Green Party manifesto outlines plans for four-day week

A four-day week, a basic wage for everyone, no tuition fees and step-free access to buses and trains are just some of the Green Party's "big, bold ideas" in its manifesto.

The Greens also want to scrap Trident and fracking, renationalise energy, water, buses and the Royal Mail, and want a second Brexit referendum, electoral reform and votes at 16.

They want to cancel airport expansion, bring in a wealth tax on the top 1% of earners, increase overseas aid from 0.7% of GDP to 1% and want job-sharing MPs and an elected House of Lords.

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Launching the manifesto, co-leader Caroline Lucas said it offered a "message of hope" to voters and a "confident and caring Britain which reaches for a bigger future".

On Brexit, besides a second referendum, the Greens want to protect freedom of movement and "immediately guarantee" the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.

"I can't remember a time in my own lifetime where the future has felt more uncertain - with Brexit, with accelerating climate change, with an NHS in crisis," Ms Lucas said.

"We face challenges that we can't possibly pretend to fix in the next 100 days, or the next 1,000.

"Threats to our economic future, threats to our security, threats to our planet.

"But ours is a message of hope because we believe if we stand together for what matters, we can change the course of history."

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Ms Lucas said Theresa May's pursuit of an "extreme Brexit" posed a threat to the country, adding that the Prime Minister had "no mandate" to do so.

Promising to give British people the chance to reject a Brexit deal, she said: "Yes, there was a vote to leave, but it's not clear what that 'leave' looks like in practice.

"Which is why we say that it's right for the British public to have a final say on the deal, not just MPs as Theresa May would have it."

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Ms Lucas said the Green Party was glad to see policies from its 2015 General Election campaign, including scrapping tuition fees and nationalising the railways, in Labour's manifesto.

But she added: "There are some very important things that sadly he is not doing. Brexit is the obvious one.

"I feel so let down by the fact that Labour has not been a rigorous opposition when it comes to Brexit.

"Essentially, they have allowed the Government to have a blank cheque on a hard Brexit and, not only that, they helped them cash it in at the bank as well."

Despite many similar policies, she said the Green Party was "very distinct" from Labour, going further to protect the environment and pledging to scrap Trident.

"Sadly, we feel there's still quite a long way to go for Labour and we are proud to be offering something very distinct," she said.