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Green Party reaction to launch of Devolution White Paper  

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Reacting to the government’s White Paper on the reorganisation of local government, Green Party MP Ellie Chowns said:  “There is much to be welcomed in this White Paper including strengthening the rights of communities to purchase cherished local assets such as youth clubs, libraries or sport facilities; increasing powers over control of local transport, better […]

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Greens say local government reorganisation “steals power away from local people” 

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Responding to measures contained within the government’s White Paper on English Devolution, which the government will announce today, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay MP said:  “Local democracy is in urgent need of reform but this White Paper does not deliver the real change our local councils need.   “It steals power away from local people and […]

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New planning framework “panders” to profit driven private housing developers say Greens

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Responding to the “planning overhaul” announced today by government, Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, said: “This new planning framework from Government fails to tackle the housing crisis head on and instead panders yet further to the interests of private developers whose main interest is lining their pockets. By pitting what’s happening as a binary battle […]

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The Government cannot build its way out of the prison crisis, say Greens

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Responding to the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood’s announcement that prisons may run out of space despite government plans to open 14,000 more prison places, Green Party MP Siân Berry said, “The justice secretary is facing the reality that however fast the Government builds prisons, at the current rates of offending and reoffending, the respite from […]

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“We remain clear, cutting services always was and still is, a political choice” say Greens

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Responding to the news that Rachel Reeves is asking Ministers to identify efficiency savings worth 5% of their current budgets, Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay said: “Labour call their 5% cuts across government departments “efficiency savings.” “We call it what it is: cuts to services. “This amounts to the continuation of the same damaging, unpopular and […]

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Starmer’s milestones not a route to real change say Greens

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Responding to today’s “milestones” speech by the Prime Minister, Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, said,  “These milestones aren’t a clear route to real change. Today’s listicle, while pointing in the right direction on a handful of issues, is missing the wholesale ambition and drive that a government elected on a change agenda needs. We have […]

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Is the Prime Minister brave enough to allow common-sense prison reforms ask Greens

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Responding to this morning’s NAO report on the crisis in Britain’s prisons, Green Party MP Siân Berry said, “The National Audit Office has revealed in stark terms the futility of a society trying to imprison away crime. “However fast the Government builds prisons, at the current rates of offending and reoffending, the respite from the current […]

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Caroline Lucas responds to suggestion Labour set to shelve Natural History GCSE

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Former Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, has given her reaction to suggestions that plans for a Natural History GCSE have been shelved because it is “seen as a Conservative party initiative.” Caroline was one of the key drivers of the GCSE in the last parliament. She said: “I very much hope that Labour will look at this again, […]

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Green Party response to “unrealistic” housing targets 

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Responding to news that local councils have told the government that its plan to build 1.5m new homes in England over the next five years is “unrealistic”, Green MP Ellie Chowns said:  “Labour’s housing strategy involves cosying up to big wealthy developers and falling for the myth that the private sector will build the housing […]

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Warm homes announcement “left too many householders out in the cold” say Greens

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Responding to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s announcement that up to 300,000 homes will benefit from upgrades next year, Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay said,    “Today’s announcement left too many householders out in the cold. Household heating accounts for almost a fifth of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. And while making […]

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