Siân Berry, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion
Publication
19 February 2025 / 19 February 2025 by matttraini
As the Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion I have written with my comments on Brighton and Hove City Council’s consultation on secondary school admission arrangements. See my full submission below.
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With my fellow Green MPs, I have written a formal submission to the 2025 Spending Review, calling on the Government to take a long-term perspective on departmental spending and resource allocation. Our proposals cover Climate and Nature, transport, restoring public services and housing, including grants to support building social homes and to help councils buy […]
News
29 January 2025 / 30 January 2025 by victoria
Responding to the news that Rachel Reeves is backing the expansion of Heathrow Airport, Green Party MP, Sian Berry MP said, “The Chancellor talked about the ‘costs of irresponsibility’ but expanding Heathrow in the face of a climate emergency is the definition of irresponsible.” “Worst still, we’re also expecting formal planning decisions from ministers on Gatwick […]
23 January 2025 / 23 January 2025 by matttraini
I’m calling on the Government to create a more compassionate and supportive social security system, rather than one that pushes disadvantaged people further into hardship. My full letter below:
I am concerned that many pensioners will be unknowingly pushed into paying income tax and face unexpected tax bills, especially given that the personal tax allowance is frozen at £12,570 until 2028 while the state pension is set to rise by 8.5 per cent in April 2024. Read my full letter below:
21 January 2025 / 21 January 2025 by victoria
In response to rumours that the Government may soon sign off expansion proposals for Luton, Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, Siân Berry, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion said: “We must ask who these decisions would be made for and why. Whose advice is the Government listening to, when record-high wealth inequality is causing harm to […]
9 January 2025 / 10 January 2025 by victoria
Green MP for Brighton Pavilion Siân Berry has gained cross party support for a bill which would force local authorities to phase out the use of harmful pesticides in public places. An Early Day Motion (EDM) tabled today (9 January), calls on the Government to pass the Plant Protection Products (Prohibition on Public Sector Use) […]
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9 January 2025 / 27 January 2025 by victoria
Siân joined Greenpeace UK to hand in a petition signed by over 1.6 million people, calling for a total ban onbee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides from Government. These toxic chemicals -one teaspoon can kill one billion bees – were banned across Europe in 2018, but continue to be used on farms here after Conservatives gave ‘emergency’ permission […]
19 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by victoria
Responding to the Government’s announcement* that it would not be offering financial compensation to women affected by changes to the state pension age, Siân Berry MP for Brighton Pavilion said: “This is a very harsh decision, admitting wrongdoing but offering a bitter dose of nothing to a generation of women, caught out by this, who […]
18 December 2024 / 18 December 2024 by matttraini
As the MP for Brighton Pavilion, I have made a representation regarding the appeal: APP/Q1445/W/24/3355883 Emblem House Home Farm Business Centre, Hone Farm Road Brighton BN1 9HU. This relates to L3 Harris Release and Integrated Solutions Ltd (previously known as EDO MBM). This is a business that is currently potentially complicit in the violation of […]