Welcome to the second of our string of interviews, where we dive into what our local candidates feel are the strongest points of their manifesto from their party.

This evening, we are joined by Elliot Lee for the Greens.

Welcome, Elliot.

Thank you for having me.

Please do share with our listeners and viewers what you feel are the high points of

the Green Party manifesto. Sure, thank you. So the context behind the manifesto is all about the

idea that we've had 14 years of chaos and that we really want to get the country moving.

We want to get Portsmouth moving and we don't feel like any other party is offering their ambition we need.

So to start off with ambition in our costings, we're saying we want a wealth tax on a super rich. So 1% on assets over 10 million and 2% on assets over 1 billion. Further we want to make

a polluters pay with a carbon tax. We want to extend the cap on national insurance so that

those earning over 50k are paying.

And we want to equalize capital gains tax with income tax to make it more fair for those earning off investments.

This ambition means we can fund the NHS, so that means 30 billion into the NHS and an extra 20 billion into NHS infrastructure.

So that's dentists, hospitals and GPs.

We also want to restore junior doctor pay and we're proud to be one of the few parties to offer that. Getting the system moving is important so that's why we're

also committed with social care to invest in another 20 billion.

We want to fund and pay staff good wages.

We want to give free personal care.

And going back to the wages,

we actually want to give people a 15 pound minimum wage,

regardless of age. So that means people can not only get by, but thrive.

Further to support the welfare system, we want to uplift universal credit by £40 a week and introduce

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