Caroline Lucas · [email protected]

April 7, 2024 at 6:29 PM

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John,   Parliament may be in recess at the moment, but here are a few updates from me. Hip Hip Hooray: Saved Our Hippodrome For over a decade I’ve been campaigning to bring this historic treasure back to life. And as I wrote in Brighton …

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March 12, 2024 at 11:49 AM

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John,   Ramadan Mubarak to all who celebrate in Brighton, the UK and beyond. It’s been a busy couple of weeks in Westminster, here is an update of some of the things I’ve been focused on. Gaza Humanitarian Crisis I have received an unpre…

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February 14, 2024 at 6:51 PM

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John,   A very happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! As the Year of the Dragon begins, here is an update on some of the things I’ve been working on recently.   Making the Case for Green Investment From the Confederation of British I…

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January 22, 2024 at 5:27 PM

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John,   This year is shaping up to be a big one, with a General Election here, as well as elections in the US.   Here's hoping we end up in a better place by the end of it!   Here are a few of the things which I’ve been working on so far this year.  …

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May 22, 2023 at 8:43 AM

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John,   Here are some highlights of my work from the first few weeks back after Easter recess: Sewage I criticised the Government’s atrocious record on clearing up pollution in our rivers and seas. The Tories have been in power for 13 year…

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April 12, 2023 at 11:12 AM

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John,   Happy Easter to all those who celebrate! Now that Parliament is in Recess, here are some highlights of my work from the past couple of weeks: Spring Budget I spoke out against Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget of missed oppor…

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March 8, 2023 at 4:22 PM

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John,   Here are some highlights of my work from the past couple of weeks: Clean air for all I went to 10 Downing Street to deliver a letter to the Prime Minister, urging him to clean up our dirty, toxic air by adopting Ella’s Law, which …

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February 7, 2023 at 2:00 PM

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John,   Here are some highlights of my work from the past couple of weeks: Children missing from hotels In Hove, the Home Office has put vulnerable, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children at risk by placing them in hotels – and now 200 hav…

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January 23, 2023 at 5:45 PM

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John,   Happy New Year – pleased to share my first newsletter of 2023! Here are some highlights of my work from the first couple of weeks this year: NHS I'm hearing deeply troubling reports coming out of the Royal Sussex, with patients dy…

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December 2, 2022 at 6:18 PM

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John,   It’s a busy time in politics at the moment! Here are some highlights of my work over the past couple of weeks: Autumn Statement The Government has chosen to pursue even more devastating austerity cuts in the name of political id…

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November 14, 2022 at 10:50 AM

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John,   It’s been a busy time in politics recently! Here are some highlights of my work over the past couple of months. Prime Ministerial chaos We’ve now got our third Prime Minister in as many months. And it’s difficult to think of a Pr…

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August 22, 2022 at 3:09 PM

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John,   I hope everyone's been enjoying the summer period, and managing to take a break where possible. Here are some highlights of my work from the end of the Parliamentary term, and some reflections on what's been in the news over the summer. Ex…

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June 23, 2022 at 9:38 AM

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John,   After a brief absence (due to some technical gremlins) I'm glad to say that my newsletters are back! I'm looking forward to keeping you updated on my work in Parliament and locally in Brighton on a more regular basis from now on – but in this newsle…

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February 14, 2022 at 2:31 PM

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Green Party The gas crisis and soaring bills The rise in the energy price cap announced by Ofgem was even higher than predicted and leaves millions of people in fuel poverty.  High energy bills are not inevitable, they are a political choice especially when set against the huge profi…

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February 2, 2022 at 4:31 PM

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Green Party Report into Downing Street parties during lockdowns The atmosphere at Westminster has been febrile over the past two weeks, waiting for the report by the senior civil servant Sue Gray into the parties that went on at Downing Street during Covid lockdowns. My most recent c…

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January 17, 2022 at 12:30 PM

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Green Party A happy new year to everyone. I hope many of you enjoyed a break and time with family and loved ones over Christmas and New Year, and managed to avoid catching Covid.  Sadly, I did not and have been unable to be in Parliament for the first two weeks as I self-isolated at …

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December 7, 2021 at 11:02 AM

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Green Party A new Covid variant The rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid is causing real concern among public health experts.  No-one is safe until everyone is safe and the continent of Africa, where this variant was first identified, has been shamefully left to pick up the c…

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November 19, 2021 at 4:35 PM

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Green Party UN climate summit, COP26  This was the most important international summit held in the UK and our best chance of averting climate catastrophe.  To say the final agreement fell short would be an under-statement – it showed nothing like the ambition or urgency required in t…

