Responding to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, allegedly considering imposing a one-year rent freeze on private sector homes in the wake of the impact of the Iran war on the cost of living, Green MP, Carla Denyer, said: “When the public is crying out for bold action to end the affordability crisis, reluctant half-measures floated in the press […]

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The government is set to announce a plan to weaken the link between electricity and volatile gas prices, which it says will better protect consumers from energy shocks triggered by international conflicts. Carla Denyer MP, the Green Party’s spokesperson for Energy and Net Zero and a former offshore wind engineer, gave her reaction: “As someone […]

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Responding to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) finding that the cost of Net Zero is less than the cost of the 2022 Ukraine oil price shock, the Green Party has today said we need to transition to clean energy as quickly as possible to protect people and the economy from future oil shocks. Contrary to […]

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