The Green Party has today passed a motion [1] calling on the government to allow the National Wealth Fund [2] to issue bonds to individuals, communities, and institutions so that the public can share directly in, and support, the creation of publicly-owned assets.  

Responding to the successful motion which she proposed, Carla Denyer, Green MP for Bristol Central, said: 

“The Green Party has backed giving the public a real stake in the green transition. Right now the National Wealth Fund risks putting vital assets into private hands and widening inequality.  

“The investment needed in infrastructure for decarbonisation and housing is huge. We believe the National Wealth Fund should prioritise investment in public, community and cooperative ownership. Green MPs will be pushing for this change of emphasis in Parliament.” 

[1] Full text of motion passed:  

Synopsis  

The Government has created a National Wealth Fund to invest alongside the private sector in projects in the UK. If it was able to issue bonds in its own right, the Fund could invest in assets owned by the public in our communities and facilitate taking utilities into public ownership. 

Motion text  

To be inserted into the Record of Policy Statements: The Green Party calls upon the Government to ensure the National Wealth Fund has the resources it needs to invest at the scale required in infrastructure, including housing for social rent, renewable energy generation, and public utilities, with core funding provided directly from the Treasury.  

In addition, the Party calls on Government to allow the National Wealth Fund to issue bonds to provide opportunities for individuals, communities, and institutions — in the spirit of historic community bond initiatives — allowing the public to share directly in, and support, the creation of publicly-owned assets.  

Currently there is no provision for investment by the National Wealth Fund in cooperatives, mutuals or community owned enterprises. This risks any assets being created by a National Wealth Fund largely being in private sector hands.  

The investment needed in infrastructure is huge, including that needed for both decarbonisation and housing. The Fund risks becoming a driver for private wealth and greater inequality.  

The National Wealth Fund currently can only receive funding from the Treasury and currently the relatively small sum of money is there predominantly to facilitate private ownership. 

[2] The National Wealth Fund is a government-backed investment bank aimed at mobilising private capital for clean energy, industrial transformation and long‑term regional economic growth. See the website. 

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Green Party’s Mothin Ali takes the fight to Reform in his hometown of Leeds in a personal address at the ‘heartbreak’ of what the establishment has done to his local community. It’s time to end rip-off Britain, and ‘scam artist’ Farage is not the solution, says Greens deputy leader.

Deputy leader of the Green Party Mothin Ali, delivered a speech in Leeds today to set out his vision for dealing with the unaffordability crisis and the legacy of deindustrialisation in the North of England.

Mothin Ali will also launch a hard-hitting and personal video of the challenges faced by working-class people, whose communities have been torn apart by decades of de-industrialisation.

Never-ending higher bills are breaking people in a system that’s not broken, Ali said,  but doing exactly what it is designed to do.

In his speech in Leeds this morning he said:

“I have real heartache for the thriving high streets we no longer have, for the local wealth and opportunity that has been taken from us through decades of austerity politics. My heartache at the community spirit that we have lost, and heartbreak at the division, racism, and misplaced anger that have replaced it.”

“It tells me that something has gone wrong – deeply, fundamentally wrong – in how our country has been governed by the establishment.”

Mothin Ali spoke out against politicians who, instead of looking at ways to fix the problems, have blamed those at the bottom, stirring up hatred which has led to anti-semitic attacks on Jews and attacks on Muslims
 
He said, “It’s the same old story. Instead of looking for ways to fix the problem, to boost the economy, to create local jobs, to encourage local business, we have politicians pointing the finger and blaming those at the very bottom of society.”

Mothin Ali called out Nigel Farage, who visited Leeds on Tuesday, as ‘spreading a toxic brand of hatred’.

“He’s a grifter and a scam artist who is using his political profile to get rich. So, when Nigel Farage pretends to be a man of the people. Remember that his people are not the plumbers or the plasterers; they’re the wealthy elites who have bled our communities dry through their system of what they like to call trickle-down economics.”

Mothin Ali said he understands the anger of Reform voters, but set out real solutions that will improve the quality of life and rebuild communities.

Mothin Ali said ‘enough is enough’, it’s time to end rip of Britain, “The Green Party is offering you something different and better – hope and a plan. First, we will invest in our communities. Not with trickle-down promises. But with real tangible investment. We’ll put the power and the resources back where they belong: in the hands of local people who know what their communities need.”

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Responding to the expansion of Israeli military ground operations in southern Lebanon, Human Rights Watch has warned that countries that continue to provide Israel with arms and military aid risk complicity in the Israeli government’s serious violations in Lebanon. [1]

Reacting to the warnings of UK complicity in Israel’s violations in Lebanon, Dr Ellie Chowns MP said:

“Israel has continuously flouted international law with apparent impunity. That impunity must end. Throughout Israel’s genocide in Gaza and illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank, the UK Government has refused to pursue appropriate action against its government for breaching international law or to re-evaluate Israel’s status as an ally to Britain.

“This permissiveness has not tempered but emboldened the Israeli government. Following its strikes on Iran, Israel has expanded its ground campaign in Lebanon, displacing a million people throughout the country, killing over 1,000 people – including 118 children – destroying civilian infrastructure, and seemingly preparing for prolonged occupation of southern Lebanon.

“Israeli government and military officials have made repeated overt comparisons between its plans for Lebanon and its genocidal destruction of Gaza. Human Rights Watch has now warned that Israeli officials have signalled an intent to wantonly destroy homes in Lebanon’s border villages, forcibly displace and prevent the return of “hundreds of thousands of Shiite residents of southern Lebanon”, and conduct strikes in Beirut that could target civilians simply for being “near Hezbollah members, facilities, or means of combat.” All these actions would constitute war crimes.

“The Government must heed these serious warnings and act decisively to avoid the UK’s complicity in further crimes and to end the impunity which has enabled and emboldened Israel. The Green Party reiterates our calls for the UK to halt all arms sales to and military cooperation with the Israeli Government, to drive independent investigations into war crimes committed and support justice mechanisms for victims, and to impose sanctions on government officials responsible for breaches of international law.”

NOTES TO EDITORS

[1] Israeli Officials Signal Stepped-Up Atrocities in Lebanon | Human Rights Watch 

Human Rights Watch highlight recent statements from Israeli officials that signal “an intent to forcibly displace residents, destroy civilian homes and conduct strikes that could target civilians. Forcible displacement, wanton destruction and attacks deliberately targeting civilians are war crimes.” 

Since the recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah on March 2, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,029 people in Lebanon, including 118 children and 40 medical workers, as of March 22 according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, and over one million people have been displaced following a series of displacement orders by the Israeli military.

Human Rights Watch recommends that “Israel’s key allies, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, should suspend military assistance and arms sales to Israel and impose targeted sanctions on officials credibly responsible for ongoing serious abuses. They should levy further pressure on Israel to ensure that displaced residents can return to their homes once hostilities end or once the reasons for their displacement cease to exist.”

Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch, Ramzi Kaiss, said, “Atrocities flourish when there is impunity, and other countries should no longer stand by as they continue.”

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