Green party conference opens with call for wealth tax to fund renewables

In Harrogate, Green co-leaders pledge to target richest 1% and biggest polluters with dirty profits' tax

The Greens have kicked off their conference with a call for taxes on wealth and dirty profits" to finance the transition to renewable energy - and a condemnation of Labour's plans, unveiled last week, as woefully insufficient.

At the gathering in Harrogate, days after a Labour conference based heavily around clean power initiatives, the Green party in England and Wales - the Scottish Greens are separate - repeatedly stressed policy differences not just over renewables but also areas such as support for strikers and public ownership.