What a Green vote stands for

Decent Transport

  • Switching money from roads public transport will cut pollution, reduce traffic and save lives.
  • Bring railways into public ownership to restore public confidence and safety.
  • Tax fuel to reduce unnecessary car use and raise money for public transport.
  • Support local shops and build direct routes for walkers and cyclists.

Fairer society

  • Homelessness, longer NHS waiting lists, and more school exclusions reveal the government’s failure.
  • Bring empty buildings into use. Let councils build their own social housing.
  • Remove all legal discrimination against The lesbian and gay community.
  • Provide free eye-tests and dental treatment, and more preventive care on the Cut class sizes. Give chil- dren the individual attention they need.
  • End university tuition fees.

A Green Economy

  • A Green economy will build social justice, cut pollution and reduce waste.
  • Replace VAT with taxes on resources and pollution.
  • Support businesses that pro- duce local goods for local need.
  • Reform tax and benefits to end the 'poverty trap' Higher taxes for top earners.
  • Stop economic powers drift- ing to Brussels - stay out of the Single Currency.
  • End factory farming, animal experiments, and blood sports.

Global Justice

  • We need to co-operate to build a just and peaceful world.
  • Scrap Britain's nuclear weapons.
  • Write off the debts of the poorest countries.
  • Treat asylum seekers with dignity and fairness - no vouchers, no detention.