essential and needed urgently. “People from […]
20 June 2024 / 20 June 2024 by Andrew Bell
To mark Clean Air Day the Green Party has committed to introducing a Clean Air Act as part of their manifesto commitments, which would set new air quality standards for the UK and enshrine the right to breathe clean air in law. Greens point to a host of transport policies that would help rid cities […]