Greens make rent restraint central to cost-of-living pitch
Zack Polanski proposed a three-year limit on private rent rises as the party’s Brighton conference focused on housing and household costs.
The Green Party’s second conference day in Brighton put housing and living costs at the centre of its political pitch. Leader Zack Polanski proposed a three-year “emergency brake” on private rent increases, capped at the lowest of CPI, wage growth or 2%.
Polanski also outlined a longer-term Fair Rents Guarantee, saying it would keep rents affordable. The measures are Green Party proposals; the source does not report them as adopted government policy.
Deputy leaders were expected to announce guaranteed jobs for people aged 18 to 24. Rachel Millward criticised the concentration of wealth and was expected to call for water companies to return to public ownership, arguing that a 10-year plan outlined by Andy Burnham at Labour conference was not enough.
The Guardian Politics live blog reported diesel had risen above £2 a litre and described wider pressure on energy, food, transport and housing costs. It also covered planned anti-migrant demonstrations on the south coast and security concerns raised by Reform UK leaders.
