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Clare Bailey: Green Party policies dismissed by rivals as 'too wingnut' now appearing in their manifestos

Green Party policies once dismissed by Stormont rivals as "too radical or wingnut" are now appearing in other parties' manifestos, Clare Bailey has said.

She hailed as "historic" the passing of legislation tackling climate change, but expressed disappointment that a net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050 had been "diminished" after opponents backed less ambitious goals for methane.

The Green Party leader also branded a DUP attempt to block a bill promoting integrated education as an "abuse" of the Assembly's Petition of Concern veto mechanism.

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