Updates

Runaway inflation needs radical action from UK Government

Mon 22 Aug, 2022

The Scottish Greens have responded to warnings from Citi Bank that inflation could hit 18% in January.

The Scottish Greens economy spokesperson, Maggie Chapman MSP, said: 

“With runaway inflation, skyrocketing energy prices and a disastrous Brexit that is hammering our trade, it is clear that the Tories can't be trusted with our economy. They have no new ideas. This is a social emergency and without radical change the human cost will be brutal."

Scottish Greens: Nationalise Big Five Energy Firms And Save Lives

Fri 19 Aug, 2022

The UK government must nationalise Scottish Power and the other Big Five energy companies to cut energy bills and save lives, according to the Scottish Greens. 

Almost three quarters of gas and electricity in the UK is supplied by just five companies: British Gas/Centrica, E.ON, OVO, EDF and Scottish Power. The Trades Union Congress estimates that taking them into public ownership would cost £2.85bn.[1]

This would allow for bills to be slashed to more affordable levels while keeping the lights on for millions of homes and businesses. 

Greens will resist Tory ‘union unit’ and interference in work of Holyrood

Thu 18 Aug, 2022

Threats from the two Tory leadership contenders to impose a big brother style ‘union unit’ or interfere with the work of Holyrood will be fiercely resisted no matter which of them becomes the next UK Prime Minister, say the Scottish Greens.

Both candidates, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, have obsessed over denying the right to an independence referendum demonstrate just how much contempt they like Boris Johnson before them have for the Scottish people, the party said. 

Scottish Greens welcome effective ban on acoustic deterrent devices 

Wed 10 Aug, 2022

The use of acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs) on salmon farms has been effectively banned following an intervention by Environmental Standards Scotland. 

The use of the devices, designed to keep seals away from fish farms, can have a devastating effect on cetaceans, such as porpoises, whales, and dolphins. 

The ruling means the devices can no longer be used without license, and only by demonstrating that its use would not impact marine wildlife, effectively introducing a ban.