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Natalie Bennett becomes second Green in the Lords

10 September 2019 • 2 min read

Former Green Party leader will join Baroness Jenny Jones as the second Green Party member of the Lords

Former Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett will join Baroness Jenny Jones in the House of Lords, after she was today named in the list of Resignation Peerages awarded by former Prime Minister Theresa May....

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