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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Scottish Greens pledge free bus travel and basic income in election manifesto

Mackay and Greer hold up signs that say: 'Let's demand better'
The Scottish Green party co-leaders Gillian Mackay, left, and Ross Greer, launch their manifesto at Barras Art and Design in Glasgow. Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA

The Scottish Greens have called for free bus travel, thousands of extra teachers and doctors and a universal basic income among hundreds of uncosted manifesto pledges.

The party is enjoying a bounce in Scottish opinion polls, with some putting it ahead of Labour, driven partly by the surging support for the Green party of England and Wales under the leadership of Zack Polanski.

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