Media Coverage

Caroline's work and achievements have gained significant national and local media interest. She regularly writes articles and blogs for a range of national publications.  

Here are some recent articles and comment pieces by Caroline, as well as media coverage of her work in Parliament and for constituents in Brighton.

On Question Time Panel

BBC1, 12 September 2013

Organisers of world's largest arms fair in London accused of failing to stop promotion of equipment 'used in torture'

Independent, 11 September 2013

Privatising the Railways was a disaster.  It's time to renationalise

Comment is Free, 22 August 2013

Caroline Lucas standing in a field waving a placard?  Outrageous!

Independent, 22 August 2013

Why I risked arrest to protest against fracking'

Independent, 20 August 2013

A Green Home for Labour voters'

Guardian, 19 August 2013

Why is Caroline Lucas our MP of the month?

Total Politics, 1 August 2013

'Politics is about everything we do'

Observer Interview, 28 July 2013

Trident: Does Britain need a submarine-based nuclear missile system that will cost £100 billion?

Independent, 17 July 2013 

Tory MPs: 'Teenage mums should live with parents or in a hostel'

Huffington Post, 15 July 2013

Guest of the Day - Topical Debate

BBC Daily Politics, 15 July 2013

Why not nationalise the railways?

BBC News Online, 11 July 2013

Brighton Pavilion MP vows to reject £10,000 pay hike

Brighton Argus, 02 July 2013

Green party's Caroline Lucas calls for UK solar fightback

Solar Portal, 26 June 2013

Green MP wants railways in public ownership

Brighton Argus, 26 June 2013

The People's Assembly: Union leaders warn of strikes over cuts

Huffington Post, 22 June 2013

The People's Assembly offers hope - interview

New Internationalist, 17 June 2013

Iraq arguments were deeply flawed, says Green MP

BBC News, 13 June 2013

Blair's flimsy case for Iraq War

PoliticsHome, 13 June 2013

MPs' free vote on going to war would be a positive Iraq legacy

The Guardian, 13 June 2013

Lucas: Page 3 normalises women as media objects

Channel 5 News, 13 June 2013

Why Brighton MP was forced to cover up - front page

The Brighton Argus, 13 June 2013

Another plane crash for Cameron at PMQs - sketch

The Guardian, 12 June 2013

Caroline Lucas rebuked over Page Three t-shirt

The Guardian, 12 June 2013

Caroline Lucas demands Sun be banned from Parliament over Page Three

Huffington Post, 12 June 2013

No more Page Three Parliament protest

TimeOut London, 12 June 2013

Green party MP in Page Three t-shirt protest in Parliament

Metro, 12 June 2013

Caroline Lucas in Page Three protest during debate

BBC News, 12 June 2013

MP demands ban on Sun's Page Three - video

BBC Parliament, 12 June 2013

Energy department withholding details of multi billion pound projects

The Guardian, 12 June 2013

Star names urge drug law revision

Daily Express, 06 June 2013

UK 'war on drugs' not working, says coalition of celebrities and politicians

The Guardian, 06 June 2013

Richard Branson leads celebrity chorus calling for end to 'war on drugs'

Irish Independent, 06 June 2013

Labour fails in attempt to stop badger cull with Commons vote

The Guardian, 05 June 2013

MPs reject attempts to impose restrictions on energy 'subsidies'

BBC News, 04 June 2013

New campaign is challenging sexism in Brighton and Hove

The Brighton Argus, 04 June 2013

Hove vs Gove: Victory for campaigners over playing fields

The Independent, 04 June 2013

Letters of Last Resort - nuclear retaliation

BBC Radio 4, 01 June 2013

People's Assembly offers ray of hope

Morning Star, 01 June 2013

Business rates and a Land Value Tax

BBC Radio 4 Face the Facts, 29 May 2013

Russell Brand on parliament: a deeply encoded temple of hegemonic power

The Guardian, 24 May 2013

Russell Brand lobbies on Twitter for drug petition support

Metro, 23 May 2013

Russell Brand backs drug reform call

OK Magazine, 23 May 2013

Russell Brand backs Green party drug law petition

Digital Spy, 23 May 2013

What has the EU done for Sussex?

