Response from the Green Party to rejection of Bristol airport expansion challenge
31 January 2023
The latest challenge from environmental campaigners to Bristol Airport expansion has been rejected at Bristol Civil Court [1]. Responding to the news, Green Party co-leader and Councillor for Clifton Down in Bristol, Carla Denyer, said:
“This is a devastating outcome. Bristol airport’s unnecessary expansion would mean thousands...Read More »
Greens call for Rishi Sunak to publish tax returns in first 100 days in office
30 January 2023
The Green Party has called on Rishi Sunak to publish his tax returns before he marks his first 100 days in office on Thursday [February 2] to increase transparency in a government that is losing the confidence of the public on a daily basis.
Following the sacking...Read More »
Green peer urges Lords to delete “pre-crime” from Public Order Bill
27 January 2023
Green Party peer Jenny Jones has urged the Lords to stop the government’s “pre-crime” laws in a vote on the Public Order Bill on Monday.
The government has proposed late amendments to the Bill that give the police power to ban protests, or a series of protests,...Read More »
Farm payment reforms “represent a handful of lifeboats launched in the face of an oncoming tsunami”
26 January 2023
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay responds to the government’s farming payment reform announcement [1].
Adrian Ramsay says:
“The government’s long-delayed replacement for EU farm payments represents an admission of failure.
“Government has failed to grasp the scale of the nature emergency, the climate emergency and the food...Read More »
Green peer seeks to block new genetic engineering legislation
25 January 2023
A Green Party peer has accused the government of using a ‘marketing slogan’ to push genetically modified foods on the public ‘by the back door’.
Natalie Bennett, former Green Party leader and now Green peer, says that the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill [1], which passed through...Read More »