Zack Polanski has set out a plan for the Greens to bring in a radical agenda of a PR voting system, wealth taxes and faster Net Zero by exploiting divides on the Right and holding the “balance of power” in a hung Parliament after the next election. The Mail has more.

The Greens are hoping to exploit divides on the Right to force through radical change after the election.

Zack Polanski said he wanted the party to win enough MPs to hold the “balance of power” in Parliament.

He suggested that would give them maximum leverage to secure policies such as proportional representation, a wealth tax and faster progress on Net Zero.

The comments, on the BBC’s Political Thinking With Nick Robinson podcast, came after the Greens put Labour to the sword in the Gorton & Denton by-election.

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