Jeremy Hunt delivered yet another budget today that proved that social justice and our environment mean nothing to the Conservative Party. What would the Green Party do instead?
Here’s the Green Party’s five-point plan to counter the cost-of-living crisis and deliver a fairer and more caring country, starting with a £50 billion tax on the super-rich to fund the costs of dealing with the long term crises we face: https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/03/03/five-steps-to-a-fairer,-greener-country/
In another example of our approach, Green Party peer Jenny Jones has called for the billions of pounds currently being used to subsidise Drax Power Station to be used for insulating homes and installing solar panels. Drax’s wood-burning power station is the UK’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide.