at the moment with gas prices higher than they have been and people seeing rising energy bills which has got all parties talking about the need to move away from a reliance on fossil fuels and the big policy announced today was that the green party would like to give every household £320 to cope with these additional bills which they say would be paid for by a one off tax on landlords to raise £9 billion. they have laid out what their vision is. the challenge for the green party is getting seats on the table in positions of power. both leaders emphasising the want to be seen notjust as a pressure group but a serious electoral party and win more seats also in the houses of parliament as well. they face a couple of challenges. one of the key ones being the fact that at the moment we are seeing some of the more radical green groups like extinction rebellion dominate the headlines when it comes to the green agenda at the moment and those groups both the co leaders have actively distanced
one message that really came across from the co leaders was how much of a key moment this is for the green party who have a record number of councillors in england and wales. their sister party is in government in scotland and of course the government is gearing up to host cop26. they also touched on points like the rising cost of living and the energy crisis we are seeing at the moment with gas prices higher than they have been and people seeing rising energy bills which has got all parties talking about the need to move away from a reliance on fossil fuels and the big policy announced today was that the green party would like to give every household £320 to cope with these additional bills which they say would be paid for by a one off tax on landlords to raise £9 billion. they have laid out what their vision is. the challenge for the green party is getting seats on the table in positions of power. both leaders emphasising the want to be seen notjust as a pressure group but a seriou