Policies

TRANSPORT

- Reduce overall need to travel

- 20 mph speed limit in all residential areas

- Better walking and cycling provision

- Buses back under full public control

- Metrolink extension to replace road not rail

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

- Reduce carbon emissions as a top priority

- Major support for solar and other renewables

- Get the 3 'R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) in the right order, improve Manchester's record on all of them

- No expansion of the Airport

PLANNING

- Embargo on the destruction of green spaces

- Greater scrutiny of proposals for large supermarkets and skyscrapers

- Planning process more accessible and free of jargon

- Promote allotments and grow more food in the City

CRIME and ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

- Tackle the causes; help restore communities

- End the misuse and overuse of ASBOs

- More use of positive interventions such as Support Orders

HOUSING

- Free insulation for those who need it

- More accountability on stock transfer

- More housing for the less well off, not ‘buy-to-let'

EDUCATION

- Neighbourhood schools not Academies

- Better out-of-school facilities for children and young people

- Schools to set green example, e.g. in energy and recycling

- Free school meals for every pupil

Caroline Lucas' 2009 Conference speech