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Greens call on PM to “take tax cuts for billionaires” off the negotiating table

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I’m calling on the Prime Minister to take this morally reprehensible suggestion off the negotiating table. The very idea that he would cut tax obligations for some of the biggest companies in the world, controlled by some of the very richest people in the world, in an effort to appease President Trump is an insult to each and every person struggling to get by at the moment.

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Trump’s tariffs: We must “oppose Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics” say Greens

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"We need to work together to oppose Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics. In the first instance, that means standing with partners like the EU and Canada who share our commitment to trade agreements rather than trade coercion. It’s a fantasy to believe that our long-term economic prosperity can be left in the hands of whether or not we are in Trump’s favour on any one given day. As such, we must prioritise securing a Customs Union agreement with the EU so that we regain the strength of being part of a larger bloc.”

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“A legacy offering real hope for Scotland” – Carla Denyer reflects on Patrick Harvie’s tenure as longest serving political leader in the UK

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"Patrick's legacy goes well beyond being the longest-serving political leader in the UK, or even being the leader who took Greens into government for the first time in the UK. His legacy will be marked every time a young person gets on public transport free of charge; with every renter who is able to keep a roof over their heads because of protections that Patrick secured; and with every kilowatt of clean renewable power that Scotland produces because of Green policies. These are real achievements to be proud of. A legacy offering real hope for Scotland."

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“Labour’s recent leaflet boasting about deporting more people than the Tories is sickening”

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"Labour's recent leaflet boasting about deporting more people than the Tories is sickening. "Labour are failing to provide safe and legal routes into the UK while seemingly revelling in turning people's lives upside down. "Any claim the Labour Party may have once had to be a party of compassion or principle has well and truly gone."

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Spring statement targeting ill and disabled is “morally repugnant”

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“The Chancellor had a choice today. To rebalance our economy by asking the very wealthiest to contribute more, or to remove vital support from ill and disabled people. That she chose to take from the most vulnerable to balance her books is a damning reflection of how out of touch this government is. It is morally repugnant.”  

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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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Greens repeat call for UK to suspend all arms exports to Israel

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Reacting to the resumption of attacks by Israeli forces on Gaza, Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire and Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson, said:  “As Israel returns to its bombardment of Gaza, hundreds more lives have been lost. Families, children, entire communities – gone in an instant. This is horrific. Each of these lives mattered. […]

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Greens call for water companies to be taken into public hands as Environment secretary visits polluted Windemere

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Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay MP has poured cold water on today’s visit by Environment Secretary Steve Reed to Lake Windemere and the announcement that United Utilities will invest £200m into upgrading 10 wastewater treatment works at Windermere [1]. He said: “The government is today trumpeting its “Things Can Only Get Cleaner” tour. But the […]

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