Green Party members and supporters across England and Wales are making a difference in their communities in all kinds of ways. From building regenerative gardens to providing meals for vulnerable people, developing renewable energy projects to helping their local councils face up to the climate emergency and become more sustainable, we’re getting involved in the things that really matter to all of us. Here are just some highlights of what we’re up to!
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The prime ministers’ spokesperson recently said that people should join the Green Party to save the planet. The Independent wrote: ‘Boris Johnson’s spokesperson for the upcoming COP26 summit in Glasgow has said people can “join the Green Party” if they want to help tackle climate change. Asked why she thought other parties...
Our Green Peer Natalie Bennett writes in Left Foot Forward that it’s time we make ecocide a crime. She says: Since 1972, we, the human race collectively, have trashed that beautiful orb. Though when I say “we”, of course, that doesn’t mean that billions of us, the vast majority of us,...
The Green Party has strongly criticised the negligent and shortsighted policy shift this week resulting from the arrival of Sajid Javid at the Department of Health. Green Party Public Health spokesperson Peter Cranie said: “With a 70% rise in cases last week, the government’s decision to abandon social distancing...
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley has announced he is stepping down from his role at the end of July. Here’s Jonathan’s statement: “I am hugely proud of what the Green Party has achieved over the last five years. We have become a major electoral force, vying to be the...
The Green Party’s migrant and refugee support spokesperson, Benali Hamdache, wrote in the Independent about the consequences of Priti Patel’s hostile environment on EU citizens ahead of the deadline to apply for settled status. He said: Priti Patel is about to unleash a wave of hostility upon a group of EU citizens....
The Green Party has called for the new rules governing public subsidy for industries to be used to accelerate action on the climate and ecological emergencies. Molly Scott Cato, Green Party finance and economy spokesperson, said: “As an MEP I tried to ensure that, rather than a level playing-field,...
On World Refugee Day, Green Party migration and refugee support spokesperson Benali Hamdache wrote about the need to help LGBT+ refugees in Pink News. He said: ‘In too many places, this pandemic has allowed regimes to crackdown on LGBT+ people. Cameroon, Ghana, Philippines and Uganda have all seen outbreaks...
Following the G7 summit, Greens are asking: where is the British leadership we need to make sure that we build back better, greener and fairer after the coronavirus pandemic? Jonathan Bartley writes in The Independent that ‘the UK has been exposed as a country without a vision for its...
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