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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker

Greens to push Labour for wealth tax to fund public services

Green party co-leaders Carla Denyer (left) and Adrian Ramsay during the general election campaign
Green party co-leaders Carla Denyer (left) and Adrian Ramsay pose with supporters during the general election campaign. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Keir Starmer’s government is “not looking in the right place” when he says there is no money for public services, the leaders of the Greens have said as the party began a celebratory post-election conference with a series of attacks on a perceived lack of ambition from Labour.

What should have been a joint speech in Manchester by Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer, co-leaders of the Greens in England and Wales, was delivered by Ramsay alone after Denyer was struck down by flu-like symptoms.

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