Brighton Argus, 15 May 2013

Petition in bid to save field

Brighton Argus, 15 May 2013

Commons Diary: Caroline Lucas MP

House magazine, 13 May 2013

Queen's Speech: Immigration controls centre stage

Metro, 08 May 2013

Hove vs Gove: school playing fields

The Independent, 06 May 2013

Local elections: Caroline Lucas debates with UKIP's Paul Nuttall

BBC Daily Politics, 28 April 2013

BBC Radio 4 Any Questions? panel debate

BBC, 26 April 2013

Drug consumption rooms would help get needles off the streets

Boulton & Co, Sky News, 18 April 2013

Report calls for 'safe rooms' for drug users in Brighton and Hove

Brighton Argus, 18 April 2013

Drugs addicts may be given 'safe room'

Daily Mail, 14 April 2013

Brighton plans safe rooms for addicts to inject drugs

The Observer, 14 April 2013

People in Brighton remember Thatcher's opposition to gay rights

Pink News, 12 April 2013

Why we boycotted Margaret Thatcher tribute debate

Daily Mirror, 12 April 2013

Campaign group calls for end to industry built on children's 'pester power' over parents

Daily Mail, 11 April 2013

Advertisements aimed at children are immoral and should be banned - co-signed letter

Daily Telegraph, 11 April 2013

Proposed windfarm off Brighton and Hove moves a step closer

Brighton and Hove News, 09 April 2013

Brighton MP humbled by 'blind walk'

Brighton Argus, 02 April 2013

Afternoon tea with...Caroline Lucas - interview

Total Politics, 21 March 2013

Workfare: why did so many Labour MPs accept this brutal attack on vulnerable people?

The Independent, 20 March 2013

Brighton MP submits motion on outsourcing to parliament

Sussex University Student Union, 20 March 2013

French OK to build UK's new nuclear plant

The Sun, 20 March 2013

Ten years on, Iraq debate still rages - letter

The Guardian, 19 March

Exploitative workfare scheme was a disaster: now the government must pay the price

Huffington Post, 19 March 2013

Labour to help push through bill to prevent benefit rebates after Poundland ruling

The Guardian, 19 March 2013

UK government's opposition to regulation is putting bees at risk

The Guardian, 15 March 2013

Iraq War debate 'blocked by Government', angry MPs claim

Huffington Post, 18 March 2013

Spending away the debt: the Green Deal as an alternative to austerity

Speech to the Institute of Economic Affairs, March 2013

Last chance to stop NHS privatisation

Left Foot Forward, 28 February 2013

Views on the bedroom tax - letter

Brighton Argus, 21 February 2013

Brighton MP's drug laws petition

Brighton Argus, 19 February 2013

One billion rising: today we take a stand on violence against women

New Statesman, 14 February 2013

Sussex student protest gathers momentum as Peter Capaldi, Caroline Lucas and Tariq Ali offer support

The Independent, 12 February 2013

Students occupy Sussex University in protest against privatisation

The Guardian, 08 February 2013

Undercover policing report

Daily Mail, 08 February 2013

We don't need nuclear power to meet climate goals and keep the lights on

The Guardian, 08 February 2013

Outrage as ministers 'break pledge' on plastic bags levy

Daily Mail, 08 February 2013

The government wants to subsidise nuclear - and it will cost us dear

Huffington Post, 08 February 2013

Enough of the nuclear doublespeak: this is a subsidy by another name

PoliticsHome, 07 February 2013

Green MP picked again to fight for Brighton Pavilion seat

Brighton Argus, 05 February 2013

Today is a momentous occasion for marriage equality

Pink News, 05 February 2013

Boundary review

Huffington Post, 29 January 2013

Businesses call for end to energy 'rollover' contracts

Daily Telegraph, 28 January 2013

Atomic Weapons Establishment halts production over safety concerns

BBC News, 25 January 2013

Regulators report corrosion at Aldermaston plant

The Guardian, 25 January 2013

EU referendum - analysis

Independent, 24 January 2013

Yes to a referendum, yes to a better Europe

Left Foot Forward, 23 January 2013

Time has come for a Land Value Tax - letter

The Guardian, 22 January 2013

Ministers' failure to act on plastic bag pledge condemned by campaigners

The Guardian, 15 January 2013

Welfare Bill: Mean, miserable legislation from a mean, miserable government

Left Foot Forward, 08 January 2013 (also see here for a follow up letter from Caroline to Cathy Jamieson, shadow economic secretary)

