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Accounts show Green party may be close to overtaking Labour’s membership figures – as it happened

A spokesperson for the Greens says figures had ‘quadrupled’ in the last year since Polanski became leader The Green party may be close to overtaking Labour’s membership figures, after Labour suffered a 20% drop in 2025, according to its latest accounts. The return by the Labour party shows its number of members had fallen from 333,235 to 264,754 at the end of 2025 compared with a year earlier. In May, the Green party claimed its membership total was 230,000, which would put it within 34,000 members of overtaking Labour. A spokesperson said figures had “quadrupled” in the last year since Zack Polanski became leader. Its membership stood at 186,441 at the end of December. The Green party may be close to overtaking Labour’s membership figures, after Labour suffered a 20% drop in 2025, according to its latest accounts. The return by the Labour party shows its number of members had fallen from 333,235 to 264,754 at the end of 2025 compared with a year earlier. In May, the Green party claimed its membership total was 230,000, which would put it within 34,000 members of overtaking Labour. Andy Burnham’s government is “urgently” identifying any grooming gang perpetrators

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Accounts show Green party may be close to overtaking Labour’s membership figures – as it happened

A spokesperson for the Greens says figures had ‘quadrupled’ in the last year since Polanski became leader The Green party may be close to overtaking Labour’s membership figures, after Labour suffered a 20% drop in 2025,…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 19, 2026

Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at election Labour could lose dozens of seats to the Green party if the government allows new drilling in the North Sea, according…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 14, 2026

PM steps up climate response with measures including better water access and support for building farm reservoirs Farmers must not carry the risks of the climate crisis alone, Andy Burnham has said, as he announced £65m of funding to help…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 13, 2026

In today’s newsletter: With more sites closed and more lives upended, a look at the rhetoric and reality of where asylum seekers should be housed Good morning. This week, immigration minister Anna Turley announced, with minor fanfare, the…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 11, 2026

The prime minister’s money-saving policies are popular but they are yet to convince voters he can take on the big things It was last year that Martin Lewis, the money-saving guru, advised the government to find “100 small things that piss…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 9, 2026

New EU negotiator, who previously helped free Taliban hostages, thought it was safe to book holiday during recess Labour seeking ‘deeper relationship’ with EU under Burnham, new minister says When Hamish Falconer left his career as a…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 9, 2026

Exclusive: Hamish Falconer wants ‘sense of renewed pace’ in post-Brexit talks while staying within Labour’s red lines ‘I was on my honeymoon!’: Hamish Falconer’s surprise call-up to Burnham’s cabinet The UK will move faster and be more…

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