Green Party Autumn Conference 2026

Brighton or bust: can the Greens stay radical and still grow up?

A resurgent Labour, a record membership and their leader fighting Keir Starmer’s old seat. This weekend will test whether the Greens can modernise without losing their edge.

Is the Green party really Britain’s most democratic party?

The Greens like to present themselves as more democratic than their rivals. Look past conference and the picture is far messier, says Andrew Hedges.

“Vote Green and watch Labour move”: Polanski fires up record Brighton conference

Zack Polanski accused Labour of half measures and timidity as he told the Greens’ largest ever conference that the party had changed the country and must now be bold.

“Nobody is coming to save us”: Greens’ left asks what it takes to build an ecosocialist party

The Life of the Party podcast brought its live show to Brighton, pitting ecosocialism against ecopopulism and urging Green members to organise, stand and argue.

Greens pass “Zionism is racism” motion as amendments fall

Green party members voted by 1,022 to 813 to declare Zionism a form of racism and back a single democratic state, rejecting three amendments that would have softened the motion.

The Green party has outgrown its own conference

Muddled plenaries and a guessing-game agenda left members at this autumn’s conference all but shut out of policymaking. Liam Jones sets out how the party can give every member a real voice.