A new start for London 2021 LONDON GREEN PARTY manifesto SIAN BERRY - YOUR CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF LONDON Sian Berry is a Green London Assembly Member and won third place in the last election for Mayor LONDON NEEDS in 2016, where she won more second preference Mayor votes than any other candidate. Sian says: A NEW START “I have been a Londoner all my working life, and in all that time I have been a private renter. I’ve experienced first-hand the frustration of bad London should be the greenest city in the Our renters are in despair, homelessness landlords, broken plumbing and high rents. world, the city best prepared for the future. is rising, traffic is going up, and women We can get there with a new Green Mayor. and minorities are harmed every day by “Before being elected to the Assembly, I worked prejudice and the criminal justice system. with communities across the country to protect the Right now, Londoners are crying out for a environment and win big new funding for better new start. A recovery that raises everyone People on the lowest incomes are transport services. up and creates a secure future. One we can struggling, and our youth services are pass onto the next generation with pride. being devastated by cuts. “I have got so much done, and I’m ready to serve you and our city as your Green Mayor. With Caroline Russell, I have worked hard Coronavirus has exposed some of the worst for the past five years representing you as gaps in our systems. But these systems “In the Green Party you will find everyday people a Green London Assembly Member. can be changed. who became politicians because we care deeply about the places we live, our future and our Even before the crisis, our work with Things can be different and, as your Green neighbours. citizens and campaigners exposed huge candidates for Mayor and Assembly, we problems. have the plans to do it. “Our citizens are crying out for people they can trust who will stand up for what’s right. “As well as making me your first choice for Mayor, you can vote for our hard-working Assembly A POLITICIAN WHO GETS THINGS DONE candidates on all your ballot papers in his election.” As a London Assembly Member for five years, I have listened and worked with Londoners on the issues that matter to you. ` Won a big change in policy from the current Mayor to give residents the USE THREE VOTES FOR SIAN BERRY power to vote down plans that demolish council homes. AND THE GREEN PARTY ON THURSDAY 6 MAY ` Got the Mayor and Assembly to declare a climate emergency. Greens are London Assembly – Local needed now to make the new 2030 net zero target a reality. ` I have helped reverse deep cuts by winning over £70 million in new Assembly – London-wide funding for youth clubs and services in London. ii MANIFESTO for a new start LONDON GREEN PARTY 2021 1 GREEN PARTY POLICIES Our policies for London are winning support ` Reduce traffic and cancel the Silvertown from people all across the city. Road Tunnel, investing instead in healthy streets, walking, cycling, better buses WE WILL CREATE THE and new public transport links. ` Flatten fares and create a single zone for GREENEST CITY IN THE WORLD tube and rail, just like we have on buses, Only a Green Mayor can be trusted with our helping everyone in outer London pay future. We will: less for travel. People’s Land Commission so that people real prevention to stop violence against in local areas can make their own plans women, and services for young people ` Make all transport in London zero carbon ` Set the right targets to solve the climate for new homes. that help them thrive. and ecological emergency before 2030, and non-polluting by 2030. ` Prevent homelessness by working with ` Do more to support good mental health, and work with all our citizens’ to achieve | Read more from page 30 them. renters to improve rights and cancel the making it equal to physical health in rent debts built up during the pandemic. importance. We will open up more green ` Protect green spaces, stop using space and help Londoners connect with FRESH THINKING ` Rents are too high and making inequality pesticides, improve woods and wetlands each other in their communities. across the city, and create new parks FOR HOUSING worse. A Green Mayor will not stop and greener streets. pushing the Government until we win the ` Make roads truly safe, by cutting speed Our ideas will help everyone find a decent, power to set rent controls in London. limits and investing in road policing. ` Invest more in green energy and new secure home. We will: jobs, with warmer homes and new | Read more from page 48 ` Achieve clean air, with an ultra low ` Bring more homes under the control funding to cut fuel poverty. emission zone to cover all of London, and of Londoners, with new investment to work to cut traffic and invest in green | Read more from page 6 acquire homes for key workers at a ACTION FOR A SAFE buses. London Living Rent, and more support AND HEALTHY CITY for co-operative and community-led | Read more from page 62 A CLEAR PLAN TO KEEP housing. Our goal is to keep everyone in our city safe from harm. We will: LONDON MOVING ` Prevent the loss of council housing by Greens want to make it easier to get giving more residents the power to ` Set clear targets to prevent violence and around for everyone. We will: vote against demolition, and set up a bring murders down to zero, investing in 2 MANIFESTO for a new start LONDON GREEN PARTY 2021 3 A DUTY TO RESPECT A MISSION TO TRANSFORM EVERYONE’S RIGHTS OUR ECONOMY Greens will support everyone to live their A Green Mayor is the only choice for a real lives free from discrimination. We will: green recovery. We will: ` Support freedom of movement, the rights ` Be champions of our high streets and of EU citizens, and fight to end all hostile small businesses, building resilience with environment policies that target migrants affordable rents. and refugees. ` Create green jobs to make, re-use and ` Create a city-wide mission to end repair more of the goods and services we racism and sexism, support the rights need locally. of LGBTIQA+ citizens, young and older ` Support workers with a new London Londoners, and break down the barriers Living Wage at £14 an hour and flexible, faced by disabled Londoners. family-friendly standards for employers ` Protect civil liberties and push back on to meet. police powers. Hold them to account, ` Open up opportunities for young people stop the use of facial recognition, and roll with a trial of a Creative Autonomy back the increase in stop and search. Allowance – a regular income to help | Read more from page 86 kickstart careers in business and the arts. A PROMISE TO SHARE | Read more from page 112 MY POWER Greens believe in putting power in the hands of the people. We will: ` Bring more diverse voices into decision- making, so more Londoners have real power over policies that affect them, including the Mayor’s budget. ` Do more to win powers from Government for a direct say over taxes, the NHS, education, criminal justice, housing and environment policies – just like in Scotland and Wales. | Read more from page 102 4 MANIFESTO for a new start CLIMATE WE WILL SET THE Action to stop climate chaos isn’t the RIGHT TARGETS THAT priority of the Conservative Government, but we can find hope in our cities in 2021. SCIENCE DEMANDS ` All our targets - in the London Plan Across the world, city mayors have often and in all the Mayor’s strategies - will taken the lead when national governments urgently be brought forward to 2030 in have proved they are not up to the job. line with avoiding the risk of going over a We believe in powering local action and 1.5C rise in global temperatures. working with communities, and a Green ` A Green Mayor will set the right targets Mayor will start by cancelling all the and review all the statutory strategies projects from the current Mayor that to make sure our actions in London are would make the climate and ecological focused on doing everything we can to emergency worse. avert a climate and ecological disaster. WE WILL CREATE We will invest in green jobs and ` We will change the rules for Mayoral transforming our economy, using all the decision-making so that every budget resources we can muster to create new plan and official decision report in City green energy, and cut wasted energy Hall includes an assessment of the THE GREENEST CITY and carbon emissions from our homes, impact on climate and ecology, to help transport and businesses. reduce our footprint every time we make new policies or spending plans, and so IN THE WORLD STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE we can be held to account. The current Mayor is still pushing policies ` A Green Mayor will tell the truth about and plans that will make climate chaos our impact. The overall carbon impact ondon could be leading the way with A Green Mayor is the only one you can trust harder to prevent. This is unacceptable. of decisions and the progress of current our response to the climate and to set the right targets and make the right policies will be reported in writing every ` A Green Mayor will cancel traffic- L ecological crisis.