“This is a clear failure of the Labour government to stand up to corporate power.” @sianberry.bsky.social www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corp...

Closing the year with one of our highest ever polls. Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year. We're all just getting started. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Have you seen the Santa Bus yet? 🧑‍🎄🚍 A huge thanks to @brightonhovebuses.bsky.social team and volunteers for creating this magic every year. 🎥 having the best time ever last year! 2025 route: buses.co.uk/santa-bus-trac…

I am desperately worried for 20 yr old Qesser Zuhrah who is dangerously ill at HMP Bronzefield. It remains very unclear how soon she will be transferred to hospital. Qesser is on day 46 of hunger strike. It should not take this long to get the help she needs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning. I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss. We stand with you.

Extremely worried for the awful situation of the Palestine Action activists on hunger strike. Still awaiting trial, some for over a year. Green MPs and peers have written to David Lammy, calling for urgent action and fair treatment.

Ending section 21 gives Govt some breathing space to truly end homelessness, but its new plan falls very short. With housing benefit still frozen, more and more families will fall through the cracks when things go wrong. Housing remains a seriously disrespected human right.

Highlights from the Railways Bill session in Parliament pt4. Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies. 🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social

Greens welcome #GreatBritishRailways but what about rolling stock? ROSCOs paid £275m in dividends to shareholders last year - a huge drain on public finances! I urge the Government to find ways to bring our rolling stock into public hands.

Closing Westdene library when the Government is promising a library for every primary school would be a very strange decision. The Council should rethink these harsh proposals and vote to preserve our libraries tomorrow.

Thank you to the over 5,000 people in Brighton Pavilion who signed the petition opposing mandatory digital ID. The debate was packed out! I will continue to speak out against these dangerous proposals.

Ignore the media framing, I think this is a glimmer of good news. “The tribunal was clear that the law does not now require banning trans people from single-sex spaces” - @goodlawproject.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

In the National Year of Reading, continued austerity should not make children lose a safe space to read. The Council must vote to prevent closure, particularly when the Govt has promised a library in every primary school and Westdene Library is… attached to a primary school.

✍️New column! From supporting those with HIV to live well, to prevention and testing, Brighton is at the forefront of the mission to end new HIV transmissions by 2030. With the incredible work of @tht.org.uk in our city, 2030 is feeling very achievable. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2567534...

Green MPs strongly oppose the Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill. With no half-measures, worker’s rights must be strengthened. This important Bill must not be watered down.

I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers. He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff. Trumpian

Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID. This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right. The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Juries are not just part of our legal system — they are vital defenders of the right to protest. With anti-protest laws still in place, I asked the Government what risks getting rid of jury trials will have on our democracy. #RightToProtest #Democracy

It is great to hear @sianberry.bsky.social MP calling for the enactment of the socioeconomic duty. The UK Government have said they will, but they are now dragging their feet. It's time to unlock this vital tool for tackling inequality at a local level.

It is so sad to see new exclusionary policies from Girlguiding, where trans girls had been so included before. The Woodcraft Folk is a brilliant, inclusive, non-segregated alternative for young people seeking fun, adventure and community! woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...

"The Labour Government is laying the groundwork for further crackdowns on dissent, whistleblowing and protest if it removes juries from so many charges that have state or corporate victims." - @sianberry.bsky.social

The Justice Secretary is not considering: Jury trials guard against tyranny for offences against the state or corporations. Risk of politicising decisions leading to attacks on women and minoritised judges.

The Government measures its progress on pollution against the wrong standards. Ella’s Law would bring UK clean air targets in line with the World Health Organisation’s. The Government must make more time in Parliament for this Bill or adopt it in full.

On World AIDS Day, we remember everyone we have lost and look forward to more progress. We can become the first country to achieve no new HIV transmissions by 2030. I am pleased to see Govt action on at-home and automatic testing, and support for those out of contact with life-saving treatment.

