Politics

UK food security at risk from climate breakdown, says parliamentary report

“Put simply, planetary health is the health of human civilisation and the state of the natural systems on which it depends.” Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) new report on planetary health, entitled ‘Our Planet, Our Health’, highlights key climate change issues and how they affect all aspects of human health and wellbeing.

Over half of UK councils declare climate emergency

205 out of the UK’s 408 principal authorities have made the commitment

Students and children strike to demand action on the climate emergency.

Support the Youth Climate Strike to end the status quo

Green Party Co-leader Jonathan Bartley issues call to action ahead of largest Youth Climate Strike yet.

European minimum income: Not just surviving, but thriving

German Green MEP Terry Reintke makes the case for a European Minimum Income Directive

Stop categorising legitimate protest as extremism

A new Policy Exchange report calling for increased surveillance on environmentalist activism has been criticised

The next big shift in British politics has started

Supporters from across the political spectrum are advancing the cause of proportional representation

Parliament suspension: The power rests with the people

After the prorogation of Parliament, people need to take action to stop a no-deal Brexit

Stop the Coup: Turning crisis into opportunity

We need a democracy fit for the 21st century, says Sheffield Green Councillor Peter Garbutt

Natalie Bennett given peerage

Former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has been appointed to the House of Lords in Theresa May’s resignation honours list

UK licensed £6.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s bombing of Yemen, beginning in March 2015, has been described by the UN as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Accused of complicity in this crisis, the UK Governme...

Imogen Benson |

Politics

International

UK Government

| Fri 23 Aug 2019

Northern Ireland Greens: Johnson ‘just doesn’t get it’

“Johnson's likening of the Irish border to the boundary between Camden and Islington provided a jaw-dropping illustration of the Prime Minister as someone who just doesn't get it.” Deputy...

Malachai O'Hara |

| Mon 5 Aug 2019

Green withdrawal ‘key’ to Lib Dem Brecon victory

The decision of local Green Parties’ in Brecon and Radnorshire to stand aside in the by-election on 1 August to avoid splitting the Remain vote, allowing the Liberal Democrats to win the ...

Green World |

Politics

Brexit

Green Party

| Fri 2 Aug 2019

Boris Johnson’s election should spur demand for change

Don’t despair at Boris Johnson as Prime Minister – get involved in politics and channel your frustration into action, says Green Party co-leader Sian Berry.

Green World |

UK Government

Politics

| Tue 23 Jul 2019

Ban glyphosate for the health of our cities

Glyphosate is used as a weedkiller in many urban spaces but evidence suggests it is having a harmful effect on the workers that spray it and the already depleted nature that exists in our...

Caroline Russell |

| Wed 10 Jul 2019

Darroch leak: UK democracy in peril

Kim Darroch meeting with the then US Secretary of Homeland Security in 2016.

Comments made by the Sir Kim Darroch, the British Ambassador to the US, on the Trump administration have been leaked to pro-Brexit journalist Isabel Oakshott, with key Brexiteers exploiti...

Molly Scott Cato |

| Mon 8 Jul 2019

Remain in the EU for a fairer deal for people and planet

Scott Ainslie, Green MEP for London, lays out the challenge for new Green MEPs: to convince the UK public that we're better off in the EU in order to fight inequality and to tackle the cl...

Scott Ainslie |

| Fri 5 Jul 2019

Climate action through a fairer voting system

An image of the MPs present during the climate emergency debate on 1 May

“Allow people to demand the climate action they want through the ballot box." Green MEP Molly Scott Cato says the time is right to move to an electoral system based on proportional repres...

Molly Scott Cato |

| Fri 7 Jun 2019

Local elections 2019: Best Green results in history

Image of Green Party manual on 'How to win local elections'

The latest round of local elections were historic for the Green Party, more than doubling its number of councillors and breaking new ground on councils up and down England. Green Party Po...

Matthew Browne |

| Wed 15 May 2019

Yes to EU and yes to change

Greens are aiming to change the EU from the inside.

“We need massive change in the UK, but that’s best achieved by remaining an EU member”. Gina Dowding, lead Green candidate for the North West in the European elections, explains how a vot...

Gina Dowding |

| Fri 10 May 2019

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