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Five steps to a fairer, greener country  

Jeremy Hunt delivered yet another budget today that proved that social justice and our environment mean nothing to the Conservative Party. What would the Green Party do instead? Here’s the Green Party’s five-point plan to counter the cost-of-living crisis and deliver a fairer and more caring country, starting with a £50 billion tax on the […]

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Join the Big Plastic Count!

It’s everywhere. From the candy-coloured vapes that litter our streets to the pots and packets our food and drink often comes in. Plastic is harming our health and our environment. Want to do something about it? This year we have a huge opportunity. The UK government could play a leading role at global negotiations about […]

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Make rural roads safer for everyone

Have your say on improving rural road safety! In 2020, NFUMutual launched a Rural Road Safety campaign in response to the disproportionate risk and tragic, avoidable loss of life on rural roads. The campaign was supported by The British Horse Society, British Cycling, and THINK! – the UK Government’s road safety campaign. It aimed to […]

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The Green Party supports Small Business Saturday

This Saturday (2nd December) is Small Business Saturday! Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. This year the Green Party of England and Wales is calling for: Small businesses make a vital contribution to the […]

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Green Party reacts to the budget

Co-leader Carla Denyer was on the ground in Westminster on Thursday to react to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn statement. Our full reaction to the statement can be found here (with a link through to our 10-point alternative). Carla also made this short film for our social media channels (Twitter).   The Independent picked up on Carla’s […]

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Green Party announces Earth Overshoot Action Plan

Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer has launched the Green Party’s Earth Overshoot action plan. Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year, fell on 2nd August this year. However, the UK’s overshoot day has already passed – it […]

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Support our public service workers!

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The Prime Minister and Chancellor are giving public sector workers a pay rise, but are insisting it comes from “existing budgets”, which could mean CUTS. [1] The pay rises will cost £3 billion, which is exactly how much the Treasury loses every year because of non-dom tax perks. [2] The solution is […]

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Demand mass home insulation now!

Friends of the Earth are campaigning for the government to provide better home insulation. Their campaign page explains why there is an energy crisis, and explains the solution: Insulating our energy-inefficient homes, supporting those most at risk and moving to cleaner, cheaper renewable energy. They have also put together energy-saving tips that you can act […]

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Urge the government to clean up our air

We need MPs to urge the Government to take action North Herts and Stevenage Green Pary supports Client Earth’s campaign to prompt action on air pollution by the government. As you know, illegal and harmful levels of air pollution across the UK are damaging people’s health, reducing their quality of life and cutting lives short. Earlier this […]

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Liar, liar, Brexit’s on fire!

Speaker's Corner

The BREXIT debate briefly re-ignited a couple of weeks ago and was quickly extinguished by team Rishi. But it wasn’t put out, it is smouldering away like a not so dormant volcano. Brexit’s done! It may be but the elusive BREXIT opportunities should be hailed as intangible cultural heritage along with the French baguette – […]

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