Green councillors will be elected for the first time in Essex, Cornwall and Surrey, the party leader has claimed as she predicted a rise in numbers overall in the May 2 local elections across English shire counties.

Natalie Bennett said "globalisation neo-liberalism has hit its limits" and she spoke about plans for new welfare payments, and was asked about protest votes potentially going to UKIP.

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