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Patrick Harvie to stand down as co-leader of Scottish Greens

2 weeks ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Patrick Harvie |Scottish Greens

Patrick Harvie has announced he will be standing down as co-leader of the Scottish Green Party. A leadership election is scheduled to take place for the co-leadership of the party this summer and Harvie has confirmed that he won’t be a candidate. Harvie has had a decades-long position at the forefront of the Scottish Greens.
Green Party membership surpasses 60,000

3 weeks ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Carla Denyer

There are now more than 60,000 members of the Green Party of England and Wales. Responding to the news, the party’s co-leader, Carla Denyer, said: “The Green Party got more votes and more MPs than ever before last May. We’ve got more councillors than ever and expect that number to grow this May. Today, we are celebrating breaking the 60,000 members point.”She continued, “Crucially, this growth in membership and political representation is organic, powered by our grassroots activists on the ground.
Adrian Ramsay reiterates call for public ownership of water following pollution data release

3 weeks ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Adrian Ramsay

Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay has renewed the party’s call for water to be brought into public ownership. This follows the release of data on sewage discharges by the Environment Agency. Adrian Ramsay, Green Party Co-Leader, MP for Waveney Valley reacting to Data released by the Environment Agency on Raw sewage discharged.
PCS condemns government plans for major civil service cuts

3 weeks ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Rachel Reeves

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has condemned the government’s plans to make major cuts to the civil service. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the exchequer, has indicated that the government intends to slash the civil service in order to make £3.5bn of savings by 2029. PCS is the trade union which represents many civil servants. PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: “After 15 years of underfunding, any cuts will have an impact on frontline services.
Labour 'utterly wrong' to double down on costly and immoral nuclear weapons, Scottish Greens say

1 month ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Scottish Greens

Scottish Labour is utterly wrong to be doubling down in its support for costly and immoral nuclear weapons that tie us even closer to the extremist Trump administration, the Scottish Greens Co-leader Patrick Harvie has said. Harvie’s comments followed Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s support for Trident at last week’s First Minister’s Questions in Holyrood. Harvie said: “Nuclear weapons have always been a moral abomination. It is utterly wrong for Labour to be doubling down in their support.
Reeves must not become Labour’s ‘austerity Chancellor’, union leader warns

1 month ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis

The Fire Brigades Union general secretary Steve Wright has warned that the chancellor Rachel Reeves should not adopt an ‘austerity’ approach to welfare. Wright made the comment after reports that the Treasury is seeking to cut billions from welfare spending. Wright said: “Cutting billions of pounds from Welfare would be a return to the austerity of George Osborne and the Tories. It would be an outrageous attack on the poorest and most vulnerable.
Anti-privatisation campaigners launch petition calling for government to include public ownership as an option in its water commission

1 month ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis

Anti-privatisation campaign group We Own It has launched a petition calling for the government to include an option of public ownership in its commission on the future of the water industry. We Own It say the petition represents the public responding to the government’s call for evidence in the review and has called the decision to exclude the option of public ownership as a ‘stupid idea’. The petition reads: “You have refused to allow this review to look at the question of who owns our water.
Scottish Greens accuse SNP of blocking attempts to stop funding arms 'complicit' in Israel's 'genocidal assault' in Gaza

1 month ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Lorna Slater

The Scottish Greens have accused the SNP of blocking attempts to stop funding for arms firms that are linked to Israel’s assault on Gaza. According to the Scottish Greens, the Scottish Government has given over £1 million to companies that have armed Israel. Scottish Green Party Co-leader Lorna Slater said: “The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is one of the worst in the world, and this was an opportunity for our parliament to take concrete steps to ensure that Scotland is playing no part in it.
85,000 people sign petition calling for Elon Musk to 'butt out' of British politics

2 months ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis

More than 85,000 people have signed a petition calling for Elon Musk to ‘butt out’ of British politics. It follows various public comments that Musk has made about a number of developments in British politics in recent months, as well as reports that he may seek to make considerable donations to Reform UK. Hosted by 38 Degrees, the petition calls for Musk to “butt out and keep your tweets – and your billions – out of our politics”.
Staff overwhelmingly back strike action at University of East Anglia

2 months ago | bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis

Staff at UEA are set to take strike action following a ballot of members of the UCU union. 82 per cent of UCU members who voted backed strike action, on a 67 per cent turnout – the highest the UEA branch of the unio has ever achieved. 84% of staff also backed action short of strike, which could consist of working to rule. The dispute is over plans to cut more than 190 jobs in order to address budget shortfalls.