The Green New Deal – Unleashing a Green Economic and Social Revolution.
This is a comprehensive ten-year plan ambitious enough to tackle climate and ecological breakdown at the scale and speed set out by science.
It will deliver a fast and fair transformation of our economy and society, renewing almost every aspect of life in the UK: from the way we produce and consume energy, to the way in which we grow the food we eat, and how we work, travel, and heat our homes.
This will be a combined investment of over £100 billion a year in the Green New Deal, with an additional investment in Universal Basic Income. Through this investment, we will provide new opportunities for everyone to work and live more sustainably and more securely.
more at https://campaigns.greenparty.org.uk/manifesto/#gnd
Remain and Transform
A People’s Vote to decide the way forward on Brexit, in which the Green Party will campaign for remain. A commitment to realise the full potential of the European Union to lead the fight against the Climate Emergency and to improve the lives of workers, low income families and refugees.
more at https://campaigns.greenparty.org.uk/manifesto/#rat
Growing Democracy
Replace the First Past the Post system for parliamentary elections with a fair and proportional voting system. We are champions of the Good Systems Agreement, a cross-party commitment to democratic reform brokered by the Make Votes Matter campaign group.
Create a fully elected House of Lords. Members will be elected for a maximum of ten years with half of the house being elected every 5 years.
Give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote and have a say on their future. We will also allow people to stand for Parliament and all other elected offices from the age of 16, offering support to elected young people so that they can combine their duties with studying. We are proud to march with the inspiring Youth Strike activists against climate chaos and know the passion and wisdom young people can inject into our policies.
Require all political parties to report the diversity of their candidates, so that progress in selecting more women and minorities to contest Westminster and local government seats can be monitored.
Protect the BBC, reinstate free TV licences for over-75-year-olds and tighten the rules on media ownership so no individual or company owns more than 20% of a media market.
Back a Citizens Convention and citizens assemblies to examine further ways to strengthen democracy, including developing a written People’s Constitution and Bill of Rights, and ensure the proposals come before Parliament. This will enshrine genuine democracy at the core of our political system, making sure that ultimate power will always rest with the people.
more at https://campaigns.greenparty.org.uk/manifesto/#gd
The Green Quality of Life Guarantee
Delivering Secure Incomes and Secure Homes
Restoring the NHS
Unlocking Education
Restoring our Nature and Countryside
Tackling Discrimination
Preventing Crime
Ending The War On Drugs
Transforming our Relationship with Animals
more at https://campaigns.greenparty.org.uk/manifesto/#qol
The New Deal for Tax and Spend
Simplifying Income Taxes
Making Big Business Pay Its Fair Share
Supporting Small Business
Ending Wasteful Spending
