Climate change - Catherine West MP

Watch my speech: a budget that lets down our NHS & key worker heroes

Watch my speech in Wednesday’s Budget debate If only Rishi were as quick to protect the vulnerable, properly pay our key workers and support our businesses as he is to fund his own self-promotion. There must be no return to Tory austerity as we come out of this crisis. It…

My latest Climate Change & Environment Update Report

There is no doubt this will be a challenging year for our community. As the NHS rolls out the vaccine that offers a way out of this COVID pandemic, we must keep pushing for a recovery that tackles the unemployment crisis, inequality andthe climate emergency together. We’ve published Labour’s plans…

Catherine West MP slams Government lifting of ban on bee-killing pesticides

Catherine West MP has today called for the Government to reverse its decision to lift the ban on bee-killing pesticides, known as neonicotinoids. This pesticide is seriously harmful to Britain’s dwindling bee populations and will further damage biodiversity. Catherine also accuses the Government of rolling back on commitments made to…

My latest Climate Change & Environment Update Report

During the height of lockdown in April, global carbon emissions fell by 17 per cent. By June, they were back to within 5 per cent of last year’s levels with the concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere reaching a record high. Our world cannot sustain “business as normal” so…

Report launch: we must build a more sustainable and ethical fashion industry

As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethics & Sustainability in Fashion, I was delighted to launch our new report yesterday. Coronavirus has exposed deep inequalities and unsustainability in the garment industry. Creating a sustainable and ethical future for the fashion industry  is  an important but complex challenge for…

Waste Incinerator facilities in north London

I have been contacted by a number of constituents who are extremely concerned about the North London Waste Authority’s (NLWA) proposals to build a new waste incinerator at their site in Edmonton. London has the highest incineration rate in the UK for management of local authority waste, yet the lowest…

My column for the Ham & High: it would be disastrous for our planet if people switch to cars

In my latest column for the Ham & High, I wrote about the need to think about what kind of society we want to emerge from these painful few months. Our local papers need supporting at this difficult time. Back the Ham & High’s #Therewithyou campaign here. “The question of…

My latest Climate Change & Environment Update Report

I’m intending to make the climate crisis the theme of my budget speech later this month. There is no sense that Boris Johnson’s Government is treating this emergency with the urgency it needs and the gap between our emissions reduction goals and the Government’s policies to meet them is only…

Tackling the Climate Emergency: I want to hear your thoughts

The election of Boris Johnson’s Conservative Government is a huge blow for action on climate chaos. Labour’s Green Deal would have fundamentally transformed our society, with the most ambitious climate targets of any country in the world and massive investment in green jobs and green energy. Instead the Conservatives want…

Former Green Party Candidate backs Catherine West

The Green Party’s former parliamentary candidate for Hornsey & Wood Green, Gordon Peters has announced today he plans to support Labour candidate, Catherine West in the forthcoming General Election. West won the local seat in 2015, the year Peters stood on behalf of the Greens, also beating the Liberal Democrats.…

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