Amanda Onwuemene, Green Party Spokesperson for Policing and Domestic Safety said: “The far right is using disinformation around the horrific murders of children in Southport to do what it always does: spread hatred and fear.

“The attacks on a mosque and police by fascist thugs yesterday are an appalling violation of a community that has already suffered a devastating blow.

“The Green Party condemns this violence and stands in solidarity with the people of Southport against those who seek to divide it.”

Responding to Labour’s plans to build more homes, Adrian Ramsay, Co-Leader of the Green Party, said: “We are in a housing crisis that leaves many without the basic security of a safe and warm home”.

“This crisis though is an affordability crisis.

“There are a million empty homes, and a million homes that planners have allowed but developers haven’t built – too often in order keep prices high.

“Meanwhile, we have over a million households on council waiting lists and more than 130,000 children are growing up in temporary accommodation.

“This is why Labour’s plan to hand more power and profits to private developers is flawed.

“Where is the incentive for private developers to build the affordable and accessible homes needed?

“Instead, we will get large executive houses on greenfield sites or luxury city flats.

“Planning reform is a distraction from Labour’s failure to step up and fund the real answers to the housing crisis, including large-scale investment in truly affordable, sustainable council housing.”

Following the release of images Manchester Airport that showed a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer striking a man twice as he lay on the ground, Green Party spokesperson on police and domestic safety, Amanda Onwuemene, said,

‘We’re horrified by the video of a man being kicked and stamped on the head whilst lying on the ground by a police officer at Manchester Airport.

“It’s deeply disturbing and there is no situation where it could be in any way justifiable.

“We’re pleased that an investigation is being held and the police must be fully transparent and accountable if they are to restore public confidence after what appears to be a clear abuse of power.’