Commons welfare debate - sketch

The Guardian, 08 January 2013

Ash dieback: progress at last

The Guardian, 07 January 2013

Wildlife crime unit faces extinction over funding crisis

Independent, 07 January 2013

Energy company staff working at climate ministry

The Guardian, 30 December 2012

Personal and financial costs of failed drugs policy - letter

The Guardian, 11 December 2012

The challenge of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

The Guardian, 08 December 2012

Protest at 'wholly unjust' cuts to the city

The Brighton Argus, 08 December 2012

Fracking and shale gas debate - TV clip

BBC Daily Politics, 06 December 2012

Brighton and Hove wins ultra fast broadband bid

The Brighton Argus, 05 December 2012

Ash dieback highlights increasing vulnerability of flora and fauna - blog

The Guardian, 16 November 2012

John Hayes must resign for the sake of all our futures - comment

The Guardian, 15 November 2012

Gas prices: FSA examines claims of manipulation

The Guardian, 13 November 2012

Caroline Lucas calls on government to consider land tax

The Guardian, 08 November 2012

Green MP goes scrumping

Brighton Argus, 06 November 2012

New rules needed to stop undercover police entering into sexual relationships

Economics Voice, 06 November 2012

We need new rules on undercover policing

BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, 06 November 2012

Cameron is 'travelling salesman for arms industry'

Huffington Post, 05 November 2012

David Cameron provokes anger over plans to promote arms sales on Middle East trip

Daily Mirror, 03 November 2012

Debating wind power

BBC Daily Politics, 01 November 2012

How can John Hayes have a future in the energy department?

The Guardian, 01 November 2012

Minister's anti wind outburst sends wrong signals on government's energy policy

Channel 4 News, 31 October 2012

Local Pound could help city's economy

The Brighton Argus, 26 October 2012

MPs reject plans for pilot badger cull

BBC News, 26 October 2012

MPs vote emphatically to abandon badger cull

Farmers Guardian, 26 October 2012

Green campaigners condemn Peter Lilley's energy committee post

The Guardian, 25 October 2010

Environmentalists attack appointment of Peter Lilley to climate change committee

Huffington Post, 25 October 2012

Brighton MP Caroline Lucas to make badger cull plea in Parliament

The Argus, 25 October 2012

MPs urged to use Twitter

The Argus, 23 October 2012

Fuel price row: Cameron tries to firm up energy tariff plan

The Guardian, 19 October 2012

Fury at minister Richard Benyon's 'astounding' refusal to ban deadly bird poison

The Independent, 18 October 2012

Insurance inquiry - letter

The Argus, 16 October 2012

Badger cull opponents granted first Commons debate

The Guardian, 16 October 2012

Party drugs are now embedded in youth culture - letter

The Guardian, 15 October 2012

Police handed Babar Ahmad evidence to FBI

The Independent, 05 October 2012

Give the Green Investment Bank powers to borrow now

The Guardian, 05 October 2012

Not so tender: rail row reflects flawed process - letter

The Guardian, 05 October 2012

Lib Dems not happy? Join Greens

The Sun, 23 September 2012

Your Interview: Caroline Lucas MP

Brighton Argus, 22 September 2012

The New Home Front explained

Left Foot Forward, 15 September 2012

Green party touts plans for Royal Bank of Sustainability

BusinessGreen, 10 September 2012

The Green case against airport expansion

The Independent, 30 August 2012

Heathrow expansionists must drop their third runway obsession

The Guardian, 29 August 2012

Campaigners want tax on plastic bags

Brighton Argus, 09 August 2012

BusinessGreen awards: Caroline wins Politician of the Year - urges green businesses to find their voice

BusinessGreen, 20 July 2012

O'Dwyer case must shame coalition into action on extradition - letter

The Guardian, 26 June 2012

MP praises Brighton University for coming third in green league

Brighton and Hove Free Press, 25 June 2012

US-UK extradition treaty must be reformed

PoliticsHome, 20 June 2012

We need a public inquiry into undercover policing

New Statesman, 20 June 2012

US enlists Britain's help to stop 'ship carrying Russian attack helicopters to Syria'

Sunday Telegraph, 16 June 2012

Undercover cop was behind bomb plot, says MP

Daily Mirror, 14 June 2012

Did an undercover policeman go too far?

Newsnight, 13 June 2012

Call for police links to animal rights forebombing to be investigated

The Guardian, 13 June 2012

'Green issues captured the public's imagination': the environmental movement in the 1990s - video interview with John Vidal

The Guardian, 07 June 2012

Why I'm stepping down as leader of the Green party

The Guardian, 15 May 2012

The Fairness Instinct - chapter entitled 'Building Solidarity At Home And Abroad'

