Press Releases
28 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to Labour’s plans to chase narrow economic growth over other priorities, Adrian Ramsay said: “The transition to a green economy provides major opportunities which we must grasp – opportunities for warmer homes, lower bills and good new jobs. The Green Party would invest in the technologies we need to ensure a sustainable and secure […]
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26 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the news that The Conservatives plan to bring back national conscription, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer said, “This policy is removed from reality. It is not what our military needs and it certainly isn’t what our young people need. “What young people tell us they need is access to the housing market, to […]
24 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer welcomed the latest energy price cap drop, but warned it still left average consumers with bills £400 higher than before the energy crisis. Denyer said: “Consumers are still paying for a crisis not of their making. “Neither the Conservatives nor Labour are offering the real, practical, lasting solutions that […]
22 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the General Election as the chance for voters to choose hope and practical solutions to the crises facing the country. Co-leader and parliamentary candidate for Bristol Central Carla Denyer said: “At last. This is the moment the country has been waiting for – the chance to vote for a different vision […]
20 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it is seeking arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Green Party spokesperson for global solidarity, Carne Ross, said: “The ICC prosecutor’s announcement today sets out in horrifying detail […]
15 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Joint Statement from the Co-Leaders and Deputy Leader of The Green Party and Lord Mann, the Government’s Independent Advisor on Antisemitism: “Lord Mann and the leadership team at The Green Party of England and Wales met last week to discuss the important issue of antisemitism. Both parties have committed to continued dialogue and working together […]
13 May 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the prime minister’s ‘security’ speech at Policy Exchange [1], in which Rishi Sunak said “we must be prepared strategically, economically, with robust plans and greater national resilience, to meet this time of instability with strength, co-leader of the Green Party Adrian Ramsay said: “The prime minister’s speech on security failed to make a […]
10 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Labour Leader Keir Starmer’s speech in Dover, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “Labour is right to signal it will abandon the government’s inhumane Rwanda deportation plan, but it has failed to offer people seeking asylum the safe and legal routes that would offer a real alternative to people smugglers, or tackle the […]
9 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to a new report from the Office for Environmental Protection which says: “government will not meet its ambition that most water bodies will be on the road to good condition or else already in that state by 2027,” Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “The Green Party wants to see much greater protection of […]
8 May 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for mandatory solar PV panels to be fitted on all appropriate new buildings and for all new homes to be built to Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standards. The call comes as analysis (1) finds that the world’s oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year and that the EU’s […]
4 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating an historic electoral victory after it emerged as the largest party on Bristol City Council and won every available seat in their target parliamentary constituency of Bristol Central. Across the city, the Green Party won 34 seats, becoming by far the largest party in the city and the largest group […]
3 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
In a historic electoral victory, amid a record-breaking local election campaign, the Green Party has this evening not only emerged as the largest party on Bristol City Council, but has also won every available seat in their target parliamentary constituency of Bristol Central. Across the city, the Green Party has won 34 seats in the […]
The Green Party has gone from the fourth largest party on Hastings Borough Council to the largest party. Greens won 8 seats and retained 1 of 16 seats up for election (38% of the vote), up from just 1 seat when the seats were contested in 2021. This leaves Greens with 12 councillors, Labour with […]
Reflecting on early local election results, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “Green councilors are being elected in ever higher numbers across the country and are ready to deliver for their communities. “We have won our first councilors on Newcastle Council, and our first councilors on Sefton and Redditch, taking seats from Labour and the […]
2 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
As polls closed across England in the local elections, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “It has been a wonderful experience to be out on the doorstep listening to voters and understanding why their concerns over the cost of living, cuts to local services and the climate crisis are turning into votes for the Green […]
25 April 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
In response to Labour’s announcement that it plans to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years [1] co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer, said: “Greens give an amber light to these proposals. We have long called for full public ownership and significant investment in our railways. The passengers left stranded after cancelled or […]
23 April 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the Rwanda Bill completing its parliamentary stages, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “I don’t want people risking their lives crossing the channel in small boats. But the way to stop that isn’t this punitive, inhumane approach. It’s providing safe and legal routes for people to apply for asylum from overseas, and working […]
19 April 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to stop GPs issuing sick notes to people too ill to work, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “How cold hearted do you have to be, and how lacking in empathy, to see this crisis of ill health as anything other than caused by decades of austerity and […]
15 April 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader, Adrian Ramsay, has announced the Party’s plans for an Independent Commission for Nature that would protect nature and ensure the restoration of wildlife habitats. The new watchdog would be created as part of a new “Rights of Nature” Act that would enshrine in law the intrinsic value of nature while also recognising […]
14 April 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Following news of the Iranian attack on Israel and the involvement of UK aircraft in Israel’s defence, Green Party co-leader, Carla Denyer, has urged the UK not to be dragged into a Middle East war. She said: “The Green Party condemns Iran’s attacks against Israel, which were targeted on civilian as well as military targets. […]
8 April 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to comments by the Shadow Heath Secretary saying that under a Labour government investment in the NHS would be dependent on reform and that there would be an increased role for the private sector [1], co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer, said: “Wes Streeting says that if the NHS doesn’t change, it will die. But […]
7 April 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has repeated its call for a full bilateral ceasefire, the release of all hostages, the suspension of arms exports to Israel, and for key players in the Netanyahu government to be held accountable for possible war crimes, six months on from the 7 October attacks by Hamas. Co-leader of the Green Party, […]
4 April 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party of England and Wales launches its local election campaign in Bristol today with a pledge to support councils to massively increase their supply of affordable housing. Co-leader Carla Denyer, who is standing as MP candidate in Bristol Central, said: “This country faces an acute housing crisis. There are over a million households […]
3 April 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
In the wake of the attack on the World Central Kitchen convoy, which killed seven aid workers, the Green Party have repeated their call for the UK government to cancel all arms export licences to Israel. The Party’s Global Solidarity spokesperson and former Middle East diplomat, Carne Ross, said: “The death of compassionate humanitarian volunteers […]