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Wales needs public services it can be proud of

Dai Lloyd13 November 2019No Comment2019-11-13T13:19:34+00:00

Public services in Wales are under-resourced, and in many cases, this lack of funding has been a feature of Welsh life long before the start of the Conservative austerity agenda.…

Healthcare should be free from markets, outsourcing and austerity

Philippa Whitford 13 November 2019 No Comment2019-11-13T10:00:13+00:00

Health policy has been devolved to the Scottish Parliament since 1999 with the exception of a few areas such as drug licensing. Since then, there has been a significant divergence…

Labour needs to scrap the Silvertown Tunnel

Scott Ainslie 12 November 2019 No Comment2019-11-12T19:09:45+00:00

Over the past few weeks, the Labour Party has been eager to shine a spotlight on its new ‘green’ policies - including its grand plan to decarbonise Britain by 2030.…

Why the Greens aren’t standing down in Brighton Kemptown

Davy Jones 12 November 2019 4 Comments2019-11-12T13:45:13+00:00

In 2017, I was selected as the Green Party Candidate for Brighton Kemptown, having previously stood for election in 2015. But as a local party, we then made the decision…

Workers need more than a living wage. They need workplace democracy.

Matthew Hull 12 November 2019 No Comment2019-11-12T00:40:06+00:00

Image credit: Jurriaan Persyn - Creative Commons Monday marked the beginning of Living Wage Week, a five-day working week of jamborees for scrupulous employers. But we should celebrate by testing…

Election launches and electoral pacts – UK Green news round up week 45

Chris Jarvis10 November 20191 Comment2019-11-10T21:52:46+00:00

Greens join election pact with Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru With just over a month until the UK goes to the polls in the General Election, the Green Party of…

Central Europe’s Green leap forward – Global Green news round up issue 3

Julia Toynbee Lagoutte 8 November 2019 2 Comments2019-11-10T15:35:29+00:00

The last decade or so has seen Central Europe make clear moves towards authoritarianism. Far-right national populist governments has mostly ruled, combining xenophobic rhetoric with increasing Euro-scepticism and the rollback…

Five bits of environment news you don’t want to miss – week 1

James Hanson 4 November 2019 1 Comment2019-11-04T21:34:57+00:00

In another eventful week for British politics, there was some good and some less good environment news around the world. Here are five stories from this week that you wouldn’t…

Greens get General Election ready – UK Green news round up week 44

Chris Jarvis 3 November 2019 No Comment2019-11-03T22:15:16+00:00

Isle of Wight Green Party boosted by Lib Dems standing down The campaign to elect the UK's second Green MP stepped up a gear this week. With the General Election…

$The grassroots activists fighting fracking at Preston New Road$

The grassroots activists fighting fracking at Preston New Road

Lora Christy 3 November 2019 No Comment2019-11-03T15:21:58+00:00

In May 2014, oil and gas exploration company Cuadrilla applied for planning permission for a shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. A grassroots activist collective quickly…