According to the GPEW 2025 accounts submitted to the Electoral Commission, the party spent £1,030,118 on legal costs in 2025, which is almost four times as much as it spent in 2024. It is nearly one fifth of the party’s entire expenditure for 2025. Here is page 8 of the party’s Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2025:
The story was picked up in The Telegraph on 22 August 2026, which highlighted two of the current court cases that are contributing to the party’s legal bills.
- Firstly, Shahrar Ali, who previously won an unlawful discrimination case against GPEW, has been expelled and is suing again over this.
- Secondly, Emma Bateman is suing the party for discrimination after having been expelled from the Green Party three times for expressing gender-critical beliefs.