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16 April 2024 / 17 April 2024 by London Green Party
Watch the full debate at: https://www.itv.com/news/london/2024-04-16/the-london-debate-mayoral-candidates-go-head-to-head-to-win-your-vote Snippet from X below:
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8 April 2024 / 16 April 2024 by London Green Party
Green Party launches its London Manifesto in Walthamstow today with a commitment to deal with the housing crisis, cutting daily living costs for Londoners and making the city safer. Zoë Garbett, who is standing as the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London, said: “London isn’t working for too many people in our city. We […]
22 March 2024 / 16 April 2024 by London Green Party
London needs a Mayor that will hold The Met Police to account: Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Zoë Garbett has already delivered in Hackney and is ready to do this for London. Video on London Green Party YouTube
20 March 2024 / 20 March 2024 by London Green Party
On the first anniversary of the publication of the Casey Review, the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London has called out the lack of progress and says acknowledging the issues is the first step to rebuilding trust. The report, which was published on 21 March 2023, describes The Met as being institutionally racist, misogynist, […]
14 March 2024 / 16 March 2024 by London Green Party
Zoë Garbett, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has pledged to tackle poor quality housing across London. Zoë, who is also a councillor for Dalston in Hackney, has pledged to prioritise action to improving housing standards by addressing issues like damp and poor insulation. She said, “No Londoner should live in a cold, […]
7 March 2024 / 16 March 2024 by London Green Party
In a policy pledge before the upcoming Mayor of London election, Green Candidate Zoë Garbett vowed to make school meals free for all children across London in both primary and secondary school. This policy would go further than Labour’s pledge to provide free school meals only to primary aged children and would apply to all […]
6 March 2024 / 16 March 2024 by London Green Party
Zoë Garbett, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has responded to the latest Conservative budget that offers little for most Londoners. Ms Garbett said, “Londoners have suffered under fourteen years of economic mismanagement by this Conservative government. London needs investment in public services but all the Chancellor had to offer was a tax bribe […]
5 March 2024 / 16 March 2024 by London Green Party
Zoë Garbett, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has visited Lambeth to hear from Central Hill residents and renew calls for scale-up of new social housing from existing houses. Zoë says that to urgently increase the number of social housing, existing homes and programmes to ‘buy the supply’ need to be prioritised. (1). Highlighting […]
13 February 2024 / 16 March 2024 by London Green Party
Greens have pledged more funding to open more public toilets following new polling which shows 74% of people think there should be more toilets on the Transport for London (TfL) network. Zoë Garbett, who visited Tooting Broadway today, has welcomed the new commitment by the current Mayor of London to earmark £3 million a year […]
7 February 2024 / 16 March 2024 by London Green Party
The Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London has pledged to create ten new parks across London if elected. In a policy pledge before the upcoming Mayor of London election, Zoë Garbett pledges to create ‘ten new parks’ across the city. She would designate areas like Leigh Road Sports Ground in East Ham in the […]
10 May 2023 / 11 September 2023 by London Green Party
Following on from the arrests of dozens of pro-republic demonstrators in London, including Graham Smith – CEO of pressure group Republic – the Met Police has found itself on the defensive as it faces pressure to address the “heavy-handed” tactics on display during the Coronation. Out of 64 arrests, only 4 were charged, in what […]
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21 November 2022 / 21 November 2022 by London Green Party
London Assembly Greens have asked the police to look at the best schemes when tackling crime in the capital. Caroline Russell, when questioning Met Commissioner Mark Rowley, asked about Diversion Schemes. These move people caught committing minor offences away from the criminal justice system towards targeted support or treatment. Caroline said:- “Do you think there are lessons to be learned with places […]
8 November 2022 / 8 November 2022 by London Green Party
