The Green party has unveiled its 2024 general election manifesto, putting forward the party’s policy offering ahead of what its members hope will be its best national performance yet.
Titled “Real Hope, Real Change”, the document lays out the Green’s vision for the country, with policies generally more radical than what’s been offered by the Conservatives or is likely to be offered by Labour.
Amongst them is much higher public spending, funded by higher taxes for top earners, as well as an increased focus on environmental policies. “This manifesto isn’t more of the same,” said Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay. “It’s a look at what things could be like – and soon, if we’re willing to invest at the rate necessary and to be bold and ambitious.”
However, the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank has questioned the costing of the party’s manifesto, saying that some of its fiscal policies would carry “economic cost”. The Green Party was formed in 1990 and has been a mainstay in UK elections ever since. However, the party has come to the fore in recent years, increasing its local councillors nearly fivefold over the last five local elections.
Speaking to The Independent in the days before the launch, Green co-leader Carla Denyer outlined why she thinks the Green Party could see up to four MPs elected on 4 July: “A much larger proportion of the British population have had the experience of voting Green, often for the first time, getting a Green elected, and then having a Green councillor represent them for a few years and seeing how hard working we are”.
Here are the key points from the Green Party’s 2024 general election manifesto:
This story is from the June 13, 2024 edition of The Independent.
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