Green Party Press Releases

Jenny Jones - Labour and Conservatives failing on housing

Scott Redding — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:24:36 +0000

In an article originally published on Liberal Conspiracy, Jenny Jones, Green assembly member in London, and chair of the GLA's Planning and Housing Committee, talks about housing waiting lists and affordable housing in London:

I was shocked when I found that eight years of Ken as Mayor and ten years of

Caroline Lucas -- EU action on gendered violence

Amanda Hughes — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:33:01 +0000

Green Party leader and MEP Caroline Lucas praises the Spanish government for its solid commitment to tackling violence against women across the European Union as it prepares to take on the EU presidency:

"The Spanish government should be applauded for recognising that urgent coordinated action is r

Green Party Leader responds to developments in Gaza as aid convoy attacked

Amanda Hughes — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:40:13 +0000

Caroline Lucas said today "I am deeply concerned by the news that the Viva Palestina humanitarian aid convoy has come under attack from the Egyptian security forces while being held up in the port of Al-Arish. Reports have been coming through from the convoy of numerous injuries and some arrests.

Jenny Jones - Crossrail's Environmental Impact

Scott Redding — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:05:18 +0000

Jenny Jones, Green member of the London Assembly, offers her thoughts on what the Crossrail project needs to do to lessen its carbon footprint:

At a London Assembly Transport Committee meeting today, Crossrail bosses were

Caroline Lucas - Tories and the NHS

Scott Redding — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:11:00 +0000

In their general election manifesto launch, a key plank is the Tory pledges on maternity services.

Darren Johnson - Youth Unemployment and Green Jobs

Scott Redding — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:27:13 +0000

Darren Johnson, the Green Party's spokesperson on trade and industry, writes to the Guardian about the depth of youth unemployment and inaction by the establishment parties:

Two separate articles in today's Guardian (4.1.10) drew attention to two serious problems - the horrendous effects of u

Darren Johnson - Public private partnership not in public interest

Amanda Hughes — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:35:06 +0000

The Transport Select Committee met yesterday on Wednesday 9 December for an update on the use of the public private partnership (PPP) tofund improvements on the London Underground.

Peter Tatchell - A Global Human Rights Index

Scott Redding — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:31:11 +0000

Measuring and ranking every country's observance of human rights would give nations an incentive to improve their human rights record.

Darren Johnson - Copenhagen and Aviation

Scott Redding — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:52:36 +0000

As part of our series of comment pieces on Copenhagen, Darren Johnson, the party's trade and industry spokesperson, gives his view on the possible expansion of Heathrow and Gatwick airports:

Gordon Brown says today, in the Guardian, that: "Now we need to create wealth and quality of life, not by pu

Derek Wall -- Copenhagen, climate change and indigeneous peoples

Amanda Hughes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:13:28 +0000

The framework for climate change policy under discussion at Copenhagen will fail unless their is place in the negotiations for indigenous people.

At the Bali meeting on international climate policy, indigenous people demonstrated outside and were not allowed to take part in the discussions.

Phelim Mac Cafferty - Solidarity with Rwandan Greens

Scott Redding — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:04:49 +0000

The Green Party of England and Wales urgently calls on Rwandan President Paul Kagame to remove obstacles to the creation of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda.

Caroline Lucas - Blair as President a 'significant backward step for the EU'

Amanda Hughes — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:25:50 +0000

Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party, speaks out about the possibility of Tony Blair becoming President of Europe:

That the current Government seems to believe that Tony Blair would be a good choice for the UK's candidate for the future EU Council president, should the Lisbon Treaty be ratified, pr

Farid Bakht - speech given to Stop the War Afghanistan demo, 24th October 2009

Scott Redding — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:49:27 +0000

Farid Bakht, joint international co-ordinator of The Green Party, spoke at Trafalgar Square, as part of the 24th October demonstration against the war in Afghanistan.

Jean Lambert - youth issues in the European Parliament

Scott Redding — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:52:19 +0000

Jean Lambert, London's Green MEP since 1999, has joined with colleagues in the European Parliament to call for the a new cross-party Intergroup to ensure that the voices of young people are heard by MEPs:

European institutions need to address young people's

Shasha Khan - Incinerators in areas with high BME populations

Scott Redding — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:04:48 +0000

Shasha Khan, of the Croydon Green Party, wrote a guest blog post for Operation Black Vote in early October.

Alan Francis - ATOC proposals on train line electrification

Scott Redding — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:53:58 +0000

Proposals to electrify up to 400 miles of railways have been set out by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC).

Caroline Lucas letter to Telegraph: Cameron's inconsistency on aviation

Amanda Hughes — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:47:26 +0000

In a letter to the Telegraph yesterday, Caroline Lucas drew attention to David Cameron's inconsistency on airport expansion:

David Cameron's attitude to aviation growth shows once again that although he might like to try to talk "green", he has no real intention of

Caroline Lucas Letter to Guardian: Government policy, not the recession, is harming efforts to tackle climate change

Amanda Hughes — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:30:20 +0000

In a letter to the Guardian today, Caroline Lucas argued in response to the Committee on Climate Change report that we need a Green New Deal, to slash emissions while tackling the recession.

It's not the recession that's harming our efforts to tackle climate change.

Jenny Jones - Tory plans for more prisons

Scott Redding — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:45:03 +0000

Chris Grayling, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, went on LBC radio today to explain the Tory agenda of increasing the prison population and building new prisons.

Jenny Jones, Green Party spokespers

Caroline Lucas - Speech to Compass at Labour conference

Sonia Blanco — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:34:05 +0000

Introduction

Thank you very much for inviting me to speak.