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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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“Now is the time to make clear we, as a country, stand with Zelensky in working for a lasting just peace.”

by Green Party

"What we witnessed today was bullying from one of the most powerful men in the world. It was the antithesis of the diplomacy needed in such a delicate moment. While many Brits watched on in horror with real fear, we call on the Prime Minister to make abundantly clear that he stands with Zelensky in working for a just peace and opposed to the strongman brinkmanship tactics of President Trump. Today’s shameful behaviour by the American administration- of inviting a leader to their country with the intention to bully and humiliate - must be clearly condemned. Now is the time to make clear we, as a country, stand with Zelensky in working for a lasting just peace."

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“There should be zero tolerance of coercion, violence, or sexual abuse.”

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"Online pornography is a space where those who wish to abuse women are currently operating with virtual impunity. We're clear that it's the role of government to prevent this abuse, just as we would offline. Strengthening controls for online content is a good first step as we reiterate that there should be zero tolerance of coercion, violence, or sexual abuse."

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Green Party demands ambitious action in wake of Climate Change Committee report

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As the Climate Change Committee publishes its 7th carbon budget [1], the co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay MP, has demanded the Government ensure ambitious climate action isn’t delayed any further – and for polluters to pay the highest price, not the poorest in our communities.  Adrian Ramsay MP said: “Today’s advice from the Climate […]

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