14 April 2015
The Green Party launched its General Election manifesto with a call for a "peaceful political revolution" to end austerity and tackle climate change.
The Green Party has pledged to stop the "creeping privatisation of the NHS" and increase the minimum wage to £10 an hour.
Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas, unveiled a plan to help the two million children growing up in cold homes.
An insulation programme for the worst-affected nine million homes.
The 84-page manifesto, entitled "For the common good" sets out the Greens' main policy pledges, including:
Creating one million jobs that pay at least a living wage
60% rate of income tax
A new wealth tax on the top 1%; a "Robin Hood tax" on the banks
Banning fracking; investment in renewable energy
Scrapping university tuition fees
Cutting rail fares by 10%
Abolishing the bedroom tax
Caroline Lucas said a free nationwide insulation programme to tackle cold homes, specifically in areas blighted by fuel poverty, would help two million children.
She also called for extra £1.3bn on the NHS budget to deal with the associated costs of cold homes.
The government had "a woeful record on energy insulation", with the installation of energy-efficient measures in UK homes falling by 80% over the last two years.
The Green Party has called for a "progressive alliance" with the SNP, if it has MPs at Westminster in the next Parliament and ruled out backing a Conservative government, but said Green MPs could support a minority Labour administration on "a case-by-case basis".
Read the Green Party mini manifesto here.
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