Press Releases
20 June 2024 / 20 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the next government to save money and save lives by: The Green Party has today announced the policies needed to end new HIV transmissions by 2030, warning that the government’s HIV Action Plan for England expires next year. Figures compiled by the Terrence Higgins Trust show a dire situation […]
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19 June 2024 / 19 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Labour’s announcement that they plan to use NHS money to buy care home beds[1], Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “Labour is fiddling while our NHS burns. “This rehashed plan barely touches the edges of the scale of investment needed. “They’re correct to say that we need proper investment in social care to […]
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 […]
17 June 2024 / 17 June 2024 by Green Party
The IFS have today warned that 250,000 children will be hit by the two-child benefit cap next year, rising to an extra half a million by 2029. Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, responded saying, “Greens have unequivocally pledged to scrap the two-child benefit cap in our fully costed manifesto. “Today I am urging the Labour […]
17 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Labour’s plans unveiled today that see them pledge £7.3bn to accelerate the green transition, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “Sticking the word ‘green’ in front of a plan doesn’t make it Green. "Far from it in Labour’s case. "The headline figure of £7.3bn falls massively short of the £40bn per year that Greens have committed to spend.
14 June 2024 / 14 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party today is celebrating Euro 2024 kicking off with a game-changing offer to football fans that will see billions invested and money from professional clubs transferred to local communities. The Green offer includes a £5bn package to invest in community sports and culture that will see grassroots sports clubs properly funded. In addition […]
13 June 2024 / 13 June 2024 by Green Party
Speaking from the ITV spin room, Green Party Co-Leader, Zack Polanski, gave a snap reaction to the ITV Debate saying: “Tonight the greens hopeful and ambitious vision for Britain clearly connected with the audience. “We saw a battle of ideas on an equal platform. “Voters were shown the full spread of electoral possibility. “And while […]
13 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the publication of the Labour Party’s Manifesto that promises an “unprecedented slowdown” in NHS finances, Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay said, “This Labour Party manifesto is a diagnosis of doom for our NHS and other frontline services. “After 14 years of mismanagement and underfunding our health service is severely overstretched and crying out […]
13 June 2024 by Andrew Bell
Responding to the launch of Labour’s manifesto, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “Keir Starmer has today promised a change in direction. But he’s bound a future Labour government in a fiscal straitjacket which means very little will change. And there’s a glaring hole in Labour’s budget. Their refusal to increase taxes on the super-rich […]
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 […]
10 June 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news that 408 leading climate scientists have demanded more action on the climate emergency in an open letter, Green Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, said, “It is time for politicians to sit up and take note. Here we have 408 scholars who have dedicated their careers to understanding the climate crisis demanding not more words, but […]
7 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “The Green Party is proud to announce that in this election we will have candidates standing in 574 seats in England and Wales. “All over the country voters will have the opportunity to vote Green and vote for real hope and real change instead of the half […]
6 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay and the party’s Health and Social Care Spokesperson, Dr Pallavi Devulapalli, today announced a “game-changing” package for the NHS and social care totally £50 billion a year in investment by 2030 and an additional £20 billion in capital investment to improve crumbling buildings. Commenting at the launch, Green Co-Leader, Adrian […]
Key points: The Green Party will today set out a package worth £30bn per year for the English National Health Service by 2030 – more than any other major political party. The result will see NHS frontline workers’ salaries increased, guaranteeing rapid access to a GP and same day access in case of urgent need, […]
5 June 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to todays’ speech by the UN Secretary General António Guterres, Green Party parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns, said: “The UN Secretary-General has reiterated today that the climate crisis is here and it’s hitting us hard. He made clear that if we are to have a liveable future we need to act with extreme […]
4 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the head-to-head debate between Sunak and Starmer, Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay said: “This election debate needed to be better. “It would have been better if the other leaders of other political parties were stood alongside challenging the cosy consensus of Starmer’s Labour and Sunak’s Conservatives. “Our NHS is creaking, the cost-of-living crisis […]
4 June 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the announcement from Reform UK that Nigel Farage has been handed their leadership and that he is now standing as an MP in Clacton, despite just days ago confirming he wasn’t standing for election, Green Party Democracy and Citizen Engagement Spokesperson, Nate Higgins said, “Nigel Farage is not just a dodgy salesman. He is […]
3 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Labour’s announcement on energy and security, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “The road to national energy security must lead to real change – a turn away from fossil fuels and a massive investment in renewable energy generation and energy saving programmes like home insulation delivered through local authorities right across the country. […]
2 June 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s comment “Read my lips – I will bring immigration numbers down” to the Sun on Sunday, Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, said: “Keir Starmer is falling into the same trap that the Conservatives have. “Stoking division and adopting the anti-migrant rhetoric of Nigel Farage and Natalie Elphicke instead of welcoming […]
30 May 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to Labour’s announcement on Great British Energy, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “We need real change if we are to meet the demands of the climate crisis. These Labour plans do not deliver it. “Compared to Labour’s original commitment to spend £28bn a year on green investment, this announcement of just £8.3bn over […]
30 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green parliamentary candidates launched their national General Election campaign with a rousing call to set aside the broken politics of the Conservatives and Labour and vote for “real hope and real change.” Co-leader, and parliamentary candidate for Bristol Central, Carla Denyer told the party’s General Election campaign launch in Bristol: “Across the country, people now […]
Co-leader, and parliamentary candidate for Bristol Central, Carla Denyer will tell the party’s General Election campaign launch later today: “Across the country, people now have the chance to vote for real hope and real change. “Our politics is broken, our public services are on their knees and people are worse off now than when the […]
29 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to Labour’s NHS plans, Green Party co-leader and parliamentary candidate for Waveney Valley, Adrian Ramsay said: “Labour is offering fantasy plans to end the NHS crisis. It wants to pay the private sector more, make existing staff work longer hours and squeeze more patients into overcrowded wards. “Waiting for growth, won’t cut waiting lists. […]