The Fabian Society, 24 April 2012

End the Big Six energy rip off

PoliticsHome, 28 February 2012

End the Big Six Energy Fix: a three point plan which would fit the bill

The Independent, 10 February 2012

The best use of £50bn? Bypass the banks and go direct to green projects

The Guardian, 10 February 2012

The solar industry needs to know the Government can be trusted

The Guardian, 27 January 2012

We need a new economic order

The Guardian, 16 December 2011

Poisoning link threatens future of fracking

Independent, 14 December 2011

Government's billion pound spend on Trident must be challenged

PoliticsHome, 14 December 2011

100,000 Sussex homes in fuel poverty

The Brighton Argus, 06 December 2011

Letter - Calls to end continuing injustice in Indonesia and Tibet

The Guardian, 06 December 2011

Extradition rules: MPs urge reforms of US-UK accord

BBC, 05 December 2011

Energy companies have lent more than 50 staff to Government departments

The Guardian, 05 December 2011

Government attacked over green policies

Daily Telegraph, 04 December 2011  

New green alliance in savage attack on George Osborne

The Guardian, 03 December 2011

MoD spends £2bn on nuclear weapons ahead of Trident renewal decision

The Guardian, 27 November 2011

Durban conference: Caroline Lucas on climate change, social justice and Occupy London

Huffington Post, 27 November 2011

CPS 'outsourced justice to US'

Morning Star, 25 November 2011

We don't have to pick between the economy and the climate

Responding to Climate Change, 25 November 2011

CPS has not seen all US evidence against Babar Ahmad

Independent, 25 November 2011

The Government's chaotic solar policy

TUC blog, 19 November 2011

Has Brighton plugged into electric cars?

Daily Telegraph, 18 November 2011

Green MP focuses on greening Parliament

MSN News, 11 November 2011

BBC Radio 4 World Tonight - Government's green credentials

BBC, 11 November 2011

Jobs for the boys: Westminster's macho culture must change

G2, The Guardian, 11 November 2011

Financial transparency bill will help challenge the tax dodgers

FalseEconomy, 10 November 2011

Letter - Greens back the Occupy movement

The Guardian, 07 November 2011

BBC Radio 4 You and Yours - should super strength ciders cost more?

BBC, 07 November 2011

'Real politics' is going on at Occupy LSX, St Paul's

BBC News, 05 November 2011

Solar has been too successful - that's why tariffs were cut

The Guardian, 04 November 2011

Shale gas fracking blamed for Blackpool quake (£)

Financial Times, 02 November 2011

Green MP proves adept operator in the Commons (£)

Financial Times, 28 October 2011

Tackling the UK's alcohol problem

PoliticsHome, 21 October 2011

Caroline Lucas speaks at the Institute for Government

ePolitix, 19 October 2011

'Male dominated Westminster politics rigged against small parties'

Huffington Post, 19 October 2011

Violence against women is not inevitable

Huffington Post, 13 October 2011

Preventing violence against women and girls

ePolitix, 12 October 2011

UK nuclear safety review finds 38 cases for improvement

The Guardian, 11 October 2011

Caroline comes top out of all new MPs for media coverage

ConservativeHome, 30 September 2011

Planning reforms are bigger threat to countryside than forest sell off

The Guardian, 28 September 2011

Fracking must be halted until we know more

The Guardian, 22 September 2011

Air quality: the UK's invisible health crisis

The Guardian, 12 July 2011

Interview: the green movement needs to get away from doom and gloom

Huffington Post, 07 July 2011

Solar energy is at a crossroads - and the government must do a U-turn

The Guardian, 04 July 2011

Drug death 'capital' Brighton to put treatment ahead of punishment

The Observer, 26 June 2011

Energy bill must pay even more attention to efficiency

The Guardian, 21 June 2011

'War on drugs' not the right approach

The Argus, 20 June 2011

Green Party leader Caroline Lucas honours her pledges to fight for better housing

insidehousing.co.uk, 17 June 2011

Drug addiction should be a health issue not a criminal one

leftfootforward.org, 16 June 2011

Caroline Lucas: "I'll tell you why I hate this question"

BusinessGreen.com, 16 June 2011

Environment white paper lacks policy, ambition and Defra's backing

The Guardian, 13 June 2011

Hay Festival 2011: Caroline Lucas leads call for return to wartime austerity

The Telegraph, 2 June 2011

How palm oil jeopardises global efforts to reduce emissions

The Guardian, 1 June 2011

Brighton MP Caroline Lucas calls for temporary prohibition of shale gas

Brighton and Hove Free Press, 25 May 2011

Carbon budget: Could this be the greenest government ever?

The Guardian, 17 May 2011

This energy bill is not so green

The Guardian, 10 May 2011

Interview with HR magazine

9 May 2011

The green argument for voting 'Yes to AV'

The Guardian, 3 May 2011

AV referendum: why progressives must unite to vote yes

The Guardian, 1 May 2011

Article co-authored by Caroline, Chris Huhne and John Denham on reasons for voting yes to AV

Commons people: One year on, how are the new MPs coping with the highs and lows of power?

