Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. The party's policies promote environmentalism and progressive social reform. It wants to create a system of proportional representation for British elections.

Green Party of England and Wales co-leaders, Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay

Green Party of England and Wales party logo

The party has 4 out of 573 English and Welsh seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, three members of the London Assembly and hundreds of elected members of local government. The party is close to the Scottish Green Party and the Green Party of Northern Ireland. The party's first leader was Caroline Lucas from 2008 until 2012. Its current leaders are Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, who were elected as co-leaders on 1 October 2021.^[1]

The Green Party includes several regional parties.^[2] The Cornish Green Party supports autonomy for Cornwall.^[3]

Policies

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• Investment in the National Health Service (NHS)
• £15 an hour minimum wage
• Give rights to those renting a property
• More renewable energy
• End university tuition fees
• Bring the railways, water companies and the largest five energy companies into public ownership to lower the cost of train tickets, water bills and fuel bills
• Tax the assets of those with over ten million pounds
• Increase tax on those earning over £50,270 a year
• Make large industries - such as airlines - pay £120 for every tonne of carbon they put out
• Introduce free school meals for all children
• End government subsidies to oil and gas companies