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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart Economics editor

‘Doge of the left’ could save UK taxpayers up to £30bn, says new green thinktank

BP's Grangemouth oil refinery at dusk with steam emissions from cooling towers.
BP's Grangemouth oil refinery. Verdant says government support for oil and gas producers should be scrapped. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian

A “Doge of the left,” could save up to £30bn a year for taxpayers by rooting out waste, fraud and tax avoidance, according to the first report from a new green thinktank.

Launched amid growing interest in the future manifesto of Zack Polanksi’s Green party, the Verdant thinktank will be co-chaired by James Meadway, a former adviser to Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell, and civil society campaigner Deborah Doane.

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