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Caroline Lucas and the heavy burden of being a party's only member of parliament

Green MP Caroline Lucas’s announcement that she will be leaving parliament at the next general election will have come as a surprise to many. Elected in 2010 as the party’s first ever MP, overturning a pretty thumping Labour majority, she has become something of a force to be reckoned with…

The Conversation

Caroline Lucas was the best PM Britain never had – but she’s shown us how to fix our politics

The Green MP for Brighton Pavilion is leaving Westminster. It’s a sign that change will only come to a broken system from outside, says Compass director Neal Lawson

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Want to buy in London? You would be better off downloading Hinge than Rightmove

Houseprices are falling annually for the first time since 2012 — and many forecasters expect they will fall further still. It’s the news private renters like me think we’ve been waiting for. Brush up your credit rating and cash in your ISAs, the keys to a natty starter flat in…

Evening Standard

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Biden and Sunak hold press conference as new transatlantic deal unveiled – as it happened

US president and UK prime minister announce plan to bolster economic security in response to China’s growing influence

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak is more ‘dangerous and radical’ than Just Stop Oil, Caroline Lucas says

The former Green Party leader lashed out at the prime minister for granting new licences to drill for oil and gas

The Independent UK

Green Party’s only MP Caroline Lucas will stand down at next election

The Green Party’s only MP Caroline Lucas has announced that she will not contest the next election.

The National (Scotland)

UK's only Green Party MP Caroline Lucas to stand down at next general election

The former Green Party leader said her role in the Commons meant she had 'struggled to spend the time I want on accelerating crises' facing the planet

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Green Party’s only MP Caroline Lucas to stand down at next election

The former Green Party leader said her duties as a constituency MP meant she ‘struggled to spend the time I want’ on environmental concerns.

Evening Standard

Green party MP Caroline Lucas to stand down at next election

Former party leader says she wants to ‘dedicate myself fully to climate and nature’

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to introduce Scottish-style right to roam law in England

Party promises to enshrine in law equal access to benefits of green spaces if it wins next election

The Guardian - UK

92 constituencies in England allow no right to roam, data shows

Exclusive: Campaigners call for Scottish-style rights to reach nature, as figures show ‘hugely unequal’ distribution of access

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak asked ‘how can you look your daughter in the eye’ over climate pledges

Prime minister criticised for allowing ‘climate-wrecking’ Rosefield oil development

The Independent UK

'Just Tory clones': Labour slammed for stance on anti-protest legislation

THE Labour Party have been slammed after one of their senior MPs said the party would not repeal anti-protest legislation if they form a government.

The National (Scotland)

What do the Tories’ dismal local results mean for the general election? Our panel responds

The polls in England proved ‘disappointing’ for the Conservatives. Are gains by Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens enough to guarantee a Tory loss at the next election?

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Daily Mirror

16 times our MPs and First Ministers said monarchy should be scrapped - including ex-PM

When King Charles takes his oath to become head of state at Westminster Abbey, he will be painfully aware that support for the monarchy isn't universal - and that includes among MPs in Parliament

The Independent UK

Braverman rebuked for falsely claiming Sudanese asylum seekers have ‘various’ ways of coming to UK

The UNHCR said an ‘overwhelming majority’ of refugees have no access to safe and legal routes to the UK, noting that only a ‘very small’ number seek asylum in the UK.

Daily Mirror

MPs set for crunch Brexit inquiry debate after 141,000 people demand probe

A debate takes place in Westminster Hall next week after calls for an investigation into the impact on the UK of quitting the EU - seven years after the Brexit referendum

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak warned UK-Pacific trade deal will 'undermine climate pledges'

The UK has signed its biggest post-Brexit trade agreement, joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - but critics say the pact is worth only 0.08% of GDP

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Government handed out £300million in free 'pollution permits' to UK airlines

The UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme is meant to reduce carbon emissions by forcing big polluters to buy permits for each tonne of carbon they emit, and has seen Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways receive millions of pounds worth of free permits

The Guardian - UK

Government accused of failing to tackle invasive rhododendron in England

Ridding country of the shrub will take 250 years at the current rate of progress, despite posing ‘a mortal threat’ to Britain’s temperate rainforest, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Ministers told to get a grip on scale of ‘forever chemicals’ pollution in UK

Tougher regulations needed now, says Green MP Caroline Lucas as Tory colleague calls for monitoring

The Guardian - UK

It’s been a decade since Ella Kissi-Debrah died. But Rishi Sunak still drags his heels on clean air for all

The PM sent ‘thoughts and hearts’ to the nine-year-old’s family but his environment secretary refused to back clean air targets, says Green MP Caroline Lucas

The Independent UK

Ministers told bee-killing pesticide approval does not square with nature aims

Green MP Caroline Lucas criticised Defra’s decision to renew farmers’ permission to use pesticides which contain neonicotinoids.

Daily Mirror

Labour calls for 'urgent action' on gangs kidnapping asylum-seeking children from hotels

There are 76 vulnerable children who went missing from accommodation in Brighton and Hove and still have not been found - Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper demanded the Home Office 'immediately end the contract with this hotel'

Reuters

UK says 200 asylum-seeking children missing, some aged under 16

Two hundred asylum-seeking children, including some aged under 16, are missing from temporary hotel accommodation in Britain, the government said on Tuesday, raising new questions over ministers' handling of migrant arrivals.

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