Tax wealthiest to end rip-off Britain, says Green leader
Tax wealthiest to end rip-off Britain, says Green leader
Newly-elected Green Party leader Zack Polanski has told his party's conference a tax on the wealthiest would end "rip-off Britain" and make the country "an affordable" place to live.
Addressing members in Bournemouth, he said taxing the assets of the richest 1% would enable the government to fund universal free childcare, special needs education and rural bus routes.
He also defended migrants and refugees to loud applause from the audience and accused Labour of being "handmaidens" of Reform UK adding: "When Farage says jump, Labour asks 'how high'."
Polanski has described himself as an "eco-populist" and is seeking to shift the party to the left to take on Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party.
The prime minister has sought to tighten immigration controls in recent months, in what is being seen by critics as a response to Reform leading national opinion polls.
But Sir Keir launched an attack on Reform leader Nigel Farage in his Labour conference speech this week, accusing him of sowing division and not believing in Britain - something denied by Farage.
Unusually for a speech by a Green Party leader, Polanski did not focus primarily on the environment.
He told the conference: "You can not be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society."
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