The Green Party on Wednesday vowed to build 150,000 new social homes every year, and enact rent controls and free bus travel for under 18s, in manifesto promises paid for in part by a new tax on the wealthy.
The tax would raise £15 billion every year by the end of the next parliament, starting at 1% for assets over £10 million, according to the party, which lost out by just 70 votes to the Liberal Democrats to finish fourth in May’s London mayoral election.
