Greens warn that when government “cuts red tape” this too often means harming environmental standards and workers’ rights 15 October 2024 by Green Party Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns said: “Starmer’s pledge to investors that he will “cut red tape” is a tired cliché that, in practice, too often means harming environmental standards and workers’ rights. We’ve had fourteen years of successive Conservative governments promising to “cut red tape,” and all we have to show for […] Read more »
Labour’s approach to Middle East conflict “failing” as civilian death toll mounts 15 October 2024 / 15 October 2024 by Green Party Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer said, “The reports over the weekend that no food has entered Northern Gaza since the 1st of October, of Israel’s attack on al-Aqsa Hospital, of chemical weapons being used to attack UNIFIL peacekeepers, of mass civilian casualties in Gaza’s Jabalia Refugee Camp and of increased rocket fire into Israel from […] Read more »
100 days of increasing solitude for Starmer 12 October 2024 / 11 October 2024 by Paul Corry Commenting on Labour’s first 100 days in office, Green Party Co-Leader Carla Denyer MP said: “The collapse in Starmer’s popularity since taking office has been remarkable. It was clear to me during the election campaign that voters across the country wanted change. After 14 years of Tory failure, they expected Labour to deliver it. The […] Read more »
Greens welcome Renters’ Rights Bill but say it must go further on rent controls and ending ‘plague’ of cold, damp, mouldy homes 9 October 2024 / 9 October 2024 by Andrew Bell Co-leader of the Green Party and MP for Bristol Central, Carla Denyer, will welcome the Renters’ Rights Bill in parliament later today, but will say it must go further in defending the rights of 11 million renters in the UK. Denyer said: “This is a once in a generation opportunity to recognise the rights of […] Read more »
“The claim that wealth taxes would lead to large numbers of people leaving the UK isn’t credible” say Greens 9 October 2024 / 9 October 2024 by Green Party Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party said: “The claim that wealth taxes would lead to large numbers of people leaving the UK isn’t credible. This didn’t happen when changes were made to non-dom status in 2017, and research by Patriotic Millionaires has shown that 68% of those with over £1 million to invest support […] Read more » Carla Denyer Green Party Wealth Tax
Green Party reaction to fossil fuel lobbying for carbon capture and storage 7 October 2024 by Andrew Bell Commenting on reports that the £22bn in subsidies awarded to carbon capture and storage projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, co-leader of the Green Party, Adiran Ramsay MP said: “Revelations that this £22 billion bung to carbon capture and storage followed extensive lobbying reveals that it is the government that […] Read more »
Greens respond to carbon capture plans 4 October 2024 / 4 October 2024 by Paul Corry Reacting to the government announcement of investment in carbon capture and storage projects, Green MP and party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “Labour has spent too long listening to the pleadings of energy companies for major public investment in unproven technological solutions like carbon capture that simply won’t deliver the immediate real change we need. […] Read more »
Green Party demand de-escalation of dangerous and mounting conflict in Middle East 2 October 2024 / 2 October 2024 by Andrew Bell Responding to the increasingly dangerous situation in the Middle East, Sian Berry MP said: “We are deeply alarmed at last night’s attacks on Israel and the invasion of Lebanon, all of which show a growing escalation of the conflict. We express our solidarity with civilians under attack everywhere, whether in Israel, Lebanon, Gaza or elsewhere […] Read more »
Green Party demands permanent bilateral ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon 1 October 2024 / 1 October 2024 by Andrew Bell Commenting on the escalating situation in the Middle East and on the invasion of Lebanon by Israeli defence forces, Sian Berry, MP for Brighton Pavilion, said: “The invasion and attacks on Lebanon by Israel, causing the deaths of over a thousand people and displacement of a million others, are horrific and devastating. The Green Party […] Read more »
Closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station a vital test for government’s green transformation say Green Party 30 September 2024 by Andrew Bell Commenting on the closure of the UK’s last coal-fired power station today, Green MP Carla Denyer said: “The end of coal-fired energy generation is an important step on the long road to tackling the climate crisis. “Thousands of people have been employed at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station over the half-century it has been working. It has […] Read more »