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Greens back teachers’ call to close schools and move learning online
The Green Party of England and Wales has today backed calls from teaching unions to take steps to protect the safety of staff and students by moving to online learning…
5 challenges facing the Green Party of England and Wales in 2021
This article was first published in Left Foot Forward. With the world being preoccupied by a certain virus in 2020, the normal political cycle and culture was thrown out. Assuming…
4 things you can do to help Bright Green this Christmas
In 2020, Bright Green has published over 250 articles. We ran our most extensive coverage of the Green Party of England and Wales' internal elections ever - including hustings for the candidates…
First London borough backs universal basic income pilot following Green Party motion
Islington has today become the first London Borough to back a trial implementation of a universal basic income following a motion proposed to Islington Council by Green Party councillor Caroline…
Green Party conference backs reparations for slavery
The Green Party of England and Wales today became the first political party with representation in the UK parliament to support a policy of reparations for slavery. At the party's…
New poll has Greens on track for 11 seats in Scottish Parliament
Elections to the Scottish Parliament are taking place in May 2021. Now, a new poll has found that the Scottish Green Party could be on track to win a record…
The Green Party is now ahead of the Lib Dems in the polls
A new opinion poll published today has found that support for the Green Party is higher than for the Liberal Democrats. The poll - from YouGov - puts support for…
Sian Berry, Jonathan Bartley and Amelia Womack all re-elected to Green Party leadership
Green Party of England and Wales co-leaders Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley were today re-elected for another term in their roles. In a hotly contested election, the pair saw off…
Lloyd’s of London told to ditch coal and tar sands
Campaign group Insure Our Future today staged a protest outside insurance market Lloyd's of London, demanding the market "wash its hands" of coal and tar sands. The protest saw campaigners…
Sending an elected politician to the House of Lords is the “right thing to do” – an interview with Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper is no stranger to Green Party of England and Wales internal elections. He has twice challenged for the deputy leadership - in 2016 and 2018. Both times, he…