Tag Archives: Zoë Garbett

Council fails to spend £4m grant on climate change in 9 years

CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘The council declared a climate emergency in 2019, but where’s the emergency response? This is a fight for survival, not a PR exercise.’ That’s according to one resident who wants to ask some pointed questions at next … Continue reading

Posted in Business, Caroline Russell, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fairfield, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Paul Ainscough, Zack Polanski, Zoe Garbett | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Big Brother arrives in Croydon with Orwellian police cameras

North End and London Road are to be the first locations in the country to have permanently fitted Live Facial Recognition cameras, despite significant concerns about the legalities of the surveillance techniques and questions over their whether they even work … Continue reading

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Fairfield, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Policing, Ria Patel, Zoe Garbett | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Tories facing ‘extinction-level event’, while Greens flip their list

Tory MP hits out at Susan Hall’s mayoral election campaign as showing ‘no aspiration for what is an aspirational city’, while Green candidate Zoe Garbett becomes a London Assembly Member through the back door. WALTER CRONXITE wraps up the election … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Caroline Russell, Darren Johnson, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scully MP, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Susan Hall, Zack Polanski | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Sadiq Khan’s last-gasp appeal for donations: ‘I’m really worried’

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has obtained internal Labour correspondence that suggests some pre-election panic for the party With the London elections just days away, Labour has sent begging letters to members appealling for tens of thousands of pounds in last-minute … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon West, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Susan Hall, Zoe Garbett | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Garbett wants commission to put a brake on London’s rents

Zoe Garbett, the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London, has announced her “Renters Charter”, a plan to tackle the capital’s out of control private rental market. Garbett’s Charter prioritises action to tackle the private sector’s rocketing rents. Garbett has … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Zoe Garbett | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Underwood makes the ‘Green slate’ of candidates for London

Peter Underwood has been selected as the Green Party’s candidate for the Croydon and Sutton super-constituency at next May’s London Assembly elections. Underwood stood for the Green Party in last year’s Croydon Mayor contest, and has been a regular on … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Croydon Greens, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments