June 2017 GE: Bristol Green Party Parliamentary Candidates

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Hinkley ‘risky and expensive’ says National Audit Office

Responding to today’s report from the National Audit Office that says the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s deal for Hinkley Point C has locked consumers into a risky and expensive project with uncertain strategic and economic benefits, Molly, who is MEP for the region in which the nuclear power station is to be built, said: “The NAO report confirms what critics have been saying about Hinkley for years. The whole project has been ideologically driven and is economically illiterate. With the price of renewables falling rapidly the deal can no longer pass the government’s own value-for-money test and will burden a generation of consumers and businesses with excessive electricity prices. The Green Party stands by our manifesto commitment to cancel this risky and uneconomic project.

Job: Bristol's Green MEP recruiting Brussels Assistant with focus on agriculture

Bristol's Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, is recruiting an Assistant to be based in her Brussels office to have a particular focus on agriculture.

Letter: A democratic Brexit can only be achieved with cross-party consensus

Writing in the Guardian, Bristol's Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, said, "If the general election really was about Brexit it is depressing that 84% of voters voted for the impossible. Labour has followed the Tories to the Mad Hatter’s tea party where they squabble over the single market but all hope to have their cake and eat it."

On National Clean Air Day, Greens eagerly await Mayor’s progress report

Green councillors in Bristol today welcome the UK’s first ever National Clean Air Day. It is vital to recognise the importance of clean, breathable air to everyone’s health and wellbeing - air pollution is rapidly becoming known as a silent killer.

Bristol's Green MEP challenges Gove over climate targets

Molly Scott Cato has challenged the new Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, to match or better binding EU targets for tackling climate change once the UK leaves the EU

Ending freedom of movement could result in ‘meltdown’ of health care

Molly Scott Cato, Bristol's Green MEP has said Conservative and Labour plans to end free movement will leave the country struggling to fill places in the HNS and care sectors.

Green Group Leader: If you’re not happy with Council cuts, tell the Labour administration

Councillor Eleanor Combley, Leader of the Green Group on Bristol City Council, has urged as many people as possible to get involved and have their say in response to the council’s Your Neighbourhood consultation, launched this week.

Green candidate for Bristol West says Party are ‘in this for the long-haul’

Molly Scott Cato MEP has acknowledged she is ‘gutted’ after a disappointing result in Bristol West, a key target for the Green Party. Responding to the result, Molly Scott Cato said: “I’m feeling pretty gutted but so proud of the campaign we ran."

Bristol West Green candidate responds to Daily Mail endorsement

Molly Scott Cato leads canvassing visit to local pubs

Three of the Green Party’s most formidable female politicians will be touring Bristol West pubs this afternoon to chat to punters [1]. Molly Scott Cato MEP, the candidate for Bristol West, will be joined by her German MEP colleague, Terri Reintke, and Deputy Leader of the Green Party, Amelia Womack, to visit pubs and talk politics.