Should our public services be run to make life easier for politicians and managers or to make life better for the people who need them and pay for them? Who would you rather made healthcare decisions that affect you; a doctor or an accountant?

The Green Party wants Real Progress on essential services. That means building a partnership between government, public sector workers and the communities they serve. It doesn't mean wasting our money by paying a private company £240m to provide a hospital that could have been built for £60m less on the NHS. That's not progress - that's an accounting fiddle.

Greens want healthcare that aims not just to cure but also to prevent illness, and local services that make our cities, towns and villages wonderful places to live.

Greens want many more services to be free at the point of use, including prescriptions, eye tests and dental treatment.

Led by Darren Johnson AM, who is also a local councillor, the Greens in the London Assembly are championing the right of Londoners to have clinics, libraries and post offices within walking distance of their homes. Green MEPs Jean Lambert and Caroline Lucas are fighting to prevent Britain's public services from being forced open to international competition and privatisation. As part of the Social Europe Campaign, Jean called for the guaranteed inclusion of public services in the EU Constitutional Treaty.

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