North East Green Party – website update 19 March 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. We hope that you find it interesting and informative. If you have any comments – or want to get in touch – please visit the ‘contact‘ page or email enquiries@neengland.greenparty.org.uk You may notice that the date shown in brackets on some news items does […] Read more »
Government’s industrial decarbonisation strategy “aimed low and will still miss its target”, Greens warn 17 March 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party Councillor Carla Denyer: “It is depressing to see how, yet again on a vital green issue, the government has aimed low and will still miss its target.” The government’s new industrial decarbonisation strategy [1] goes nowhere near far enough and lacks the proper plan and finance to achieve its aims, the Green Party has warned. […] Read more »
Greens support call for ‘State of Nature’ amendment in Environment Bill 15 March 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party Caroline Lucas: “What action the UK takes on climate and biodiversity this year matters more than ever” The Green Party has reiterated a call for a ‘State of Nature’ clause being included in the delayed Environment Bill which would require the government to set a legally-binding target of 2030 to halt and reverse the decline […] Read more »
Green Party responds to Met mismanagement of Sarah Everard vigil 14 March 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party The Green Party has condemned the harmful and shocking Metropolitan police action on Clapham Common this weekend. Responding to policing at the vigil, Green Party co-leader and candidate for Mayor of London Sian Berry said: “I can’t think of a more shameful way for an organisation to have handled this whole situation. “There was literally no […] Read more »
Road building and airport expansion must be scrapped say Greens 8 March 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party Jonathan Bartley: “Increasing road capacity discourages the use of public transport and puts thousands of acres of countryside under threat” The Green Party has reiterated its call for the government to scrap its £27bn road building programme and all airport expansion, which severely undermines efforts to cut air pollution and carbon emissions. Green Party co-leader […] Read more »
Green Party supports calls for 15% pay rise for NHS workers 6 March 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party Party members vote for emergency motion at Spring Conference The Green Party has backed calls for a 15% pay rise for NHS workers following the Government’s derisory proposal for a miserly 1% increase. The emergency motion, brought to the party’s Spring Conference today [Saturday], sets out how the 1% pay rise, which would mean a […] Read more »
Greens demand VAT for retrofit is cut to ensure warmer homes for communities 1 March 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party Greens demand VAT for retrofit is cut to ensure warmer homes for communities Molly Scott Cato: “The government has the ability to decide now if it wants to benefit all of society, or if it wants to continue prioritising big business at the expense of everybody else” The Green Party is calling on the government […] Read more »
Greens warn banning campaigning hinders free and fair elections 26 January 2021 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party Jonathan Bartley: “For any election to be free and fair then it is vital political parties have the ability to campaign so the public can engage with the choices on offer” The Green Party has warned of the threat to democracy as a result of the Government’s advice that on the ground campaigns for this […] Read more »
Greens call out government on failure to take responsibility for Covid-safe Christmas 18 December 2020 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party The Green Party is accusing the government today of shirking its responsibilities by pushing Covid Christmas decisions onto individuals. Rather than be clear and science-led, the government is ploughing on with Christmas rules that risk a further spate of infections in January, leaving people with impossible choices to make. Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley said: […] Read more »
Green Party warns schools are being forgotten in new Covid measures 12 October 2020 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party Co-leader Jonathan Bartley calls on Education Secretary to act on evidence that schools and universities are key routes of spread of virus Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley has called on Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to act on the evidence that schools and universities are the most significant source of new coronavirus cases.1 Ahead of the […] Read more »