Tower Hamlets teachers strike against cuts to support for special educational needs
Banner from the 9th December rally. On the 9th December 2020, National Education Union (NEU) members from the London borough of Tower Hamlets went on strike against proposed cuts to…
Home Office to mark end of lockdown with mass deportation
The Home Office plans to deport around 50 Black British residents on a charter flight to Jamaica on December 2, the day national lockdown in England is scheduled to end.…
Twitter suspends UK environmental justice group with no explanation
Reclaim the Power activists protesting at a mine. Image credit via Break Free From Fossil Fuels, Creative Commons. Reclaim the Power, a UK based environmental group, has found itself unceremoniously…
London security guard suspended for opposing outsourcing
The Francis Crick Institute. Image credits via yellow book, creative commons. Cetin Avsar, a trade union activist with United Voices of the World (UVW), had only spent three weeks working…
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…
More than one important Green Party ballot is closing soon
Whilst the leadership elections come to a close on the 31st August, Green Party of England and Wales members also have just under a week left to vote in the…