Greens urge government to ‘rebalance the economy’ ahead of Spring Statement 25 March 2025 / 25 March 2025 by Green Party 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 […] Read more » Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Green Party Sian Berry Wealth Tax welfare cuts
A “gargantuan waste of money” 25 March 2025 / 25 March 2025 by Green Party The Lower Thames Crossing is a gargantuan waste of money that will dirty our air and increase road traffic danger and congestion across the South East. Read more » Green Party Lower Thames Crossing Sian Berry
“Expanding Heathrow in the face of a climate emergency is the definition of irresponsible.” say Greens 29 January 2025 / 26 February 2025 by Green Party Responding to the news that Rachel Reeves is backing the expansion of Heathrow Airport, Green Party MP, Sian Berry MP said, “The Chancellor talked about the ‘costs of irresponsibility’ but expanding Heathrow in the face of a climate emergency is the definition of irresponsible.” Read more » Airport Green Party Heathrow Sian Berry
Greens respond to possible airport expansions 21 January 2025 / 26 February 2025 by Green Party Responding to the news that Rachel Reeves is expected to give the go-ahead to a series of airport expansions across the UK, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, Sian Berry, said: “We must ask who these decisions would be made for and why. Whose advice is the Government listening to, when record-high wealth inequality is […] Read more » Airport Expansion Green Party Sian Berry
The Government cannot build its way out of the prison crisis, say Greens 11 December 2024 / 11 December 2024 by Green Party 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 […] Read more » Green Party Overcrowding Prison reform Sian Berry
Is the Prime Minister brave enough to allow common-sense prison reforms ask Greens 4 December 2024 by Green Party 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 […] Read more » Crime Green Party Prison reform Sian Berry