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4 April 2023 / 5 October 2024 by Philippa Fleming
Hosts and visitors alike enjoyed a two-day visit to Suffolk on 9th and 10th February, by Caroline Lucas MP and Green Party Co-leader Adrian Ramsay. Starting with a packed meeting at the John Peel Centre on the Thursday evening, Adrian and Caroline tackled the urgent climate, biodiversity and cost of living issues of the day […]
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4 July 2022 / 4 July 2022 by
Responding to the news that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to use a speech today to vow to “make Brexit work”, while ruling out taking the UK back into the customs union or restoring freedom of movement [1], Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “At a time when the economic devastation caused by Brexit […]
24 June 2022 by
The Green Party of England and Wales has unveiled five new spokespeople for the Party, making a 14-strong speaker team who will stand alongside the party’s leadership as experts in their areas of advocacy. The new positions include spokespeople for Transport and Healthy Streets; Peace and Global Justice; Equalities and Diversity; Housing and Communities; and […]
The Green Party has called for legally trained politicians who vote for legislation which disregards the rule of law to be suspended from the Law Society and the Bar Council. Co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have written to the two legal professional bodies asking them to consider whether voting for legislation that breaks international […]
13 June 2022 / 13 June 2022 by
Commenting on the government’s Food Strategy for England [1], which is launched today, co-leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, responded: “This is not really a strategy at all - it’s junk. The failure to expand free and nutritional school meals or intervene to challenge fast and highly processed food will leave millions of children […]
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30 March 2022 / 30 March 2022 by
Greens warn councils who want to help refugees are being prevented by lack of government funds Catherine Rowett: “Councils and their constituents all over the region are ready to step up for Ukrainian refugees, just like they were for Afghan refugees. But the biggest barrier is this Conservative government” The Eastern Green Party and […]
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18 March 2022 / 30 March 2022 by
A ground-up approach to insulate social housing “Change for the better - cutting fuel bills, creating hundreds of new jobs and slashing carbon emissions.” Green councillors have pledged to tackle growing levels of fuel poverty and the cost of living crisis by supporting a retrofit revolution. Greens point to a ground-up model, currently being […]
5 December 2021 / 5 December 2021 by
“Unite to remain” opportunities represent a game-changing solution to the stalemate created by the outdated British electoral system Catherine Rowett, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Norwich South, has said that the arrangements announced between the Greens, Lib Democrats, and Plaid Cymru should be seen as an opportunity to change UK politics and help people to […]
3 December 2021 / 5 December 2021 by
Small Business Saturday: Green Party Councillors in East of England calls for measures to help the ‘backbone of our local economies’ green their operations and improve employee welfare Small Business Saturday: Green Party Councillors and Campaigners calls for measures to help the ‘backbone of our local economies’, green their operations and improve employee welfare This […]
6 October 2021 / 6 October 2021 by
Greens in the European Parliament are using International Refugee Day to call for an end to the detention of asylum seekers and refugees, a camapign led by organisations such as These Walls Must Fall. In a joint statement, Green Party MEPs stated: "There have been continuous revelations about the bullying, racism and violence asylum seekers […]
