Britons would face wartime-style rationing of meat, dairy, petrol and flights under new Green Party plans - and they could end up in coalition with Burnham's Labour

Published: 22:31, 11 July 2026 | Updated: 22:43, 11 July 2026 Britons would face wartime-style rationing of meat, dairy, petrol and flying under plans being drawn up by the Green Party, which could be drawn into a coalition agreement with Andy Burnham's Labour. The extreme policies, being drafted by officials working for leader Zack Polanski ahead of the party's annual conference this autumn, propose state-controlled cuts of 50 per cent in the amount of miles driven by each person and a cut of 70 per cent in miles flown.  The party admitted that rationing would have a 'whiff of wartime' and 'catch the front pages'. One motion being prepared calls on the Government to 'introduce means for a fair distribution of meat, dairy food, petrol and diesel and flights', with each person 'entitled to, but limited to' an allowance which would 'diminish year on year', with a 'policy of rationing' alongside extra green levies. According to the party's Climate Emergency Policy Working Group, ministers should 'drastically reduce flying for leisure purposes', while 'guaranteeing road users an amount, but a decreasing amount, of petrol or diesel'. It adds that Green politicians should face the fact that 'it will not be OK to fly, drive and eat meat and dairy products at anything like present levels'. Allies of Mr Burnham, including Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, have opened up back-channel communication with the Greens with a view to entering an agreement, potentially alongside the Liberal Democrats, if Mr Burnham fails to win a majority at the next General Election. The controversial coalition plans come just days after Mr Polanski denied intimidating British Jews with his demand that the Government track those who fought for Israel in Gaza over 'war crimes'. Andy Burnham on stage during the Silver Clef Awards 2026 in London on July 09 Zack Polanski speaking in Hulme as the party´s Greater Manchester mayoral candidate Geraldine Coggins launches her manifesto The Green Party leader is among campaigners to have signed an open letter calling for the 'monitoring' of British-Israeli nationals who have served in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). It is estimated there are more than 2,000 Britons with dual citizenship who have served for the IDF since the Hamas terror attacks on Israel in October 2023. Mr Polanski and the other signatories to the letter - which was sent to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper - want the Government to keep tabs on those British-Israeli citizens on their return to the UK. They have also suggested those who served in the IDF and are now in Britain should be investigated for 'potential links to war crimes'.