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Time is up for volume greenfields destruction

Green Party member Lucy Phillip outlines the Eco Planning Law petition, calling for support to challenge the Government’s failure to protect our rapidly disappearing greenfields.

Joan Grech: Protecting biodiversity in Storrington and Washington

The new councillor describes her campaign experience and the green issues affecting her ward

To eat or to heat? A class agenda

Judy Seymour highlights why social injustice is systemic in the UK

Electoral reform groups to launch Councils for PR Project

The campaign encourages councils to pass a motion calling to scrap FPTP at general elections

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What happens next?

Clean Air Act needs your support

Jenny Jones outlines her Clean Air Act – 'Ella's Law'

Energy crisis: Why are renewable prices rising too?

Three providers explain the crisis, the spike, and why the UK must make a green transition

Diversity key to saving Herefordshire farms and river system

The county needs to ‘think strategically’ if it is to develop resilience to glocal challenges

2022 elections

Celebrating record-breaking results across England

The country will see 79 new Greens on its local councils

New representation gained in Welsh local elections

The party celebrated a win of eight seats over the weekend

Historic election for Scottish Greens

The party saw record gains in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands

Green Party Trade Union Group series

The power of local politics

In the first of ten weekly blogs, the Green Party Trade Union Group looks ahead to the May elections

The importance of working with unions

The Sage Nursing home campaign gives a glimpse of what empowered workers can achieve

Five reasons why we should end outsourcing

Use of private contractors by councils is a false economy

P&O Ferries: Why UK law alone fails to protect workers

The company’s sudden dismissal of staff has raised serious questions about legal protection for employees

Supporting global and international justice in our council work

Caroline Lucas highlights the need for ‘joined-up thinking’ in world politics, and how we can call for more of it

Latest columns

30 under 30 programme was 'energising and empowering'

In April, the Young Greens held a weekend of education to equip a new generation with key skills and contacts

Scotland must ‘think globally, act locally’ in upcoming elections

Lorna Slater reflects on the impact that Scottish Green councillors are making

Analysing local by-elections in March 2022

Alan Borgars returns to analyse last month's by-election results

Your newly elected councillors

Lisa Stone: From electrician to technician to local councillor

The new deputy leader of the Bristol Green Group reflects on her journey into politics

Austin Davies: ‘Broad grins’ as Greens take victory in Mid-Suffolk

The newly-elected councillor speaks to Green World about the experience of his campaign

Anna Cope: Making Tonbridge and Malling a safe place for all

Newly elected Cllr Anna Cope tells Green World about her aims for her ward

Lorraine Francis: Elected to tackle a spectrum of issues

Cllr Lorraine Francis describes her experience of campaigning in one of Bristol’s inner city wards

Chris Jarvis and Lucy Pegg: Oxford’s Young Greens turned Green councillors

Green councillors Chris Jarvis and Lucy Pegg explain what issues they will be tackling in Oxford

Ben Crystall: East Herts’s first Green councillor on Herts CC

Newly elected Cllr Ben Crystall for Hertford Bengeo speaks to Green World about green issues in the area

Georgia Taylor: Bridging the gap between East Sussex residents and nature

Newly elected Green Cllr Georgia Taylor on East Sussex County Council speaks to Green World about her election campaign

Dez Dell, Emily Fedorowycz and Sarah Tubbs

Dez Dell, Sarah Tubbs and Emily Fedorowycz: New Greens on the scene in North Northamptonshire

Newly elected councillors Dez Dell, Sarah Tubbs and Emily Fedorowycz describe their experiences of the election campaign

Joseph Booton: A ‘seismic shift’ in Reigate and Banstead

Cllr Joseph Booton speaks to Green World about his experience of the local election

Features

30 under 30 programme was 'energising and empowering'

In April, the Young Greens held a weekend of education to equip a new generation with key skills and contacts

‘Nothing has changed’: UK Government revives interest in fracking

Despite years of protest, ‘backbench climate sceptics’ are championing the process

How we use land is changing: who should have a say?

Green Alliance senior policy advisor Jim Elliott writes for Inside Track

Moving away from peat use in horticulture

Peatlands are biodiversity hotspots, yet peat is harvested at industrial scale

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‘Nothing has changed’: UK Government revives interest in fracking

Historic election for Scottish Greens

Celebrating record-breaking results across England

Wirral Green Party Councillors including Jo Bird

Wirral Councillor Jo Bird joins Green Party

Building a circular economy in Scotland

Five reasons why we should end outsourcing

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