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Baroness Bennett

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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle is a Green Party peer

Baroness Bennett reviews Liam Byrne's 'The Inequality of Wealth'
Books & culture
By Baroness Bennett
Baroness Bennett reviews Liam Byrne's 'The Inequality of Wealth'
Often rich in detail with lots of useful data, Liam Byrne’s book is however too narrow in its perspective, failing to grasp how fundamental the environment is to its subject matter
System Change, Not Climate Change: Why Business as Usual Won't Suffice
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
System Change, Not Climate Change: Why Business as Usual Won't Suffice
As the UK pledges to reach net-zero by 2050, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, Green Party member of the House of Lords, calls for the government to do more now in order to reach that target.
'A great work': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Earth Transformed'
Books & culture
By Baroness Bennett
'A great work': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Earth Transformed'
A study of the impact of a changing climate on world civilisation from the beginning of recorded history to the present day, Peter Frankopan debunks many long-held assumptions
My New Year's Wish....Universal Basic Income
Communities
By Baroness Bennett
My New Year's Wish....Universal Basic Income
A universal basic income would bring security and comfort for all
'A truly crucial book': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Dawn of Everything'
Books & culture
By Baroness Bennett
'A truly crucial book': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Dawn of Everything'
David Graeber and David Wengrow’s engrossing and revelatory re-examination of the human past challenges us to reject outdated ideas and consider new directions for our future
'Glorious yet frustrating': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Green Planet'
Books & culture
By Baroness Bennett
'Glorious yet frustrating': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Green Planet'
A triumph of innovative production, the new series from the BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit successfully depicts epic life and death stories from the plant-kingdom – but so far tells us frustratingly little about plant cooperation
It is high time we increased the minimum age of criminal responsibility
Home affairs
By Baroness Bennett
It is high time we increased the minimum age of criminal responsibility
We treat our young people appallingly, from schools forced to become exam factories to breath-taking rates of child poverty.
Environment Bill is for the UK’s future, not just COP26
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
Environment Bill is for the UK’s future, not just COP26
The Lords must act to strengthen further an Environment Bill written in 2019 that never was, and certainly in 2021, is not fit for purpose without further amendment.
If the UK wants to be a climate world leader, we must say no to deep-sea mining
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
If the UK wants to be a climate world leader, we must say no to deep-sea mining
The development of new technologies are opening up the possibility of mining previously inaccessible ocean depths, causing vastly more damage.
A complete system change is needed to save our planet
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
A complete system change is needed to save our planet
You can’t fix broken food, energy, or economic systems – let alone environmental systems – with the practices that broke them.
Government must fix huge flaws in the Environment Bill
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
Government must fix huge flaws in the Environment Bill
Empty words that the government has promised to protect food and animal welfare standards so there's no need to write it into law are not going to hack it.
Lord Diary: Natalie Bennett
Political parties
By Baroness Bennett
Lord Diary: Natalie Bennett
Baroness Bennett on a "dizzy" week of finance reform, feminist foreign policy, the smacking ban, and forest bathing
Faith in our democratic processes was lost long ago – it’s time we establish a People’s Constitutional Convention
Political parties
By Baroness Bennett
Faith in our democratic processes was lost long ago – it’s time we establish a People’s Constitutional Convention
Deciding what the future of our democracy looks like should be a concern for us all, not something condemned to an inquiry carried out by a committee almost nobody has heard of.
The Immigration Bill must not wipe out the freedom of movement so many Britons have benefited from
Home affairs
By Baroness Bennett
The Immigration Bill must not wipe out the freedom of movement so many Britons have benefited from
My amendment is to the Immigration Bill is asking members of the House of Lords to protect the freedom of Britons for decades to come.
A proportional voting system is the first step in fixing our broken democracy
Home affairs
By Baroness Bennett
A proportional voting system is the first step in fixing our broken democracy
The Tories won just 44% of the vote in 2019, but effectively hold 100% of power in the Commons. That’s not democracy, it's fundamental illegitimacy – and the lack of trust that flows from it – is at the root of our broken system.
Government has a responsibility to reduce the amount of ultra-processed foods available in the UK
Health
By Baroness Bennett
Government has a responsibility to reduce the amount of ultra-processed foods available in the UK
We have to ask whether companies should be allowed to produce, sell and promote such hazardous substances?
Local democracy is crucial to our coronavirus recovery
Coronavirus
By Baroness Bennett
Local democracy is crucial to our coronavirus recovery
Just as the medical impact of Covid-19 has varied enormously around the country, attempts to recover from the shock of the virus’s arrival are going to have to be very different.
Universal basic income could help end the lockdown and create a more resilient society
Coronavirus
By Baroness Bennett
Universal basic income could help end the lockdown and create a more resilient society
There would be real peace of mind, as well as moral benefit, if you knew everyone in the UK had the basic resources to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads.
The Government must reduce the growth dependency of our economy
Coronavirus
By Baroness Bennett
The Government must reduce the growth dependency of our economy
Decades of economic growth have delivered us a deeply unequal, unstable, insecure society and increased carbon emissions when we need to be slashing them.
Baroness Bennett: It’s time we stop the production of unnecessary single-use plastic
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
Baroness Bennett: It’s time we stop the production of unnecessary single-use plastic

The recycling of plastics isn't working, we need to make crucial environmental changes, such as introducing a bottle deposit scheme, to stop people using so much unnecessary single-use plastic, writes Baroness Bennett. 
A democratically elected Lords would allow proper checks on the Commons
Home affairs
By Baroness Bennett
A democratically elected Lords would allow proper checks on the Commons

My House of Lords Reform Bill would see existing life peers loose their voting rights and create 292 elected peers, with decision making powers, democratically elected under a PR voting system, writes Baroness Bennett.
Lords Diary: Baroness Bennett
By Baroness Bennett
Lords Diary: Baroness Bennett

"It is clear that we need a new kind of politics"
Our political system needs a complete overhaul - and we can do it Partner content
Political parties
By Baroness Bennett
Our political system needs a complete overhaul - and we can do it

As the Green party conference begins, leader Natalie Bennett writes for PoliticsHome explaining how a complete restructure of our political system is necessary and achievable.