On Friday 6th July, The Green Party issued a statement outlining what we believe are the first 10 steps the new Labour government must take in their first 100 days to show they’re serious about changing Britain.
The ten steps that Greens have laid out are clear but easily achievable reforms. They are:
- Settle a pay deal with the Junior Doctors that properly values their work
- Remove the two-child benefit cap
- Bring criminal charges against Southern Water, Northumbrian Water, South West Water, United Utilities, Thames Water, Wessex Water Anglian Water, Severn Trent and Yorkshire Water for persistent discharge of sewage into our rivers and seas
- Make solar panels compulsory on all new suitable homes and reverse the de-facto ban on onshore wind
- Produce a plan for local rail links that could be reopened
- Call an emergency dentistry summit
- Restore the right to strike to public-sector workers
- Recognise the state of Palestine and end arms sales to all countries where there’s a serious risk of them being used in breach of international law
- Introduce a natural history GCSE
- End no fault evictions and strengthen renters rights, including new powers to local authorities to control rents
As co-leader and newly elected MP for Waveney Valley, Adrian Ramsay put it “these first actions will act as litmus test for the direction this government plans to travel”.
We look forward to seeing Green MPs press the government on these points!