Labour are “Fiddling while our NHS burns” warn Greens 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 […] Read more »
Green Party pulls back curtain to reveal offer for arts and culture 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 […] Read more »
Scrap to the two-child benefit cap urge Greens 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 […] Read more »
“Sticking the word green in front of a plan doesn’t make it Green” 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. Read more »
Back of the net: Greens mark Euros kick off with football offer worth celebrating 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 […] Read more »
Greens offer snap reaction to #ITVDebate 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 […] Read more »
Labour manifesto represents a diagnosis of doom for our NHS Greens warn 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 […] Read more »
Green Party response to Labour’s manifesto 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 […] Read more »
Greens pledge ‘Investment to mend broken Britain’ 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 […] Read more »
Green party response to Sunak speech 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 […] Read more »