Greens call for safe and legal routes 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 […] Read more »
Greens call for nature protection in wake of river report 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 […] Read more »
Greens call for action on rooftop solar as new temperature records broken 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 […] Read more »
Greens on track to win parliamentary seats following record local election results 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 […] Read more »
Greens win every council seat in target Bristol Central constituency and cement role as largest party on Council amid “record breaking” election campaign 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 […] Read more »
Greens move from fourth to first place in Hastings 3 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party 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 […] Read more »
Great night for the Greens with more to come 3 May 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party 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 […] Read more »
Greens set for record number of councillors as polls close 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 […] Read more »
Green Party reaction to Labour’s rail ‘nationalisation’ plans 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 […] Read more »
Greens pledge to support repeal of new Rwanda deportation law 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 […] Read more »