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 Green Party criticised the government for not doing enough after it promised to resettle up to 20,000 Afghan refugees, with only 5,000 to be welcomed in the first year. Benali Hamdache, Green Party migration and refugee support spokesperson, said: “Offering refuge to those fleeing violence and persecution from...
The Green Party welcomed the High Court decision to rule that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps acted unlawfully when granting permission for a road tunnel to be built near Stonehenge. Caroline Russell, Green Party transport and healthy streets spokesperson, said:. “It is the right decision by the High Court to...
The Green Party has reiterated its calls for a universal basic income to offer protection for all, as the government risked the livelihoods of millions of people by further winding down the furlough scheme 1 August. The Greens have warned that by cutting its contribution the government will lay...
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....
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