Pensions

  • Replace State Pension and Pension Credit with a non means tested "Citizens Pension" linked to rises in earnings, funded by abolition of tax relief on private pension contributions
  • Encourage "Local Community Pension Schemes" investing in the local community and in public services, not the stock market
  • abolish default retirement age

Transport

  • Double size of the bus fleet
  • Subsidise bus fares
  • Bring the railway system back into public ownership and invest in track and rolling stock, and on urban tram schemes
  • Provide a 3bn subsidy to cut UK rail fares by one third
  • Block all new airport runways, including third runway at Heathrow
  • Block any more major new roads
  • Levy an aviation fuel tax on all planes arriving in, or departing from, EU airports
  • Charge VAT on aviation
  • Increase road fuel tax incrementally
  • Support the principle of road charging for motorised vehicles
  • Promote walking and cycling

Health

  • Reverse the increasing ivolvemnet of the private sector in the NHS
  • Introduce an "NHS tax" to make the level of funding for the NHS transparent
  • Abolish prescription charges
  • Focus research and funding on public health issues like pollution and the benefits of exercise

Environment

  • Reduce greenhouse gas enissions by 90% by 2030, or approximately 10% per year
  • Half of UK energy to come from renewables by 2020
  • Scrap nuclear power stations
  • 45bn funding for "Green New Deal" with investment in renewables, smart metering, a smart grid and "feed in" tariffs for energy consumers who also micro-generate their own renewable power
  • Energy efficiency measures for homes, schools and hospitals
  • Remove incentives for bio-fuels