The Independent on Sunday, 17 April 2011

Article featuring Caroline as one of a number of notable new MPs

Comment: Sustainable Communities Act is key to reversing community decline

politics.co.uk, 1 April 2011

The Sustainable Communities Act is a victory worth celebrating 

The Guardian, 31 March 2011

George Osborne's budget is a betrayal of our environment

The Guardian, 24 March 2011

Caroline Lucas reveals green budget wish list

BusinessGreen.com, 22 March 2011

Lucas launches campaign to end £16bn tax evasion scandal

leftfootforward.org, 17 March 2011

Scrapping the fuel duty rise will hurt Britain economically

The Guardian, 11 March 2011

Carbon Plan ‘offers little that is new', says Caroline Lucas

Climate Action Programme, 8 March 2011

Caroline Lucas reflects on 100 years of International Women's Day

Blog post, News From Brighton, 8 March 2011

High speed rail could be so much better

The Guardian, 4 March 2011

Politics Weekly podcast: The 'squeezed middle', referendums and the green agenda

The Guardian, 3 March 2011  

Rising oil prices should be a catalyst for decarbonisation

The Guardian, 25 February 2011

Interview with Brighton and Hove Free Press

18 February 2011

Business needs a clear message on renewables

The Guardian, 17 February 2011

The UK needs a labelling scheme for GM-free meat products

The Guardian, 10 February 2011

Forestry shows us what is wrong with UK politics

The Guardian, 4 February 2011

Goose steps and mass graves? We're only trying to save the world

Robert Webb, The Telegraph, 4 February 2011

Now is the time to modernise and reform our parliament

New Statesman, 3 February 2011

MPs must grasp this chance for a better kind of politics

Jackie Ashley, The Guardian, 31 January 2011

Article discussing Caroline's report, The Case for Parliamentary Reform

The green investment bank: neither particularly green, nor a bank

The Guardian, 27 January 2011

Mobilising the 'home front' to fight climate change

The Guardian, 20 January 2011

Interview with Guide2Brighton.com

10 December 2010

Parliament's arcane rules stifle debate. As the lone Green MP I can make the cases other parties won't

The Guardian 09 September 2010

Housing crisis

Letter in Argus 15 July 2010

Observer Ethical Politician Award

The Guardian 13 June 2010

After weeks aboard a battlebus that ran on recycled cooking oil, Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, learned she had trounced her nearest Labour rival by 1,200 votes. Meet the first Green Party representative in the House of Commons...

'An historic moment for anyone who cares about the enviroment' Caroline Lucas' maiden speech in Parliament

The Independent 28 May 2010

On the Con-LibDem coalition: 'We could have had a new politics. This isn't it'

Guardian Online and hard copy 15 May 2010

Caroline Lucas: 'We could have had a new politics. This isn't it' So far, Britain's first Green MP is not impressed. Westminster is 'archaic' and the Lib-Cons, for all their talk, are simply 'an awful lot of men in a lot of grey suits, doing things in much the same way'

Clamour for change grows

The Independent on Sunday - 2 May 2010

Can Caroline Lucas change politics for ever?

The Independent - 25 April 2010

Fertile ground? Why the Green breakthrough may finally have come

The Economist - 31 March 2010

Greens will get 'historic' first MP, says Lucas

BBC News - 19 February 2010

The BBC pull out their highlights from Caroline's Leader's speech to the Green Party Spring Conference

Green Party 'has real chance' in election

The Today  programme - 18 February 2010

Could Brighton Pavilion elect Britain's First Green MP?

The Guardian - 8 February 2010

Will Brighton give Lucas the Green light?

The Guardian - 4 February 2010

Brighton Pavilion: A Green leap forward?

The Guardian - 3 February 2010 

John Harris voyages to the seaside seat where Caroline Lucas could become Britain's first Green MP.

Greens sow the seed for political optimism in Brighton 

The Badger - 27 January 2010

Greens on course for first MP

The Independent - 11 January 2010

A poll of voting intentions carried out by ICM Research shows that the Greens, who had their best-ever result in the constituency in 2005, hold an eight-point lead over their nearest rivals, the Conservatives, with the Greens on 35 per cent, the Tories on 27, Labour on 25 and the Liberal Democrats on 11 per cent.

Compass gives platform to woman Greens hope will be their first MP

Guardian.co.uk - 27 September 2009

Detractors are mumbling after Caroline Lucas was scheduled to appear alongside Harriet Harman at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting in Brighton.

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