Greens set out alternative to welfare cuts to tackle poverty and give dignity to Disabled people 1 July 2025 / 1 July 2025 by Green Party As the Government struggles to get its welfare reforms through parliament, Green Party MPs have produced a report detailing an alternative approach. They say that the case for “delaying the proposed changes in order to get change right is compelling” and are urging MPs to vote down the reforms later today. Amongst the proposals Green […] Read more » Disability cuts Sian Berry
Labour welfare rebels should “stand firm in the face of this inadequate offer” 27 June 2025 / 27 June 2025 by Green Party “The responsibility is now with other Labour MPs to stand firm in the face of this inadequate offer. Political pressure means a reprieve for some who were set to be cruelly harmed, but this will leave Disabled people, young people and those who will become sick and injured in the future, high and dry. The Prime Minister should withdraw the Bill, take some considerable time to consult with Disabled people and come back with something humane and workable.” Read more » Labour Rebels PIP Sian Berry Welfare
Green Party MPs Back Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 20 June 2025 / 25 June 2025 by Green Party Today Green MPs backed the continued passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons. All four Green MPs voted yes at the Bill’s third reading. Although broad support for assisted dying is Green Party policy, on this issue of conscience there was no party line and every MP […] Read more » Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Green Party Sian Berry
Greens welcome apparent U-turn from government on winter fuel payments 21 May 2025 / 21 May 2025 by Green Party Reacting to comments in the Commons today in which Keir Starmer said he wanted to ensure more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payments, Sian Berry MP said: “The Prime Minister’s statement shows just how much pressure he is now under, from the public, Greens and others in opposition, and many Labour MPs, to demonstrate […] Read more » cost of living crisis Sian Berry winter fuel payment
“No credible net-zero plan can include rampant airport expansion” 15 May 2025 / 15 May 2025 by Green Party Opening a third runway at Heathrow Airport could result in pollution equivalent to an additional 2.4 million tons of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere each year by 2050 Read more » Airport Expansion Green Party Heathrow net zero Sian Berry
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