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October 31, 2021 at 7:07 PM

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Green Party The Budget  With just days to go before the UK hosts the UN climate summit, I sat through the Chancellor’s budget speech waiting to hear what action he would be taking on the climate emergency. I couldn’t believe it when he sat down after an hour without having mentioned …

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October 17, 2021 at 3:35 PM

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Green Party Gas crisis  I know many of you will be very worried at the prospect of sharp rises in energy bills because of the gas crisis.  The Government’s pledge to protect consumers from higher prices would be more credible if the Tories hadn’t spent the last 10 years doing nothing…

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September 17, 2021 at 5:51 PM

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Green Party The crisis in Afghanistan  Since mid-August, like many other MPs, I’ve spent much of my time trying to help constituents who have close family members trapped in Afghanistan, or who are trapped there themselves.    Their situation is growing increasingly desperate and the…

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July 28, 2021 at 10:31 AM

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Green Party 100 days to COP26  The clock is rapidly ticking down to the UN climate summit in Glasgow in November, with many issues still to be resolved.  I was glad to hear the COP president, Alok Sharma, speak out about the need for richer nations to honour the commitment they made …

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July 19, 2021 at 1:06 PM

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Green Party Covid restrictions lifting As from today, almost all mandatory Covid restrictions are being lifted in England in what is a huge gamble with public health.  The fact that this is happening when there are more than 50,000 new infections a day is even more alarming, and unde…

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July 6, 2021 at 10:39 AM

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Green Party The “Bloom or Bust” report   The Environmental Audit Committee, of which I’m a member, published an important report on the steps that need to be taken urgently to halt the catastrophic loss of biodiversity in Britain.  Called Bloom or Bust, it makes a number of important…

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June 21, 2021 at 11:36 AM

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Green Party Covid lockdown  Many of you would have been looking forward to today for the lifting of remaining lockdown restrictions. Instead, it’s been necessary to delay the last stage of the roadmap by four weeks – a situation entirely of the Government’s making because of its comp…

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June 7, 2021 at 1:31 PM

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Green Party Two important bills were debated in Parliament before the recess: the Finance Bill which implements the Budget proposals and the Environment Bill. Finance Bill I was pleased to have cross-party support for my amendment to the Finance Bill, which went to the heart of what’…

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May 17, 2021 at 11:36 AM

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Green Party State Opening of Parliament and the Queen’s Speech  It’s two years since Parliament declared a climate emergency and we are at the start of a decade that is absolutely critical in terms of climate action.  Yet astonishingly climate was not mentioned once in the Queen’s Sp…

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May 3, 2021 at 10:44 AM

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Green Party Sleaze and truth-telling   In my last newsletter, I wrote about Tory sleaze, the lack of truth-telling by the Prime Minister and the failure to uphold the Ministerial Code which governs conduct in public office.   Since then, the situation has got even worse. Text message…

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April 19, 2021 at 3:02 PM

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Green Party Sleaze in government  The lobbying scandal over Greensill Capital and the role of David Cameron has consumed most of the front pages for the past week.  The revelations have been shocking, revealing a culture of sleaze and cronyism which runs right through this Government…

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March 29, 2021 at 1:36 PM

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Green Party The Policing Bill  This Government’s authoritarianism is on full display in the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill, which is making its way through Parliament.  Most worrying is the proposal to restrict the right to peaceful protest, handing huge powers to the Ho…

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February 15, 2021 at 1:02 PM

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Green Party Coronavirus  It’s hard to believe it’s a year since the first cluster of coronavirus cases was discovered in Brighton and Hove. A GP surgery and pharmacy were closed for deep cleaning, and many people were worried or confused about what they should be doing and what measu…

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February 1, 2021 at 3:06 PM

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Green Party Coronavirus  Last week we passed the grim milestone of 100,000 lives lost in the UK to Covid-19.  It was a desperately sad moment: we urgently need a public inquiry now - so that lessons are learned before more lives are tragically and needlessly lost.  The PM keeps sayin…

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January 11, 2021 at 11:47 AM

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Green Party Brexit This is the first newsletter I have written with the UK outside the European Union.  December 31st was a very sad day for many of us when the transition period ended, the UK officially became a “third country” and we lost the freedom to live, work, study and settl…

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December 21, 2020 at 3:11 PM

