Press Releases
8 February 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to the Home Office’s new plans to clampdown further on protests, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “This is another worrying step towards an authoritarian state, which too many in the government seem intent on creating. “This government is reaching the stage where it views any disagreement with its plans as practically an offence […]
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7 February 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to news that Labour is ditching its policy of spending £28bn a year on its green investment plan [1], Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “This is a massive backward step – for the climate, for the economy and for good quality jobs. Both the security of our planet for future generations and […]
The co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, has dismissed today’s announcement of a ‘dental recovery plan’ by the government saying it will ‘fail to fill the giant hole in NHS dentistry provision.’ Greens are calling for dentists to be paid the full costs of NHS dental treatment. Ramsay is standing as parliamentary candidate […]
5 February 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to news that Labour will not seek to legislate on the creation of a new national care service in its first King’s Speech [1], Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “Labour are dropping policy commitments like confetti. Next in line it’s social care, with the Party planning to ditch a previous pledge to create […]
30 January 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
A report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has accused the UK government of giving ‘mixed messages’ at the COP28 climate summit held in Dubai in December [1]. The CCC said: “The international perception of the UK’s climate ambition suffered from mixed messages following announcements on new fossil fuel developments and the prime minister’s speech […]
26 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said the International Court of Justice interim ruling underscored the need for a renewed political initiative to secure an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages and a long-term peace. Ramsay said: “The International Court of Justice is right to insist that Israel must ‘take all measures within its power’ to […]
23 January 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
Responding to this year’s poverty report from the Joeseph Rowntree Foundation, which says that it is now 20 years and six prime ministers since there was a sustained fall in poverty [1], co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer, said: “This latest report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation makes for grim reading. Over one in five […]
Responding to comments by the shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting that the NHS needs reform and efficiency savings, not extra money [1], Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “Labour’s fiscal rules are clearly bad for your health. Blaming the Health Service’s ills on inefficiencies rather than on chronic underfunding is an insult to […]
19 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for a green industrial strategy offering a clear road map toward creating sustainable, green jobs following confirmation that Tata is slashing 2,800 jobs at its steelworks in Port Talbot. Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said: “This is devastating news for the local community and beyond. Wales knows only too […]
16 January 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
As shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves arrives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Green Party is challenging Labour to commit to a wealth tax. Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “When she attends the World Economic Forum in Davos today, Rachel Reeves will be rubbing shoulders with the super-rich who are seeing their wealth […]
15 January 2024 / 10 June 2024 by Green Party
As the World Economic Forum begins in Davos, the Green Party has repeated calls for a wealth tax. To coincide with the Davos summit, Oxfam has released a report raising the alarm on growing global inequality, saying the world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes since 2020, while the world’s poorest 60% […]
12 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay urged Parliament to force an urgent debate on the “dangerous escalation” in the Middle East that has seen the UK attack Yemen. Ramsay said: “It is important for the international community to work together to defend shipping in the Red Sea from attack, but there is a significant distinction between internationally […]
11 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has urged the government to launch an urgent international peace effort to end the Israel Gaza war. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “The horrific loss of Israeli civilian lives on October 7 has been compounded by months of devastation for the people of Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, leading to […]
10 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement that new primary legislation will be introduced to exonerate convicted postmasters, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “It is incredible how long it has taken successive governments to address the clear injustice faced by hundreds of honest, hard-working people at the Post Office. “It shouldn’t take a TV […]
5 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer reacts to the resignation of Tory environment champion Chris Skidmore: “As the world burns, the Tories turn in on themselves. The government’s green credentials are truly in tatters. “The climate crisis is here and now and being experienced by people across the country, but the Prime Minister can’t hold on […]
4 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader today set out plans for the year ahead. Denyer said: “As politicians go back to work in Westminster next week, most of the population have already been hard at work, dealing with the cost-of-living crisis and, perhaps, thinking – ‘Surely things could be a lot better than this?’ “With so much violence and […]
30 December 2023 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “I am really looking forward to the year ahead. There is a General Election on the horizon and with it a chance to create a fairer, greener country – and get more Green MPs elected to Parliament. “2023 was a big year for the Green Party. Thanks to another set […]
28 November 2023 / 14 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for a ban on all private jets taking off or landing at UK airports. They say this form of transportation, favoured by a super-rich elite, is the ultimate symbol of ‘climate inequality’ where the richest 1% of the population produce as much planet warming pollution each year as 5 billion […]
11 March 2023 / 14 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for a halt to all further dividends to water company shareholders until the privatised monopolies end dumping sewage into the UK’s waterways and coasts. Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay will make the announcement during an address to members at the Green Party’s Spring Conference in Birmingham today (Saturday 11 March). […]
6 December 2020 / 17 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party peers have said parliament must be allowed scrutiny of post-Brexit trade deals as the government’s Trade Bill returns to the House of Lords for debate tomorrow.[1] The Greens have also set out how the bill must include the existing strong protections for the environment, workers’ rights and food safety. Green peer Jenny Jones […]
