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Why does UK law not recognise animals as sentient beings?

As the UK leaves the EU without new laws recognising animal sentience, James West, Senior Policy Manager of Compassion in World Farming, emphasises the importance of the UK enshrining this in law.

Greens supporting justice for Palestine

Annie Neligan outlines her stance on what action the Green Party should take to protect Palestinians

Japortation and 'hostile environment' policies for dual citizens

Rosey Thomas Palmer details the damage done by deporting dual citizens back to Jamaica

Labour must back prohibition of 'agent provocateurs’

Green Peer Jenny Jones outlines her views on the 'spy cops' bill

Spotlight

Restoring faith in democracy with Citizen Committees

Reaching net-zero at the expense of seabirds

Helen Quayle from RSPB explains why net-zero needs a new approach from government

Trump protests highlight ‘fallacy of equivalence’ between left and right wing demonstration

Jenny Jones reflects on lessons that must be learnt from the storming of the Capitol Building

Young Greens express solidarity with the young people of Hong Kong

Natalie Bennett outlines the actions Young Greens are taking to support pro-democracy campaigns

What has changed? Progress on climate emergency declarations

Sheffield Greens lobby for actions, not just words

Douglas Johnson looks at Sheffield’s mixed responses to its zero-carbon deadline amendment

All words no action in Bristol

Carla Denyer calls for Bristol City Council to get on with making progress on its climate emergency plan

Manchester must do better on climate emergency

Alison Hawdale looks at Manchester’s mixed results in its action over the climate emergency

Further to travel on climate emergency in Liverpool

Cllr Lawrence Brown looks at how Liverpool’s action on the climate emergency matches up with its promises

Stroud makes climate emergency progress

Simon Pickering describes Stroud’s positive action to make the town carbon neutral by 2030

Features

Conference in the time of coronavirus

Louisa Greenbaum gives an insight into how organising Green Party Conference has changed during Covid-19

Brighton and Hove holds first Climate Assembly

The city council’s first Climate Assembly focused primarily on transport

A new way of taking on the Murdoch empire

Rupert Read explains why he is calling for a boycott on speaking to the Murdoch-owned press

Reforming the house

Green Party House of Lords nominee Molly Scott Cato outlines her plans should she be asked to enter the second chamber

Covid-19 pandemic

Green Party uncovers coronavirus testing 'postcode lottery'

A Green Party Freedom of Information Request has shown there is a ‘postcode lottery’ when it comes to coronavirus test result waiting times, with some parts of the country receiving test results far quicker than others.

A Covid-19 vaccine must be accessible for all

Alan Story looks at the barriers to developing a Covid-19 vaccine and who will have access to it

Non perishable foods donated in Birmingham

Community resilience key to responding to coronavirus outbreak

Green councillor Gina Dowding calls for a community approach to supporting the vulnerable during the Covid-19 outbreak

A patented Covid-19 vaccine could price out millions

Alan Story explores the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine and how its patenting could price millions out

Covid-19 means Brexit must be delayed

Green Party Deputy Leader Amelia Womack calls for Brexit to be delayed in light of the Covid-19 outbreak

Women's equality

International Women’s Day 2020: Why is climate justice a feminist issue?

“In a patriarchal world, climate change simply magnifies the existing inequalities within our society.” On International Women’s Day 2020, Kate Metcalf, Co-Director of the Women’s Environmental Network (Wen) calls for an intersectional feminist approach to the climate crisis.