Robert Gordon University divests from all fossil fuels
Robert Gordon University has become the 103rd higher education institution in the UK to divest from fossil fuels. The university is the second based in Aberdeen, a city known as…
Sheffield Green Councillors call for a ceasefire to prevent ‘war crimes’ in Gaza from ‘escalating into genocide’
Green Party councillors have submitted a motion to an upcoming meeting of Sheffield City Council which would see the local authority ask the UK government to back an immediate ceasefire…
‘Dangerously overstretched’ fire service unable to respond to emergency calls during Storm Babet
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said that the fire service is so overstretched it was unable to respond to emergency calls during Storm Babet. The trade union has now…
Newham Green Party announce council by-election candidate
Newham Green Party has announced their candidate for an upcoming by-election in the Borough. Voters in Plaistow North will soon go to the polls after Labour councillor Daniel Lee-Phakoe resigned…
Asylum seekers to be given free bus travel in Scotland, Patrick Harvie announces
Scotland is set to introduce free bus travel for asylum seekers, the Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie has said. Harvie - the Scottish Government minister for zero carbon buildings,…
Scottish Government to allow councils to charge levy on cruise ships, Lorna Slater confirms
The Scottish Government is set to give local councils the power to charge a levy on cruise ships, the Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater announced today. Slater, who is…
Tories are ‘printing fossil fuel licenses as fast as covid contracts for dodgy donors’, Mark Ruskell MSP tells Scottish Green Party conference
Scottish Green Party MSP Mark Ruskell has accused the Tory government in Westminster of "printing off oil and gas licences as fast as covid contracts for dodgy donors". He made…
Momentum slams Keir Starmer’s latest ‘mealy-mouthed’ comments on Gaza
Labour's primary left wing faction Momentum has described Keir Starmer's latest statement on Gaza as 'mealy mouthed' and 'utterly insufficient'. In a statement, the Labour leader said that "the amount…
Strike dates: Government workers to walk out for 36 days
Around 100 workers at the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, the Department for Business & Trade, and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology are set to take…
Refugee charities call on UK government to establish emergency pathways for people seeking refuge from Israel and Gaza
UK refugee charities have called on the UK government to be ready to establish emergency pathways for people seeking refuge as a result of the ongoing situation in Gaza. Organisations…