Excellent article by Claire Poole of @forbes.com on the National Emergency Briefing. Perfectly encapsulates the key messages. Thanks Claire. #NEB2025 #NationalEmergencyBriefing www.forbes.com/sites/claire...

Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March. Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday! Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

Thank you hugely @chloeg.bsky.social for taking my place today at the final rally for Reclaim the Night in Brighton:

We need to scrap SATs! Primary assessments are making kids sick with worry, stressing out parents and causing active harm, particularly to SEND pupils. Govt must listen and rethink these counterproductive tests.

Today I asked the Government why it is creating an authoritarian toolkit 👇

This morning Green MPs attended a critical briefing on the climate and nature crisis. Climate breakdown threatens our food supply, health and national security but an alternative future is still possible.

"Ordinary people are going to see their income tax bills increase" @adrianramsay.bsky.social explains how Labour's budget fails to address unprecedented cost of living pressures- and how a wealth tax would raise revenues to fund our infrastructure and public services.

I share every sentiment of this from our woefully ignored Grassroots Music Venues.

MISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy. Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget

The two-child benefit cap is finally in the bin. Govt was made to do the right thing by Greens and campaigners, but too many families have been harmed by Labour foot-dragging. The unjust overall benefit cap must end too for every child in poverty to be helped. #Budget

Gambling taxes are long overdue and an ethical way to raise revenue. But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget

#GMB discussing @zackpolanski.bsky.social

A billion-pound jump in gambling income in a single year is not a success story — it’s a warning. We need stronger taxes and urgent action to protect people from an industry built on addiction. #PublicHealth #EconomicJustice

Labour’s awful migrant policies are helping pave the way for the racist far right. And they are also building a gold-plated shed at the end of that road - full of tools for a far right Govt to oppress us all. 🕵️ Digital ID database 📸 High St facial rec 👨‍⚖️ Removing trial by jury

Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion. This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Millionaires want a wealth tax! Delighted to host Gary Stevenson in Parliament to talk about his work with MPs. We discussed how raising annual revenue through wealth taxes is the most important thing Govt could do in the budget to cut inequality and raise living standards.

Just pathetically in Heathrow’s pocket, Govt backs the airport’s own climate-wrecking expansion plan, the one that requires moving (!) the M25. Aviation bosses and frequent flyers causing everyone else’s daily lives tons of miserable disruption. Ridiculous! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌱 Another whipped vote from Govt against climate, clean air and nature. 😱 🚨 Lords must step up and make sure new Mayors have to take action. 💚 Thank you to every MP who backed the campaign! How did yours vote? hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

Tonight I spoke on the need for climate, nature and air pollution duties in the Government’s Devolution Bill.

Peers are expected to follow the Nolan Principles. That includes the integrity to work free of owing favours to vested interests. We might not elect them, but we absolutely deserve ethics and transparency from Peers when it comes to lobbying.

Massive support from councillors and council leaders (from all parties except Reform) for new Mayors to have clear climate and nature duties. My crucial amendment to the Govt's Devolution Bill will be debated today - will your MP support it?

Honoured to speak at tonight’s vigil to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. A big thank you to the incredible Olivia and the Trans Legal Clinic for organising. Solidarity always 🏳️‍⚧️💕

Powerful speeches on Trans Day of Remembrance from @sianberry.bsky.social Olivia from Trans Legal Clinic with @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social and Kate Nash. #TDoR2025

A huge welcome @russell-moyle.co.uk to @greenparty.org.uk! Lloyd has been a dedicated public servant as both a councillor and MP in Brighton, with values that run very Green.  Exciting times ahead! @bhgreens.bsky.social 💚

Next week’s budget must deliver justice for hard-pressed families by fully scrapping the cruel two-child benefit cap and fairly taxing wealth. With @greenparty.org.uk colleagues I have written to the Chancellor with a very simple message: Cut bills. Tax billionaires.

Huge congratulations to @bhdemocracynews.bsky.social for winning Local Democracy Reporter of the year! Holding our council to account and keeping #Brighton residents very well informed. An essential part of a good democracy. 👏👏 www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/11/14/b...