Green Party

Adrian Ramsay - "We need bold and ambitious projects that address both the recession and climate crisis."
 
In response to the Pre-Budget Report, Adrian Ramsay, Deputy Leader of the Green Party and General Election Candidate for Norwich South, said:
 
"We need bold and ambitious projects to address both the recession and the climate crisis. In Norfolk, Green Party councillors have been campaigning for a scheme to insulate people’s homes, which would help them to alleviate fuel poverty, and reduce both their fuel bills and carbon emissions. The Government made a start with the boiler scrappage programme in the PBR, but we have not yet seem comprehensive action to help everyone reduce their fuel bills or action to ensure manufacturers produce white goods that last."
 
"Darling is fond of reciting numbers of jobs, but the fact is that unemployment is now rising and we need to consider the types of jobs that are being created. We need jobs that pay a living wage and jobs that will last. Green Party proposals would create thousands of new jobs in Norfolk in areas such as home insulation, renewable energy, public transport and local agriculture - and this would help local people and stabilise the economy at the same time."