“This government is determined to wreck the climate”: Green Party response to Liz Truss conference speech
5 October 2022
Responding to Prime Minister Liz Truss’ speech to the Conservative Party conference today, Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski said:
“This government is determined to wreck the climate with a dangerous drive to growth that is based on greater investment in fossil fuels that are destroying...Read More »
Greens condemn cruel blanket ban on asylum claims and call for compassionate welcome for refugees
5 October 2022
The Green Party has condemned the government over its planned blanket ban on asylum claims from people who arrive ‘illegally’ [1]. They have repeated their call for a kinder fairer process where the UK works together with European neighbours to open up safe routes to help...Read More »
Green councillors call on local Tories to join them in disowning government attack on nature
3 October 2022
Hundreds of Green Party councillors have sent an open letter to local Conservative councillors in their area, calling on them to disown the government’s ‘attack on nature.’ Greens have decried Kwasi Kwarteng’s recent ‘mini-budget’ as a ‘three-pronged assault’’.
As the Conservative Party begins its conference in...Read More »
Greens back return of appropriated cultural objects
2 October 2022
Green Party conference today called for objects obtained “during the period of imperial expansion and colonialism, and in other conflicts and periods” to be returned to their original owners. [1]
Museums and galleries around the world are beginning to ask deep-seated questions about how objects came...Read More »
Greens back £15 an hour Minimum Wage and declare support for trade union campaigns on pay
2 October 2022
The Green Party has backed the introduction of a £15 an hour minimum wage for all workers at its conference in Harrogate [1]. Party members also declared their support for all trade union campaigns that aim to achieve wage increases to match the cost of living.