"Magic Money Trees"

Neil Franks explains how we would pay for our policies...

Hello!  My name is Neil Franks and I wanted to talk to you about how we pay for our policies.

I often hear "Green Party policies sound great, but seriously, do you lot think money grows on trees?".

In truth, I have heard a lot worse!  Therefore I thought I would try to provide some understanding of how we look at the economics.

Initially here is a list of how we would raise income for our pledges:

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• Investment on a massive scale where it makes sense! Huge savings to be made!

• Making Multi-national Corporations pay the same Corporation Tax that British Businesses pay

• Corporation Tax increased for larger firms

• Ending financial access to Tax Havens without paying proper taxes

• Taxes increased for the richest in society

• Tax Loopholes to be closed

• Ending the 'Non-Dom' tax status

• Ending the abusive 'Trust' system to avoid inheritence Tax

• HMRC Properly funded and NO sweetheart deals

• Scrapping wasteful projects, such as HS2, Trident & Hinkley Nuclear Plant

• Financial Tax ("Robin Hood Tax")

• Land Valuation Tax

• Reduction of Tax Relief on Pensions

• Tax Rate of Income increased from 45% to 60% for salaries beyond £150,000

Once the election is over, I will be explain each one in more detail, the reasoning and the amounts. In the meantime, our 2015 Manifesto provides the figures.