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I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski
Green Party leader says thought of becoming PM is 'on his mind' and the aim of 30-40 MPs now feels "under ambitious".
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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026
I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski
Green Party leader says thought of becoming PM is 'on his mind' and the aim of 30-40 MPs now feels "under ambitious".
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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026
Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds
Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it Political elites are out of step with the public appetite for net zero, according to analysis that identifies rightwing media narratives as fuelling a false backlash against climate action. Media coverage of net zero is more than twice as likely to be negative than public attitudes and is driving a false perception that net zero policies are unpopular with voters, the analysis found.
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Express Politics19 Mar 2026
Furious BBC Question Time row explodes over net zero: 'Lies!'
A Reform UK panelist clashed with a Green Party politician over net zero.
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The Guardian Politics19 Mar 2026
The Guardian view on Labour, liberals and the left: they agree on the problem, but not the solution | Editorial
From Brexit to fiscal rules to living costs, diagnoses multiply. Steel policy points to a missing link – the need for a strategy to rebuild The government has raised tariffs to protect the steel industry. It also nationalised the UK’s remaining blast furnaces last year to keep them running. Both moves point to the same conclusion: the current economic model is not working. A series of interventions from Labour’s Sir Sadiq Khan and Angela Rayner as well as the Green party leader, Zack Polanski,
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The Guardian Politics19 Mar 2026
UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’
Move will put national security and lives overseas at risk, critics say, as overall UK aid budget is slashed to 0.3% of gross national income Climate aid to developing countries from the UK will be cut by about 14% to roughly £2bn a year under government plans, in a move critics said would put national security and lives overseas at risk. The move follows bitter rows with the Treasury, which wanted deeper cuts owing to pressure on spending resulting from the war in Iran. Continue reading...
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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026
England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows
Government’s first published land use framework maps how land is used and how it can be adapted to meet changing needs About 7% of England’s land – an area roughly two-and-a-half times the size of Cornwall – will need to be given over to nature, forests and renewable energy, to meet the UK’s environmental targets, new data shows. But there will still be enough land to grow the food needed, and to house a growing population, according to the government’s first “land use framework”, published on W
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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026
Polanski positions Greens’ economic policy as radical alternative to Reeves
Offer to reform taxes, tackle ‘rip-off Britain’ and overhaul fiscal rules could tempt exasperated Labour supporters Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead The venue for Zack Polanski’s economic speech on Wednesday – a sunny north London garden centre – could hardly have been more different to the sombre City backdrop for Rachel Reeves’s Mais lecture on Tuesday. The chancellor was, as it happens, the last politician to give a major economic speech at th
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BBC Politics18 Mar 2026
Greens push for billions to be spent on energy support if bills rise
Leader Zack Polanksi says ministers should end "uncertainty" over future prices caused by the conflict.
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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026
Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead
Leader uses first major economic speech to prioritise public services and reduction of inequality over growth UK politics live – latest updates A government led by the Green party would not set targets for GDP growth but would instead focus on people’s mental health, social cohesion and community welfare, Zack Polanski has said in a major speech to set out his plans for the economy. In his first policy address since taking over as leader of the Greens in England and Wales six months ago, Polan
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BBC Politics18 Mar 2026
Greens push for billions to be spent on energy support if bills rise
Leader Zack Polanksi says ministers should end "uncertainty" over future prices caused by the conflict.
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Express Politics18 Mar 2026
Green leader who backed legalising crack cocaine to claim he can 'fix economy'
The party that wants to splash cash on illegals and teach kids 'moral duty' on asylum will lecture Britain on the cost of living crisis.
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