Greens tax plans ‘fairly normal’ by European standards

The Greens co-leader has been responding to claims by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that the party was making “wholly unattainable” promises at the election, that cannot be delivered.

Adrian Ramsay told Panorama’s Nick Robinson its tax plans were “fairly normal” by European standards and the same quality of heath and education services would not be achieved if “we don’t put the investment in that’s needed”.

The pair debated the differing views of financial experts on the economic plans of the Green Party of England and Wales.