Wales Green Party leader promises that 2016 will see first Green Assembly Members.
The Wales Green party launched its election campaign – on a bus. Alice Hooker-Stroud, leader of the Wales Green Party, said:
“Across the UK and further afield we see the positive impacts that the Green Party have made in councils, parliaments and assemblies. It’s time to break the one-party state mentality in Wales and shake up the Senedd. As a party we have never been closer to getting green voices into the assembly.”
The launch took place on a bus provided by Mid-Wales buses in Aberystwyth. The double decker bus visited the Cwm Rheidol hydro scheme, which provides enough electricity to power 12,350 homes annually. Over 60 members of the Wales Green Party attended the event as well as leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Natalie Bennett and deputy leader and lead list candidate for South Wales Central, Amelia Womack.
“We are launching our campaign on this bus to send out a loud message: no more cuts to public services. From public transport, to our healthcare and education, it’s time to put the public first. We have the means to create a Wales we want to see – right here, right now. Voting Green in May means that we can start to build real change.“
The Wales Green Party Election Commitments
#FairEconomy A Wales that works for everyone
- Protect frontline public services
- Support local businesses, economies and supply chains
- Generate energy, income and jobs with community and publically owned renewables
#VibrantCommunities Sustainable and resilient
- Make renewable energy a core strategic priority
- Improve the resilience of communities against the impacts of climate change
- Improve democracy within Wales at all levels
- Increase opportunities to learn and work through Welsh
#FreeEducation For all, for life
- End the programme of school closures
- Support learning throughout life, both part-time and full-time
- Reinvest in further education colleges
- Prioritise no tuition fees for Welsh students studying in Wales
#AffordableHomes Insulated against high bills and cold snaps
- Build 12,000 new houses per year to carbon-neutral standards
- Increase the amount of social housing
- Strengthen tenants’ rights
- Enact a 10-year plan to insulate homes and make them more energy efficient
#PublicNHS For everyone, everywhere
- Put a greater emphasis on public health
- Bring greater attention to mental health support services
- Keep the NHS public
- Develop new approaches to social care services
#ConnectedWales Affordable, integrated public transport
- Fund public transport
- Bring back the North-South rail link, and support the South East Metro
- Keep fares at a level that encourages usage and provide free passes where appropriate
- Oppose the M4 relief road and invest in public transport all over Wales