Green party launches manifesto aimed at ending 'disastrous policy of austerity'
by Peter Walker from on (#7149)
Party vows to secure future of a non-privatised NHS, build half a million homes for social rent, raise minimum wage and invest 85bn in home insulation and flood defences
The Green party has insisted its policies are both practical and fair as it formally launched a manifesto targeting the twin priorities of ending economic austerity and highlighting the environmental crisis.
The party's leader, Natalie Bennett, announcing the manifesto alongside its sole MP, Caroline Lucas, said voters could "transform British politics" by voting Green in sufficient numbers on 7 May.
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