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 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...
The Green Party urged the UK government to show true leadership ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit and commit to making major polluters pay for the damaging greenhouse gases they emit. The Greens have calculated the UK government would raise around £80 billion of revenue a year if it...
‘The world has changed, and the new politics is a politics of plurality. If there is to be an end to Conservative rule, progressive parties must come together’ Jonathan Bartley writes in The Independent. He continues: ‘Democracy relies on trust. In order for people to be able to have...
Green Vix Lowthion warns that making the school day longer could have an adverse affect on children that are dealing with trauma from the covid-19 pandemic. In The Independent, she writes: Children and teenagers have done a lot for society over the past 18 months. While the effects of Covid on some...
The Green Party has welcomed support for global tax cooperation to prevent corporate tax avoidance at the G7 in Cornwall later this month but called on the UK government to push for a much more ambitious agreement. Green Party finance spokesperson Molly Scott Cato said: “Tax shifting by global...
As we enter the final month for EU citizens to claim settled status the Green Party is warning that many EU citizens may end up without secure residence status. Former Green MEP Molly Scott Cato said: ‘As an MEP I met many people who have lived in our community...
