Vote Green to push Labour left, says Polanski as rent controls and Palestine Action policy unveiled

ZACK POLANSKI said that Green Party electoral victories will push the Labour to the left today, as he unveiled rent control policies and called for Palestine Action to be de-proscribed.

In his speech at the Greens’ conference in Brighton, the party leader called for a “a three-year emergency brake on private rents,” adding: “No rent rises above CPI, wage growth or 2 per cent — whichever is lower.

“And in the long term, we’ll put in place a national fair rents guarantee to keep rents affordable for everyone, forever.”