Policies and Campaigns

Our key policies for London:
Free insulation available to everyone
A living wage of at least £7.45 for the poorest paid
More affordable housing - 60% of all new homes
20p off all bus and off-peak tube fares
Cheap loans for renewable energy generation
A bigger say for small business - 50% of space in new developments to be small units at affordable rents
No airport expansion
Tube PPPs and rail services in London brought back into public control
Public transport and bikes before new roads
People-friendly speed limits - 20 mph everywhere except a small number of major routes

Green London Assembly members:
The Green Party already has two Assembly Members representing the whole of London. In the London-wide Assembly election every vote counts and this is where you have the best chance of electing more Greens to the London Assembly.

Greens making a difference:
The two Green Members on the London Assembly, Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson, have already made a huge difference. With a pivotal role in the Assembly's budget-setting, these are some of their successes:

• Tripling to £60m the money available for cyclists and walkers
• Setting up the London Living Wage Unit to tackle poverty pay
• Starting the new Green Homes Service that supports Londoners who want to make their homes greener
• Securing the East London Green Grid, which creates new green space and protects flood plains in east London
  

With more elected Greens we can make more of a difference.

The South London Waste Plan:
Recycle or burn? The Sutton and Croydon Green Party has grave concerns that the new consultation will lead to the construction of an incinerator in nearby Beddington. Such a prospect should alarm us all. Emissions from even the most modern incinerators are shown to dramatically increase cancer and other health risks, as well as infant mortality. Incinerators also have a terrible track record of subverting recycling efforts as they run on the same waste streams targeted for recycling.
To find out more, click here to read the Croydon and Sutton Green Party's extensive response to the recently concluded first round of public consultations.

Save our Schools:
The Green Party is the only party opposed to the privatisation of Croydon’s secondary, primary and infant schools under the guise of transformation into academies.We believe that the pupils and teachers of schools like Haling Manor deserve better than being treated as a business opportunity.
Click here to find out more.