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Caroline Lucas is the UK’s only Green MP and the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. She was elected to serve the people of Brighton Pavilion in the 2010 general election, before which she represented the South East region as a member of the European Parliament for 11 years. Caroline is a long time campaigner on a range of issues, including energy and the environment, sustainable housing and transport, trade, social justice and human rights. She was voted the UK's most ethical politician in 2007, 2009 and 2010 by readers of the Observer, and was recently named ‘MP of the Year’ in the Scottish Widows & Dods Women in Public Life Awards.

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Exploitative Workfare Scheme Was a Disaster - Now the Government Must Pay the Price of Failure

(19) Comments | Posted 19 March 2013 | (18:14)

The 'Opposition' may be backing the Government, but some MPs are outraged by its desperate bid to change the law to avoid pay-outs after the Poundland ruling.

Anyone who has ever lost a case in court may well have wished that they had the power to change the law to...

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Make No Mistake, the Government Wants to Subsidise Nuclear - And It Will Cost Us Dear

(1) Comments | Posted 7 February 2013 | (16:23)

There is far too much secrecy around exactly how much taxpayers will have to cough up if Ministers get their way.

In the 2010 Coalition Agreement, the government pledged that, even though it was openly committed to a new generation of nuclear power, there would be "no public...

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Violence Against Women is Not Inevitable

(10) Comments | Posted 13 October 2011 | (00:00)

Violence against women is not inevitable. If the Government wants to 'win back' women voters, it should start by putting female experiences and concerns at the heart of policy making

The recently leaked Downing Street memo on plans to address falling support for the Coalition among women voters,...

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