7 h. ago Green leader warns of authoritarian ‘alarm bells’ in conference speech

Zack Polanski, the newly elected leader of the Green Party, criticised Labour and Reform in conference speech on Friday.

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7 h. ago Zack Polanski warns Keir Starmer’s Britain is descending into authoritarianism

The politician is pitching the Green Party as a left-wing alternative for disgruntled Labour voters

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8 h. ago Green Party leader calls for all drugs to be legalised and blasts Farage 'dark forces'

Zack Polanski told the BBC that a 'public health approach' is needed to drugs, including cocaine and heroin, and in his party conference speech he had a strong message to Nigel Farage

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer a ‘handmaiden’ to the rise of Reform UK, Green Party’s Polanski warns

Zack Polanski is pitching the Green Party as a left-wing alternative for disgruntled Labour voters

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24 h. ago Labour are ‘handmaidens’ to Reform, Green Party leader to tell conference

Zack Polanski will also insist that migrants and refugees ‘are part of what makes Britain great’.

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59 h. ago New PIP reform plans could impact Blue Badge holders or people on Motability Scheme

A review of the full PIP assessment process will be completed by Autumn next year.

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer should have done more to tackle rise of Reform, Green Party leader claims

Zack Polanski is using Labour’s conference to make the case for the Green Party

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer ‘complicit in racist narrative’ taking hold in Britain, Polanski claims

Zack Polanski is using Labour’s conference to make the case for the Green Party

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9 d. ago Hotel blocks launch event for party backed by Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk

Advance UK, led by former Reform deputy Ben Habib, was due to hold a conference in Newcastle on Saturday.

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1 week ago Catherine Connolly ‘welcomes scrutiny’ as she submits nomination papers

She answered some questions about her views on the IRA’s campaign of violence as well as her views on Hamas.

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1 week ago Gatwick expansion greenlight shows Labour climate ‘contradictions’, says Zack Polanski

Labour and Keir Starmer ‘pretending to care about reducing emissions’, the Green Party leader warned

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1 week ago Gatwick expansion gets green light while Britons told to change habits to combat climate crisis, Polanski fumes

People will ‘see the contradictions’ in Labour’s approach to climate change, the Green Party leader warned

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1 week ago UK politics live: Farage says UK ‘not the world’s food bank’ as he vows to expel thousands of legal migrants

Reform UK holding press conference to outline new immigration policy

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1 week ago UK politics live: Farage vows to expel hundreds of thousands of legal migrants from UK

Reform UK to hold press conference this morning to outline new immigration policy

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2 w. ago Green party membership surges after public split between Corbyn and Sultana

Almost 1,400 people sign up in 24 hours to increase party membership by 10% since Zack Polanski’s leadership win this monthThe Green party’s membership has jumped by more than 1,000 people in a day after a public split between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana cast doubt on the viability of the pair’s new leftwing party.Almost 1,400 people signed up to the Greens in the 24 hours since the bitter disagreement emerged, in which Corbyn and his allies referred Sultana to the information watchdog after claims that she started collecting membership subscriptions without authority. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Multiple Labour MPs considering defecting to Greens, Zack Polanski claims

Exclusive: Sitting down with The Independent, the new Green Party leader said he was ‘absolutely’ having conversations with Labour MPs who are considering defecting

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3 w. ago Eco millionaire Dale Vince heaps praise on 'boob whisperer' Zack Polanski saying 'populist' new Green Party leader is a 'leftwing Nigel Farage'

Mr Vince, the entrepreneur and Labour party supporter, said Mr Polanski was 'exactly what the Green Party needs', following the former actor and hypnotist's election win last week.

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3 w. ago Starmer addresses Labour MPs ahead of race to replace Rayner as deputy

MPs hoping to replace Ms Rayner as the party’s deputy leader have until Thursday to secure the support of colleagues at Westminster.

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3 w. ago Starmer 'tried to strip Ed Miliband of Net Zero brief' in panicky reshuffle to counter Reform threat as allies admit climate push IS holding back growth

Keir Starmer is said to have asked Ed Miliband to take over Angela Rayner's housing department as he reshaped his team.

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3 w. ago Zack Polanski tells voters there is no ‘time to wait around’ for Corbyn party

New leader urges left-leaning voters to ‘join the Green Party right now’.

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