Tag: Carla Denyer

Greens urge government to ‘rebalance the economy’ ahead of Spring Statement

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Ahead of the Spring Statement the Green Party is urging the government to ‘rebalance the economy’, by reversing the planned cuts to welfare spending and instead taxing the wealth of multi-millionaires and billionaires.  The party’s MPs say it is deeply unfair that those already struggling to get by will be pushed further into hardship because […]

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Labour are “plumbing new depths” with filmed immigration raids

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Responding to the news that Labour are now publishing videos of police immigration raids, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer MP, said: “This Labour government are plumbing new depths with their plan to broadcast footage of people being detained and deported. Those involved should be searching their consciences to ask if such breathtaking cruelty is really worth it all for the sake of aping the rhetoric of Reform. The bitter irony is that following Reform to the right on migration won’t win Labour any support – it will only lend legitimacy to Reform’s extreme views. It’s time this government showed a bit of backbone and told the truth – that migration is good for this country.”

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Statement ahead of President Trump’s inauguration: “a dangerous turn toward right-wing populism”

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Green Party Co-Leaders, Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer released a joint statement ahead of President Trump’s inauguration saying:  “We must stand up for peace and democracy in what will be a dangerous turn toward right-wing populism in the wake of Donald Trump taking office.  “The antidote to Trump in the US, and the likes of […]

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Arrest warrants make clear selling arms to Israel ‘abets war crimes’

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Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party said: “The ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif shows that to continue selling arms to Israel is to aid and abet war crimes. It is utterly indefensible. “The Government must recognise that their approach to the war in Gaza has failed. They must […]

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US Elections: Trump is a “climate change denier, a proud racist and misogynist”

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Responding to the US elections, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer, said, “A dangerous bigot, bully, and liar is once again set to become the leader of the most powerful country in the world. A climate change denier, a proud racist and misogynist, and a man who has sought to subvert elections and incite insurrection. On […]

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Why won’t Labour even consider putting water companies back into public hands ask Greens

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Responding to the news (BBC) that a new independent commission will soon launch the largest review of the water industry since privatisation in the 1980s, Green Party Co-Leader, Carla Denyer said, “Water is a basic human need. It should be in public hands run for people, not profit. I don’t know why Labour won’t even […]

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“The claim that wealth taxes would lead to large numbers of people leaving the UK isn’t credible” say Greens

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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 […]

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The north must benefit from HS2 say Greens

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Delegates at Green Party conference in Manchester have voted for HS2 to be funded and completed in full, including the entire Eastern leg and an underground through station at Manchester Piccadilly. The policy development comes as phase one of HS2 between London and Birmingham is well under construction. Commenting on the revised Green Party policy, […]

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