Casey Review one year on – Green Mayoral candidate calls out lack of progress 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, […] Read more »
Zoë responds to tube strike 20 March 2024 / 20 March 2024 by Matt Edwards Zoë Garbett, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has responded to the announcement of strike action by London underground train drivers scheduled in April and May. Zoë said, “The results of this ballot by ASLEF are convincing – it is clear train drivers are very unhappy with the way Transport for London is […] Read more »
“No Londoner should live in a cold, damp, mouldy, draughty home” : Green Mayoral Candidate 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, […] Read more »
Free school meals for secondary students 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 […] Read more »
Green Mayoral Candidate responds to Budget 2024 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 […] Read more »
Green Mayor Candidate Outlines ‘Buy the Supply’ Plan To Help Housing Crisis 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 […] Read more »
Zoë Garbett reflects on inequalities in LGBT+ healthcare and her work with the NHS to tackle these issues 2 March 2024 / 16 March 2024 by Colin Boyle LGBT+ history month is a time to celebrate the past, and to apply its lessons to our present. My politics and my career in the public sector have been inspired by LGBT+ activists throughout history, particularly the impact of the ACT UP movement and the strength and solidarity shown by LGSM in the 1980s. However, […] Read more »
Greens respond to urgent call for more public loos 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 […] Read more »
Green pledge for ’10 New Parks’ 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 […] Read more »
Green mayoral candidate commits to de-prioritise the policing of cannabis 10 January 2024 / 16 March 2024 by lgpcoordinator The Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London commits to de-prioritise the policing of cannabis whilst slamming the current Labour Mayor’s failure to address rising drug-related deaths. Zoë Garbett who has been selected as the Green Party’s candidate in the next Mayor of London election on May 2nd, has made a series of bold pledges […] Read more »