"The people of Hackney own Hackney and its time to take it back. That's why one of my first acts is to do a full investigation into who owns.. its buildings, its land, to begin getting these spaces back to the communities.. to get the basics right" Great speech by @zoegarbett.bsky.social

Zoë is the most amazing, committed, intelligent, community focused, insightful Green colleague and will be a fantastic Mayor of Hackney. Her campaign showed we can reject the politics of division and bring real hope. So happy!! 💚👏💚👏

🎉 9 Green councillors elected in Oxford to give Greens our biggest ever group on Oxford City Council! 💚

"Greens are picking up their votes..." @sianberry.bsky.social speaks to BBC News after some exciting early local election results.

Thank you to everyone who voted Green 💚 Want to take the next step towards delivering real hope and real change? Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=L...

Election day well spent getting out the vote with @rachelmillward.bsky.social in East Sussex! Massive well done to all our candidates today after so much hard work and positive campaigning all year. Polling stations are open until 10pm 💚💚💚

Getting up for polling day. Hope in my heart and pride in @greenparty.org.uk and the awesome work by so many Green teams across London (and the country) so motivated to work for their communities. And grateful to my Assembly colleague @zackpolanski.bsky.social for his resilient leadership. 🌱 🎶

One more sleep until a momentous polling day across England, Wales and Scotland. Was wonderful to spend today with the incredibly positive and hardworking team of council candidates in Shoreham! #VoteGreen

Zoë is going to be such a brilliant Mayor of Hackney. Brilliant candidates who have so much to offer all around the country. Vote Green on Thursday. 💚

"We don’t fully know what is driving the rising demand for #mentalhealth services" Well Wes, suggest you look to poverty and inequality, the cost-of-living crisis, rigid discipline in schools forced to become #ExamFactories, #ClimateEmergency... www.independent.co.uk/voices/nhs-m...

Scotland's childcare system isn't good enough. That's why Scottish Greens are committed to delivering the biggest roll-out of universal free childcare for a generation. Together we can ensure that no child is left behind and no family falls through the cracks of means-testing.

Very proud of team Komedia this week, giving evidence in Parliament on the experiences of women in live comedy. This Brighton institution is working hard to break down the barriers for women in the industry and did a fantastic job calling on the Govt for greater support!

I have raised the alarm about US tech in our public services but it took 12 months of FOI work to expose this litany of secret meetings. Disgraceful. We must reform lobbying so that advisors like this, and every MP, have to declare all meetings and influences. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

With fellow MPs, I am urging Govt to update the National Risk Register to reflect the glaring risks we are exposed to without a digital sovereignty strategy. Our overreliance on foreign tech giants for the digital systems we depend on is a risk we cannot ignore! www.politico.eu/article/uk-b...

It’s the 40th year of the incredible Children’s Parade that kicks off our Festival. If you’re for boundless creativity from thousands of children, #Brighton is for you!

In Brighton our plate is full of so many amazing places to eat and drink. Loved looking through this year's BRAVO awards and seeing familiar spots in the winners - and discovering some exciting new places I will visit soon!

The Renters' Rights Act gives renters new rights from today, but it should have been so much stronger. This Government failed to adopt @carladenyer.bsky.social’s proposals for rent controls which now, one week away for the local elections, no longer seem so radical to some Labour MPs...

The UK government must ACT NOW and: • Condemn the Israeli Navy’s illegal actions against the Flotilla • Demand the safety and release of all British Citizens involved in this mission • Stop all arms exports to Israel immediately • Do everything in its power to end this ongoing genocide

The Israeli Navy's interception of the Gaza Flotilla, 600 miles from Gaza, amounts to an act of armed piracy in international waters. I am especially concerned for the safety of one of my constituents who is a brave participant. Green MPs and Peers have called on the Govt to condemn this action👇

The Green Party rejects antisemitism and all forms of racism. We stand in solidarity with the British Jewish community today and always 💚

Catch me tonight on BBC Question Time! Super excited to sit on this panel for the first time and speak about our vision for a fairer, Greener future. 💚

This is fantastic news and a huge relief. Academic freedom is so important, and universities themselves are best placed to make sure it goes alongside policies to keep staff and students safe - something the OfS has failed to understand. I am thrilled this disproportionate fine has been quashed.

Thanks Adrian for a lovely write-up about my new book Green Thinking @bylinetimes.bsky.social! So much to #Unlearn in science, economics and politics! www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-green-...

Just wanted to shout out one of Brighton’s countless, brilliant local artists Sam Williams whose ‘Stories of 1,000 Trees’ is in the shortlist for the National Trust's Sycamore Gap commission. Fingers crossed for Sam and team! 🌳

Update: took less than a day to be boiled away... www.cityam.com/treasury-rul...

Thing is, I don’t even believe Labour will do this. It is clearly a desperate move ahead of a local election round where their canvassers are hearing time and again about Green ideas like rent controls. Can absolutely predict this idea will evaporate in the first post-election cabinet meeting.