Christmas Newsletter 2020

Green Party CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER 2020  At the start of my Christmas newsletter last year, I said it had been a tumultuous year in politics. It’s hard to believe that 2020 has been even more extraordinary in so many ways.  It is a year I think none of us will ever forget.    For too m…

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December 7, 2020 at 12:06 PM

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Green Party The political agenda continues to be dominated by Coronavirus and the Government’s mishandling of the pandemic: the failing test & trace system, the lack of support for so many self-employed people, and the scandalous PPE procurement process to name just a few.  I spo…

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November 23, 2020 at 1:38 PM

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Green Party Government’s 10-point plan for climate action  We have been hearing for weeks that the Prime Minister would be making a major speech on the environment.  In the end, the “major speech” turned into a press release, sent out late at night – and that’s about all it was worth…

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November 9, 2020 at 12:36 PM

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Green Party Second coronavirus lockdown The second lockdown has forced the Government to revise its plans to end the furlough scheme at the end of October, and I am glad it has now been extended to the end of March.  But the lack of support for so many of the self-employed is a stain…

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October 19, 2020 at 11:24 AM

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Green Party It’s been a busy week in Parliament with two key bills voted on in the Commons, and a rapidly-changing Coronavirus situation.  New rules on Coronavirus  At the beginning of the week, the Prime Minister updated MPs about Coronavirus measures and the new three-tier approach…

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October 12, 2020 at 10:08 AM

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Green Party Brighton Covid amber alert  Since my last newsletter, the number of Covid infections has risen sharply.  In Brighton and Hove, cases more than doubled in a week, from 39 to 115.  Some of that can be attributed to increased testing, but not all, and our city has now been p…

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September 25, 2020 at 11:38 AM

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Green Party Coronavirus & failures in testing  Given the Government’s inept handling of Covid, it seemed inevitable that we are now entering the autumn and winter months facing another surge in infections.  Yet six months on from the start of this crisis, there still isn’t a prop…

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September 7, 2020 at 10:44 AM

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Green Party It’s been a busy start to the new session of Parliament which returned this week. I took the first opportunity to introduce a critical Bill which provides a route map for responding to the climate and nature crises.  Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill  Seven political …

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August 7, 2020 at 1:53 PM

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Green Party Coronavirus  I’m a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus, which will be holding hearings throughout the summer to learn lessons from the Government’s response so far to the virus, and make recommendations so that the UK is better prepared in the event…

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July 24, 2020 at 2:38 PM

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Green Party Parliament is now in recess for the summer, but it was a busy last few days. This is what I have been doing as your MP. A fair deal for the self-employed  I’ve been urging the Chancellor for months to close the gaps in the Covid self-employed income support scheme (SEISS)…

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July 9, 2020 at 4:39 PM

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Green Party Climate lobby of Parliament It was a very different climate lobby of Parliament this year.  Instead of meeting constituents in person around Westminster, MPs were lobbied instead via a series of video calls.  But the commitment of those lobbying their MPs was undimmed and…

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June 22, 2020 at 10:52 AM

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Green Party Welcome to my latest newsletter, with news of what I’ve been doing over the past two weeks. Green Recovery I was in Parliament last week with the opportunity to question the Treasury minister about what plans the Government had for a green recovery from coronavirus - alth…

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June 8, 2020 at 11:01 AM

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Green Party Virtual Parliament The move by the Government to end the virtual Parliament has been a shambles: made without any thought to how parliamentary scrutiny might work in a time of social distancing, nor with any consideration for the health of MPs and the staff on the parliam…

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May 25, 2020 at 5:11 PM

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Green Party Much of my time is spent addressing the issues and difficulties caused by coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown, taking part in virtual meetings with organisations on the frontline of the response to the virus, and with those who are suffering some of the worst impacts.…

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May 18, 2020 at 10:42 AM

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Green Party For the first time since the coronavirus crisis began, the Prime Minister made a statement in the Commons about the Government’s response.   Sadly there was no humility over the catastrophic mistakes it’s made, and the new strategy of “Stay Alert” is muddled and confusing…

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May 5, 2020 at 10:08 AM

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Green Party Economic recovery, nature & risk of future pandemics I was struck by a warning given by scientists from the IPBES (an international group of scientists looking at biodiversity loss) about the “perfect storm” which we have created for emerging pandemics because of the …

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April 27, 2020 at 11:44 AM

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Green Party I had my first real taste of being a “virtual MP” last week, when I questioned Matt Hancock during health questions in the Commons.  I have been pushing for a recall of Parliament since the beginning of this month, so was very glad when the Speaker and the parliamentary d…

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