The Green Party has questioned the viability and legitimacy of a world financial system that is being held to ransom by a few people in a single country.

The leader of the Green Party in England and Wales is among those backing the huge wave of public sector strikes across the country today.

In control of a major local council for the first time in Britain, the Green Party has set out some ambitious plans for Brighton and Hove.

Civil rights and legal groups are pressing the government hard on plans to cut legal aid and deny justice to thousands of poor and vulnerable people.