Green Party reaction to Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan 26 August 2025 / 26 August 2025 by Green Party Responding to plans announced by Nigel Farage to rip up swathes of international law and deport thousands of migrants if Reform UK ever gained power, Green Party MP Ellie Chowns said: “More inflammatory rhetoric from Farage at a sensitive time in many communities. This dangerous toxic bluster is clearly aimed at whipping up anger, hatred […] Read more » asylum Ellie Chowns Green Party
Asylum seekers should be to be able to work while application is being decided, say Greens 20 August 2025 / 20 August 2025 by Green Party Commenting on the High Court ruling blocking asylum seekers from being housed in a hotel in Epping and the prospect of Councils across England now weighing up their own legal challenges, Green Party MP Ellie Chowns said: “This is where the legacy of 14 years of Conservative government has led us. They allowed a massive backlog of […] Read more » asylum Ellie Chowns Green Party
Maximum 10:1 pay ratio needed say Greens, as new analysis shows soaring CEO pay 18 August 2025 by Green Party New analysis by the High Pay Centre has revealed that bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies are now paid 122 times the salary of the average full-time UK worker. The median pay of a FTSE chief executive climbed to £4.58m in the last financial year, up from £4.29m a year earlier, an increase of nearly […] Read more » economy Ellie Chowns Green Party
Putin the only winner say Greens as latest Ukraine talks stall 16 August 2025 by Green Party When you compare how Trump rolled out the red carpet for Putin to his publicly humiliating Zelenskyy, it's clear that the only winner from these talks is Putin. He was handed the credibility of a seat at the top table while his forces continue their attacks on Ukraine." Read more » Ellie Chowns Green Party Putin Ukraine
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
Giving 16 and 17-year-olds the vote is a long-overdue step towards a stronger, more inclusive democracy say Greens 17 July 2025 by Green Party On this one, Labour have got it right. Giving 16- and 17-year-olds the vote is a long-overdue step towards a stronger, more inclusive democracy. Young people have powerful voices and a vital stake in decisions about their future — it’s only right that they have a say at the ballot box. Read more » Ellie Chowns Green Party Votes at 16
Afghans Data breach ‘shocking and horrifying’ say Greens 15 July 2025 / 15 July 2025 by Green Party Reacting to news that thousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up after a British official inadvertently leaked their data, Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire and Green Party spokesperson for foreign affairs, said: “It is nothing short of horrifying that a British security breach exposed the […] Read more » Ellie Chowns
Nine years since the UK voted by a narrow margin to leave the EU: we need to begin the process of returning, say Greens 23 June 2025 / 23 June 2025 by Green Party On the ninth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, Ellie Chowns MP, Green Party spokesperson on foreign affairs, said: “Today marks nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU, a decision for which the costs have been painfully real for families, businesses and our planet. Over nearly a decade we have seen our economy […] Read more » Brexit Ellie Chowns EU