The Guardian covered co-leader Carla Denyer’s reaction to confirmation by Keir Starmer that the bus fare cap in England will rise from £2 to £3 at the end of this year. Carla said: “The Labour government has confirmed a 50% rise in bus fares – a blow for everyone who relies on buses in the cost-of-living crisis. This is the wrong approach – government should be supporting our economy and environment by making it easier to get around without a car.” The comment was also picked up by the Times.
The Guardian also reported on Carla’s tweet/response to Keir Starmer’s speech in Birmingham in which he warned that Britain faces “unprecedented challenges.” She said: “14 years of Tory underinvestment have left public services on their knees, our economy broken. We can’t afford five more years of this. It feels like Labour are stuck in second gear on the motorway. They could deliver on the change they promised if they’re prepared to tax the super-rich.”
Writing for Left Foot Forward, co-leader Adrian Ramsay MP explains what the Green Party would put forward in this year’s Budget to “start to re-build our broken economy, rescue our public services from years of under-funding and accelerate the transition to a greener, more sustainable future.” Adrian says that funds for investment would come from “closing the unfairness gap in the tax system by equalising tax rates on income from wealth with those on income from work” and “introducing a tax on the very wealthiest in society.”