Green Party pledge net zero carbon emissions by 2030

The Green Party has promised to spend £100bn a year to make Britain achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030 if they form a government

Launching their election manifesto today, the party’s co-leader Jonathan Bartley called it “the most ambitious green new deal anywhere”.

Meanwhile Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are preparing to go head to head in a television debate – which starts in the next hour.