The experiment of bus privatisation has been an unmitigated disaster. Green councillors will campaign for publicly-controlled buses and free bus fares for all people under 22 years. Vote Green on 7 May to boost our buses 🚌

Together with @sianberry.bsky.social, @ukyouthfornature.bsky.social 4Nature hosted a reception last week to raise awareness of the issue of pesticide use in public places. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/youth-pest...

Wonderful to be out in Hackney helping to make HISTORY with Zoë Garbett, who could be our first Green elected Mayor (!) BUT she and all the council candidates need your help on the doorsteps to make sure we listen to everyone in the borough by voting day. Just 12 sleeps left until 7 May!

Big oil saw profits of $30m every hour in the first month of the Iran war. All while households face rising bills and insecurity. I wrote for @lbc.co.uk on why govt must stop big oil cashing in on conflict and invest in a cheaper future for all 👇 🧵... www.lbc.co.uk/article/cost...

The Green Party has a plan for our high streets: ✅ Affordable leases for local businesses 🏚️ Bring long-term empty shops back into public use 🗣️ A real voice for residents in shaping the high street Vote Green in May. Let's bring our high streets back to life. 💚

It was fantastic to be at the National Housing Demo last week. House prices are soaring and young people in particular are struggling to move out and afford an independent lifestyle. Thank you to @zoegarbett.bsky.social and @sianberry.bsky.social for their fantastic speeches after the demo. 💚

#Dignity #Choice #Compassion

@sianberry.bsky.social and @zoegarbett.bsky.social joined the National Housing Demo to demand rent controls and outline why voting Green on 7th May is a vote for affordable housing.

The Prime Minister knew of Mandelson's friendship with Epstein but chose to appoint him anyway. As @elliechowns.bsky.social said yesterday: "What is unforgiveable is that he was more concerned with pandering to Donald Trump than with standing with the victims and survivors." He must resign.

We've now raised £50,000. Anything you can spare, will go towards challenging this Labour Government and taking the fight to Reform. And most importantly - to creating the hopeful alternative. 👇🏼

A month on and the Prime Minister is fighting for his survival on a technicality. But the serious moral failure of appointing Mandelson - despite all that was known back then - was already a resigning issue.

Keir Starmer told us he would be the Prime Minister who restored trust in politics, not the one to leave ministerial ethics in tatters. No more buck passing and scapegoating, If the Prime Minister has any integrity at all, he must go.

It's clear we need to go much further to combat the corrosive impacts of huge political donations on UK politics. That means banning crypto donations, yes - but also introducing a cap on individual donations, greater transparency on campaign donations and spending, and more.

This week I’ve been challenging the Govt’s sinister attempts to abolish the right to choose a jury trial. Here is the Minister confirming that the right to elect a jury trial IS being completely abolished with this Bill! A fundamental cornerstone of our justice system established in 1670: gone.

Keir Starmer has lied and lied again over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson. He must resign. Outrageous if true that senior government officials are considering whether to withhold documents from Parliament that show Mandelson wasn't given security clearance. The public needs the truth.

We are aware of the BBC’s investigation into individuals allegedly helping people fabricate LGBTQI+ asylum claims. Read the full statement on our website:

Awful to hear about a far right group targeting my constituency for an attention-seeking demonstration. I won’t give them their goal in that, but stand ready to support any constituents who might face action for opposing hate speech in our inclusive city.

Today marks one year since the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland judgement. The Supreme Court told us its ruling would not remove rights from trans people, but it has caused confusion, discrimination and its decision is bleeding across into other legislation with devastating effects.

Standing in solidarity with the trans community after what has been an incredibly tough year. I will keep the pressure up in Parliament to defend your right to live in dignity, with privacy and respect. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

Extraordinary that nowhere in an article on resilience did PM find space to include the growing threat posed to UK security by the dramatic decline in the health of nature around the world - especially since his own intelligence chiefs have recently spelt it out for him in no uncertain terms 👇

Disturbing. NHS staff should be able to freely raise concerns about the entrenchment of this utterly unethical spy-tech firm in our healthcare system. The largest municipal healthcare network in the US has dropped Palantir after significant protests. We must do the same, before it's too late.

Between the Royal Albion Hotel fire and the coach station move, Pool Valley businesses have faced huge disruption. I have raised these concerns with the council for months, with no result. I hope the area will not overlooked for the investment it urgently needs 👇 www.theargus.co.uk/news/2601024...

"The cost of living crisis is real and immense." @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social lays out just some of the reasons to vote Green in Wales on 7 May.

We were at Downing Street yesterday to call on the government to scrap the anti-protest laws that put our freedoms at risk. Together with Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK over 40,000 of you signed the petition, so we sent them your message. @pscupdates.bsky.social #righttoprotest