the green party today demanded an end austerity with a radical £ 176 billion a year spending splurge - paying for everything from free prescriptions to organic school dinners for all .
the party also pledged to pump an extra £ 12billion a year into the nhs from day one , introduce universal free elderly care and nationalise the railways .
but its election manifesto also revealed a host of left-field pledges - including a ` complete ban cages .