Green Party demands banks stop funding climate chaos
14 February 2022
Responding to a report from Share Action that reveals during 2021, 25 of Europe’s leading banks including HSBC, Barclays and BNP Paribas collectively provided $55 billion to energy companies to expand oil and gas production [1], Green Party finance and economy spokesperson, Molly Scott Cato, said:
“Banks...Read More »
Caroline Russell reacts to Cressida Dick's resignation
10 February 2022
Responding to the news that Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick is resigning, Green London Assembly Member Caroline Russell said:
“The Commissioner has overseen a stream of appalling scandals, from disproportionate racist policing to the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer and the defensive handling...Read More »
Green Party reacts to end of UK fracking
10 February 2022
Green Party councillors who have been at the forefront of the campaign against fracking in Lancashire have reacted to the breaking news that all fracking in the county is to be stopped [1].
The leader of Lancaster City Council, Green councillor Caroline Jackson, said:
“After a long...Read More »
Green Party condemns stealth taxes on students
10 February 2022
- Responding to IFS report, Young Greens Co-Chair accuses government of ‘pushing more students into poverty’ and presiding over a system ‘designed to extract money from young people’
The Green Party has responded angrily to evidence that the government is making stealthy changes to the student funding system that will...Read More »
Greens call for ‘dirty profits tax’ as BP announce ‘astronomical’ profits
8 February 2022
Responding to the massive profits announced by BP, which have risen to £9.5bn – the highest level for eight years [1] – the Green Party is calling for an emergency ‘dirty profits tax.’
Green spokesperson on Economy and Finance, Molly Scott Cato, said:
“BP’s astronomical profits on the back...Read More »