Brown call for gambling levy ‘just a start’ 7 August 2025 / 7 August 2025 by Green Party Responding to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s call for a gambling industry levy to fund tackling child poverty, Green Peer Natalie Bennett said: “Having been at the heart of the New Labour government, which unleashed the toxic, destructive gambling industry that we have today with the 2005 Gambling Act, it is good to see Gordon […] Read more »
Green Party stands in solidarity with those seeking asylum 6 August 2025 by Green Party Ahead of more planned demonstrations this weekend outside hotels housing asylum seekers, Green Party spokesperson on Policing and Domestic Safety, Amanda Onwuemene, said: “The unrest we are seeing outside hotels housing asylum seekers and in our communities is unacceptable. The protests are the result of the deliberate spread of myths and lies about asylum seekers […] Read more » asylum Green Party
UK must push for ambitious plastics pollution treaty say Greens 5 August 2025 by Green Party As delegates from around the world meet in Geneva to discuss a UN Global Plastics Treaty, co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, said: “The UK must push for the most ambitious plastics treaty possible and stand firm against attempts by oil producing states and fossil fuel and chemical corporations seeking to trash any deal […] Read more » Adrian Ramsay Green Party pollution
Rayner’s allotments sell-off plan: no green spaces safe under Labour 5 August 2025 by Green Party Reacting to news that the Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has given the green light for councils to sell off allotments to raise funds, Green peer and keen allotment holder, Jenny Jones, said: “It seems there are no green spaces that are safe under this Labour government. “Allotments are valuable spaces to promote physical and mental […] Read more » Green Party green spaces Jenny Jones
Greens call for end to Right to Buy which has ‘hollowed out’ council housing stock 5 August 2025 by Green Party Responding to a report by the Common Wealth thinktank which says that the sale of millions of council homes to tenants at steep discounts since 1980 has fuelled vast shortages in social housing and turbocharged inequality, Green MP Ellie Chowns said: “This report lays bare the devastation Right to Buy has wrought on communities up […] Read more » Ellie Chowns social housing
Heathrow expansion is a “flightmare on Downing Street” say Greens 31 July 2025 by Green Party On one hand, this government is saying they’re taking the climate crisis seriously, and on the other, they’re backing a project that will release a reported 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year. These expansion plans would see the number of flights at Heathrow Airport go up to 720,000 from their current capped number of 480,000 a year. Read more » Climate Crisis Ellie Chowns Expansion Green Party Heathrow
Green reaction to Starmer’s ‘bargaining chip’ on Palestinian statehood 29 July 2025 / 29 July 2025 by Green Party Reacting to today’s emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza and Keir Stamer’s statement, Green Party MP, Ellie Chowns, who is the party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, said: “What Starmer has said today suggests Palestinian statehood is a bargaining chip, only to be awarded if the Israeli government fails to end the genocide in Gaza and agrees to a […] Read more » Ellie Chowns Gaza Green Party
Time to build on momentum created by Lionesses win say Greens 29 July 2025 / 29 July 2025 by Green Party Responding to jubilant scenes in London where the Lionesses were seen parading the streets after winning the Euro 25 cup, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, Siân Berry, said now was the time to “build on this momentum.” “The historic and dramatic Lionesses Euros win has been such a boost and inspiration for budding footballers and […] Read more » Euro 25 Green Party Sian Berry
Greens urge Starmer to “Recognise the state of Palestine” 25 July 2025 by Steve Hynd “Recognising the state of Palestine is a bare minimum that governments across the world can do to help bring an end to the genocide being carried out by the Israeli government in Gaza – and yet the UK government is falling behind other nations in taking even this most basic step. “The UK government must join France in recgonsing the state of Palestine – as well as enacting a full arms embargo, widespread sanctions, a ban on the import of settlement goods, and funding for evidence collection for prosecutions. Read more » Carla Denyer Gaza Green Party Palestine recognise State
ICJ ruling leaves UK with duty to speed up green transition 23 July 2025 by Green Party Reacting to the International Criminal Court’s first-ever ruling on climate change, co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer MP, said: “In a landmark ruling today the ICJ has made clear that failure to take decisive action to protect the climate, through continued fossil fuel production and consumption and granting fossil fuel exploration licences, can be […] Read more » Carla Denyer climate change Green Party