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Green Politics

Sunday Express

Johnson to ditch ‘lefty’ green policies, in ‘secret’ deal Tory backbenchers – Express reports

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 February, 2022

In a bid to “warm the cockles of Tory hearts”, the PM is to make a deal with backbench MPs to maintain their support of his leadership, including abolishing ‘lefty’ policies of ‘prioritising a green agenda’, the Sunday Express reports.

More climate action is needed

COP26: Government must ‘walk the talk’, says climate advisors

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 December, 2021

Britain is ‘nowhere near’ meeting climate targets, officials warn.

Alok Sharmer must take urgent action ahead of COP27

Mike Buckley: Next 12 months are vital for Alok Sharma and UK’s impact on the climate crisis

Mike Buckley
25 November, 2021

‘Keir Starmer should hold Sharma to account and ask him to update both Parliament and the public on progress made between this COP and the next.’

World leaders at COP26

Civil society blasts lack of progress at Cop26 during final day

Tommy Greene
12 November, 2021

Activists and civil society representatives have accused rich nations at COP26 of a “shameful” lack of ambition

Training must be given to support transition to clean energy jobs

#COP26: Transition to clean energy must not come at expense of workers – campaigners warn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 November, 2021

The mistakes of the past cannot be repeated, and workers must be put at the heart of the transition to green energy, COP26 leaders are told.

Olympic athletes among Extinction Rebellion protesters at ExxonMobil oil refinery

Alexandra Warren
30 October, 2021

The activists are calling on the government to end all fossil fuel investments.

A photo of campaigners holding Green Party placards

Green Party adopts antisemitism guidance including IHRA and Jerusalem Declaration definitions

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

The party has for the first time formally adopted guidance on antisemitism

Green Party members holding a banner

Green Party commits to £50 billion a year in international aid and climate finance

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

The decision from the Green Party comes in the run up to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, where finance from richer countries to lower-income countries will be a discussed by world leaders. 

Sian Berry

Sian Berry: I wish I’d been firmer on transphobia

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

In an exclusive interview with LFF, former Green Party co-leader Sian Berry says ‘I wish that much sooner I’d realised that a better strategy was to be firmer about our values’

BFAWU members campaigning for a £15 an hour minimum wage

Green Party conference votes to support £15 minimum wage

Chris Jarvis
23 October, 2021

The Greens have backed the BFAWU’s ‘Fight for 15’ campaign

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