See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Published: 10:46 BST, 8 June 2026 | Updated: 10:50 BST, 8 June 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski will today continue his demand for a £15 per hour minimum wage for all workers - despite Britain's growing jobs crisis.The self-described 'eco-populist' will use a speech on Monday to warn 'the system is broken' for workers and consumers in the face of rising food prices.In an address to the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, Mr Polanski will tell food workers their jobs are 'sneered at' and the UK's food system is 'close to collapse'.The Green leader will demand stronger regulation of supermarkets to ensure growers get a fair deal for their produce, and call on the Government to offer a 'real plan' to help the industry.Mr Polanski's party is calling for the extension of free school meals to all children in both primary and secondary schools, and a £1,000-a-month basic income for some agricultural workers, which they say would be funded by a tax on the wealthiest landowners.They have also pledged a £15 per hour minimum wage for all workers, regardless of age, 'with the costs to small businesses offset by reducing their national insurance payments'.The Greens' demand for a huge boost to minimum wage rates comes despite growing alarm at Britain's jobs market.The UK unemployment rate rose in the first three months of this year, while job vacancies have fallen to their lowest level since 2021, when Covid restrictions were in place. Green Party leader Zack Polanski will continue his demand for a £15 per hour minimum wage for all workers - despite Britain's growing jobs crisis
