BREAKING: Amelia Womack seeks fourth term as Green Party deputy leader
The Green Party of England and Wales’ deputy leadership race has kicked off in earnest. Incumbent deputy Amelia Womack has today announced that she is seeking a fourth term in…
31st European Green Party Council: Securing a Green Recovery from COVID-19
From June 10 to 13, the Council of the European Green Party (EGP) came together for its 31st meeting, which took place online for the first time. During three days…
Green Party leadership election underway – UK Green news round up issue 63
Content note: This article discusses transphobia in the second and third articles, domestic abuse and sexual violence in the third article, and racism in the fifth and sixth articles. First…
Ten ways Green councillors can engage the public on the climate emergency
1. Public engagement is critical to tackling the climate emergency Rising to the challenge of the climate emergency cannot be successful if it is all top-down. Councils doing it on…
The next Green leader must mobilise an alliance to kick out the Tories
A year ago, alongside six other Green Party MEPs, I was elected to the European Parliament in a vote that no one expected to happen, even just weeks earlier. The…
First candidate announced in the Green Party deputy leadership election
The Green Party of England and Wales is electing a new leadership team this summer. And now, the first contender for the deputy leadership has thrown their hat into the…
Care home privatisation: the destruction of what the NHS built
Last night the House of Lords debated a “regret” motion about “the lack of a long-term plan to ensure the financial sustainability of care homes”. Such motions are part of…
These people want to reshape the Green Party’s relationship with trade unions
Earlier today, Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley announced they are restanding for their positions as co-leaders. But alongside the more high profile leadership contest, Green Party of England and Wales…
Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry to restand as Green Party co-leaders
The Green Party of England and Wales' leadership race has officially kicked off, with incumbent co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry announcing they will be restanding in their current roles.…
How “Scotland’s Rainforest” is disappearing and the Green fight to save it
Peat has an image problem – bog standard, bog off, bog roll – lowland raised bogs are dismissed as barren, irrelevant and dull and yet just 15cm of peat contains…