The Met Police should stop sharing images of knives on their social media outlets, according to London Greens. The Met showed over 2,000 pictures of knives on its accounts between July 2020 and August 2021. Many were images of knives that had been seized or handed in during weapons amnesties. Green Party Assembly Member Caroline […]
30 October 2022 / 30 October 2022 by London Green Party
The new Metropolitan Police Chief has told Green London Assembly Member Caroline Russell that keeping people out of the criminal justice system is “a no-brainer.” Ms Russell was questioning Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley at the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee. She asked about Diversion Schemes, which move people caught committing minor offences away from the criminal justice system towards targeted support or treatment. Ms Russell said, “Do you think there are lessons to be learned […]
20 October 2022 / 20 October 2022 by London Green Party
Hackney was looking forward to its carnival, the first one to be held in-person since 2019. It was hoped that Hackney Carnival could revitalise the community and generate much-needed income. “Local businesses told me how hard things have been during Covid and how optimistic they were that this weekend would finally deliver a decent opportunity,” writes Zoe Garbett, Green Councillor for Hackney, on ‘The Bright Green Website’. But the […]
9 October 2022 / 9 October 2022 by London Green Party
London Greens are taking a stand against disastrous plans for the expansion of City Airport. Deputy Leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, in response to a recent consultation, said:- “We are already in a climate emergency with too many flights. We need to stop all airport expansion.” The airport is preparing to submit an application […]
29 September 2022 / 29 September 2022 by London Green Party
London Greens are backing a motion that there should be more toilets on London’s transport system. There is a severe lack of toilets on major lines like Victoria and Northern, as well as most London Overground stations. It’s good news that most of the 41 Elizabeth line stations have some toilet facilities – but Greens […]
22 July 2022 / 22 July 2022 by London Green Party
A newly elected Green Party councillor has been working to protect the rights of delivery drivers in her borough. Zoe Garbett, a ward councillor for Dalston, became involved in the issue after seeing a clash between riders and police in May of this year. 20 police officer took part in an operation to clamp down […]
15 July 2022 / 15 July 2022 by London Green Party
London Greens have long been campaigning against the controversial the Silvertown Tunnel – work begins next summer. It will encourage more vehicle journeys in the capital, and stands against the Mayor’s climate targets. But the project is also suffering from a huge deficit in accountability, according to Assembly Member Sian Berry. Sian has asked the Mayor […]
5 July 2022 / 5 July 2022 by London Green Party
There are hundreds of publicly-owned properties that are “dead space” – and Greens are leading a campaign to bring them back to life! Sian Berry, Green London assembly member, published a report last month that revealed 66 industrial units, 80 retail units, 65 offices, a golf club house, a civil defence bunker and a woodland […]
14 June 2022 / 14 June 2022 by London Green Party
London Greens have attacked conversion therapy as an abusive practice, and that everyone, including trans people, should be protected from it. Green London Assembly member Caroline Russell called on the London Assembly Chair to write to Ministers outlining its opposition to conversion therapy. 15 per cent of trans Londoners have been offered or have experienced […]
6 June 2022 / 6 June 2022 by London Green Party
The Mayor of London has u-turned on his support for expanding Gatwick Airport. Green Assembly Member Zack Polanski pushed the Mayor to reject plans to develop Gatwick’s second runway, a policy the mayor had previously lobbied for. The mayor told AMs “I’m against expansion” and added that expansion plans should be “reduced” to meet zero carbon […]
30 May 2022 / 30 May 2022 by London Green Party
Under the present first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system, Greens ran a good race in the local elections earlier this month. But Greens could have done even better under a fairer voting system that accurately reflected the opinions of voters.Benali Hamdache, new Green councillor for Islington, told the Islington Tribune: “[Under PR], we’d have something like six Lib Dems, six Conservatives, 11 […]
23 May 2022 / 23 May 2022 by London Green Party
The recent local elections saw historic gains across the country for the Green Party, with the capital turned into a red and green city. London assembly member Zack Polanski has been reflecting on a year of hard work and kept promises. From the start, Polanski insisted that ‘the climate crisis is always centred in decisions.’ […]
