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The Green Party manifesto point by point

Oliver WrightApr 15, 2015

Climate change

"Carbon quota" for sales of fossil fuels or electricitySame quota for everyone but people can sell part of their quota to others£35bn investment into renewable energyFracking to be bannedPrioritise attempts to reach a global deal to limit climate change to below 2C

NHS

Increase NHS budget by £12bn, and then in real terms by 1.2 per cent a year taking into account the ageing population£8bn a year on free social care for all older people VAT extended to "less healthy foods" including sugarMoney saved from VAT spent on subsidising the cost of fruit and vegetablesMinimum price on alcohol of 50p per unit

Education

£8bn a year into "free, universal and flexible" early education and support Grammar schools abolishedIncrease in state school funding to 2010 level, costing £7bn a yearClass sizes cutTuition fees abolishedStudent debt issued by Student Loans Company and held by the Government cancelled

Housing

500,000 social rent homes provided by increasing the social housing budget to £6bn a year Landlords would not be able to write off mortgage interest payments against tax, raising £5.8bn a yearFive-year rental agreements for tenants that would rise only by the rate of inflationRight to buy scrappedNew higher council tax bands for more expensive homes

Work and wages

Minimum wage increased to £10 per hour by 2020Maximum 35-hour week Maximum pay ratio of 10:1 between best paid and worst paid in every organisation

Benefits

Scrap most of existing benefits, apart from disability and housing benefits Income tax personal allowance abolishedEvery man, woman and child legally resident in the UK will receive a non means-tested "basic income"

Tax

New wealth tax of 2 per cent a year on the top 1 per cent of earnersNational Insurance upper threshold scrapped affecting employees earning more than £42,000 a year Top rate of tax raised to 60 per centCorporation tax raised from 20 per cent to 30 per cent. Airlines to pay fuel duty and VAT, pushing up the cost of flightsTax on plastic bags and packaging Tax on the use of water by businessesAlcohol and tobacco duties raisedMore: [The Conservative Party manifesto, point by point]1 More: [The Labour manifesto, point by point]2Keep reading...Show less

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