Air pollution and the school run: Why we need to go further than Walk to School Week
Image credit: Creative Commons, Des Blenkinsopp Every weekday morning in term-time, a massive queue of cars crawls along outside my daughter’s school in Brighton. The entire line grinds to a…
New poll has Greens on track to win FOUR seats in the next Welsh Assembly election
Another day, another impressive opinion poll result for the UK's Green Parties. This time, it's for the next Welsh Assembly elections scheduled for 2021. YouGov's latest voting intention poll has…
Four days until polling day – UK Green news round up week 20
Greens continue to surge in opinion polls Image credit: Rosie Rawle As polling day edges closer and closer, the Greens' fortunes look strong. For the first time ever a national…
Green MEP candidate: We must not frack away our future
It was in the Sussex village of Balcombe that fracking exploded into the public consciousness in the UK. In August 2013 Caroline Lucas was arrested as part of the protests…
Labour’s new energy policies show the party is taking climate justice seriously
Image credit: YouTube screengrab In just one week Labour have taken their ambitions on tackling the climate crisis to the next level. Bringing Energy Home, a new report outlining Labour’s…
Second Euro poll puts Greens ahead of Tories
Image credit: Creative Commons, Kelly Hill For the second time in the European election campaign, the Greens are polling ahead of the Tories. With six days to go until polling…
Corbynism 2.0: Why Momentum backing a four day week is a big deal
Image credit: Creative Commons - Funk Dooby Momentum is getting behind a series of “radical and transformational” policies to be passed at this year’s Labour conference, including a Green New…
Green MEP candidate: Young people will stand up for our futures
Young people are voting Green because we are the only party that is standing up for us and our futures. As a young person myself, I am disgusted at the…
Siân Berry on track for best ever Green result in London Mayoral election
Image credit: Rosie Rawle Good news for the Greens keeps on coming. The party achieved its best ever local election results earlier this month. This was followed by a huge…
SATs are damaging, misleading and not fit for purpose
This week, children in year 6 will sit their Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs). To me, they quite simply make no sense: created to assess schools, not children, they assume that…