All articles written by Caroline Lucas MP on PoliticsHome.com

09 May Political parties

All The MPs Standing Down At The Next General Election

With the next general election expected this year, more than 100 MPs have already chosen to not stand again for their seats – the majority of whom are Conservatives.

18 Dec 2023 Home affairs

Cross-Party MPs Urge Home Office to Abolish Forced Swim Test On Animals

A group of cross-party MPs have called on the government to ban the use of forced swim tests on animals, with animal rights group PETA calling the practice “outrageously crude and cruel”.

05 May 2023 Political parties

Green Party Wins Its First Ever Council Majority

The Green Party has won its first ever council majority in England, ousting the Conservatives as the biggest party in Mid Suffolk District Council.

13 Feb 2023 Environment

The climate emergency is threatening our health and costing lives – we must act now

Our precious NHS is at crisis point. Ambulance response times are soaring; A&E waiting times are at record levels; hospitals are overflowing.

14 Jul 2022 Environment

Caroline Lucas: we are failing to heed nature's warning signs – the Tory leadership candidates must step up and address it

It’s always important to heed the warning signs. In February, as the world’s eyes were rightly on the horrors unfolding in Eastern Europe, a major new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – which warned that our natural world is already starting to see irreversible damage – went almost unnoticed.

07 Feb 2022 Home affairs

The resettlement scheme is letting down Afghan relatives of British nationals still stranded and at risk

Last month, after a five-month wait, the government announced that the Afghanistan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) was finally up and running.

16 Nov 2021 Environment

COP26 is over, but we are still heading for catastrophic climate breakdown

COP26 had been billed as the most important climate summit ever, our last best chance to avert climate chaos and meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. So how successful was it?

11 Aug 2021 Environment

Our climate is at crisis point – the UK must go further and faster than net zero by 2050

When the future of our planet relies on transformational change, a botched Green Homes Grant, a constantly delayed Treasury Net Zero Review, and a Transport Decarbonisation Plan which retains the £27 billion road building scheme, simply don’t cut it.

09 Jul 2021 Home affairs

The Nationality and Borders Bill will make a rotten system worse

We need a fair and efficient asylum processes for everyone, more safe routes and support for people to rebuild their lives in Britain. This bill fails on all counts.

06 May 2021 Coronavirus

Covid Vaccination Rates Are Lower For All Ethnic Groups Than For White Over-50s, New Figures Show

Government is being urged to do more to improve uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine in the UK's BAME community after new figures reveal that all ethnic groups have a worse vaccine take-up than white adults.

26 Mar 2021 Environment

Cutting air passenger duty shows the government is going backwards on climate action

Rather than making flying even cheaper, ministers should get on with the job of investing in a green economy that will provide sustainable jobs for the future

26 Jan 2021 Environment

The Environment Bill falls far short of what's needed to protect the environment

My amendment to the Bill would kick-start the process of replacing GDP as the key measure of economic progress with the health of the natural environment.

13 Jan 2021 Economy

Excluding millions from support is a huge injustice and a stain on this government’s financial response to Covid

The Chancellor’s statement on Monday was another harsh blow to millions of the excluded who had had a glimmer of hope.

10 Nov 2020 Environment

We must seize the opportunity to deliver a bold, green economic recovery from Covid

We have a chance to turn our backs on a system which has led to gross inequality, deprivation and is pushing our environment beyond its limits

04 Sep 2020 Environment

The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill could be our last chance to avert the accelerating crisis

The new bill would see aviation and shipping fall within the UK’s net zero target and provide greater protection for nature, wildlife and soils.

07 Aug 2020 Communities

Planning reform must protect green spaces, not give a blank cheque to developers

If Robert Jenrick gets his way with planning system reform, land designated for growth, renewal or protection will be swept away and replaced with urban sprawl.

20 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Caroline Lucas: 'We're not learning the lessons of Covid when it comes to the climate'

For many environmentalists, the global pandemic offered an opportunity to reset our approach to the climate crisis. But despite a liberal sprinkling of greenwashing in the economic update, the country's only Green MP thinks that the chancellor has squandered the opportunity

21 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

By creating a network of ‘community shields’ we can stop the spread of Covid-19 – and support those in isolation

A community-based response can suppress the spread of Covid-19, provide support to patients in their own homes and give people the reassurance they need that they will be safe when the lockdown is lifted

03 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

This coronavirus pandemic must shape our thinking and action over the climate crisis

The delay to COP26 gives us a chance to change course and show what climate leadership means in the wake of a pandemic and global economic crisis.

02 Mar 2020 Home affairs

Caroline Lucas MP: We need policies, not platitudes if we’re to reach our net zero target

Government must take a joined-up approach across all departments and put climate action at the heart of every single economic and policy decision, writes Caroline Lucas MP

14 Oct 2019 Political parties

We need a democracy we can trust, so we must create it for ourselves

Modern Britain has outgrown this system. It is time for a written constitution drawn up by citizen-led assemblies, writes Caroline Lucas MP

23 Aug 2019 Environment

The Amazon rainforest must not be sacrificed on the altar of free trade with Europe

European leaders, signed off the EU-Mercosur deal in June this year, a trade agreement between the EU and Latin American countries where Brazil is the biggest player, without insisting on measures to protect the rainforest. The EU should be looking at its own role in creating this crisis, says Caroline Lucas MP.

15 Jul 2019 Environment

Despite her warm words on climate change and the environment, May can’t greenwash her legacy of inaction

May Days: May’s government has gone for headline grabbing policies but dodged the systemic change that is needed, writes Caroline Lucas

10 Jul 2019 Environment

The obsession with GDP threatens destruction of the planet as we know it

It’s time to reimagine our economy with one simple purpose – a world in which both humanity and our life-giving planet thrive, says Caroline Lucas MP.

23 May 2019 Brexit

The EU elections need to be a wake-up call for those of us who want a compassionate, fair, green, peaceful future

Former Green Party Leader & Co-Leader Caroline Lucas, who was an MEP for ten years writes: "Europe isn’t just about rules and the single market. It is about democracies coming together to tackle some of the major issues which confront us all".

20 May 2019 Environment

It's clear the UK's farming model is not sustainable. We need an alternative

Farming should be about producing the means for healthy diets from sustainable food systems. That’s not what we have at present, but the UK could lead a food and farming transition, says Caroline Lucas

26 Nov 2018 Environment

Ministers are pouring petrol on the climate crisis - it’s time they were held to account

We’re facing rising seas and soaring temperatures. Parliament needs the teeth to make ministers act, says Green MP Caroline Lucas.

05 Feb 2018 Environment

The government is bruised by the animal sentience backlash. We must seize this moment

With the government bruised by the public outcry over animal sentience, now is the time to push for real improvements in animal welfare legislation, writes Caroline Lucas

13 Jul 2016 Brexit

We need a general election this year, it's only right voters get a say

Green party MP Caroline Lucas explains why she thinks Britain needs to have a general election this year.