Green Party's Zack Polanski Calls for Three-Year Cap on Rent Increases at Party Conference
Polanski used his conference speech to push for a cap on rent price rises, while addressing questions about his leadership ahead of a closely watched byelection.
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Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for a three-year cap on rent price increases, making the proposal part of his speech at the party's conference.
During the speech, Polanski also addressed questions about his leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales, insisting that his authority within the party does not depend on the outcome of the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras byelection, where the Greens are seeking to take the seat from Labour.
Polanski described the byelection contest as "probably 50/50 right now" and "really on a knife edge," pushing back against suggestions that the party's popularity may have already peaked after a period of growth.
In his remarks, Polanski pointed to what he characterized as the party's biggest and most exciting conference to date, citing a year of membership growth and electoral success in councils, boroughs, and mayoral elections, as well as what he described as a breakthrough in Gorton and Denton.
The conference speech comes as the Green Party seeks to build on recent electoral gains, with the outcome of the Holborn and St Pancras byelection likely to be viewed as a test of the party's continued momentum.
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