We have a two-tier economy. The rich have been getting richer much faster, while the rest of us are stuck or going backwards. These two facts are obviously linked. Last year, the collective wealth of the UK’s small band of billionaires increased by about £35 million a day. Meanwhile, according to the IFS, the past 15 years have been the worst for income growth in generations Continue reading “Employment Rights Bill Second Reading”
I put an amendment to the vote in the Lords on the Football Governance Bill on the first day of Report Stage. It would have ensured that the incoming independent football regulator’s remit included considerations for environmental sustainability. This coincided with a vote on the launch of Green Football’s Great Save, the third annual Green Football campaign. Continue reading “Football Governance Bill Report Stage”
Given a choice between nature and growth, Labour seems far too willing to burn and destroy whatever is necessary and that includes our climate. Continue reading “Heathrow “is an economic parasite””
The last Government did not set up safe, legal routes and therefore actually encouraged the small boats. They encouraged people to come by routes that were not safe. The Green Party supports this Bill. It is time to remove the barriers so that desperate children can be reunited with their families in safety Continue reading “Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill”
I used to worry about what a seven metre rise in water levels would do to our coastlines and major cities when the Greenland ice sheet melts, but it turns out that, well before that happens, we will be very, very cold Continue reading “Global Warming”
Do this Government see that, as a massive consumer still driving climate change, we have a duty to people who are fleeing drought and floods, as well as to refugees from war zones? Continue reading “Immigration: Human Rights”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 