Polanski says Greens ‘have turned hope into electoral wins’ ahead of conference speech – UK politics live

The Green party is holding its largest-ever conference, while its leader runs as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Zack Polanski has said his Green party is transforming the political landscape as it kicks off what is expected to be its largest-ever conference.

The three-day annual gathering starting today in Brighton comes just days before the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, where Polanski faces an uphill battle to win the seat vacated by former prime minister Keir Starmer.

This will be our biggest and most exciting Green party conference ever, coming on the back of a year of unprecedented membership growth and extraordinary electoral success.

Greens have turned hope into electoral wins – in councils, boroughs, in mayoral elections and with our exciting breakthrough in Gorton and Denton.

But our work is just beginning. Rising bills, insecure work, pressure on public services and communities that feel forgotten have left many people wondering whether politics can actually make their lives better.

The last year has shown that the Green party can transform the political landscape – now our task is to step up our wins and keep the pressure on this government to secure genuine change in people’s everyday lives.

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Source: The Guardian World