Green party MP Caroline Lucas to stand down at next election
by Kiran Staceyand Matthew Weaver from Environment | The Guardian on (#6C3SK)
Former party leader says she wants to dedicate myself fully to climate and nature'
Caroline Lucas has said she feels more optimistic about the environment than when she first joined the Green party in 1986, as she prepares to retire from parliament after 13 years as her party's only MP.
Lucas told the Guardian she felt gratitude" for her career as the Greens' first ever MP, adding that she took heart that many of the causes she has long championed were now the policies of Labour and the Conservatives.
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