7th May is a pivotal moment for our borough.
This is our chance to move beyond the old politics and demand the transformative, community-focused leadership our borough deserves. The positive choice is clear: vote Green.
Southwark has been under uninterrupted Labour control for 16 years, control City Hall and occupy No.10.
Yet the word my colleagues and I hear most frequently when we have been doorknocking across Southwark is “betrayal”.
From council tenants who wait for months to get a simple repair actioned. The 22,000 households on the council waiting list desperately waiting for a council house to call a home whilst council homes building has stalled. Families who struggle continue to make the choice of whether to heat or eat every night due to runaway prices that the Labour government fail to control.
Our green spaces have been neglected, failure to tackle rogue private landlords, missing the council’s commitment for net zero by 2030, the crumbling infrastructure of community spaces we hold dear and demolishing rather than retrofitting empty council homes.
For too long, this Labour administration has treated you as a customer and provided a poor service. It has not put you first and their failures are falling on those at the bottom hardest.
Southwark residents are starting to see it. The Greens were placed second in the majority of wards across Southwark at the 2022 Local Elections and in the 2024 General Elections. National polling for the Greens are up. People locally and nationally are flocking to the Greens, understanding that the old parties have failed them and that only the greens are the solution to a generation of failure.
We deserve an administration who will put Southwark resident’s concerns first. The Greens will fight against austerity 2.0 that the Labour goverment want to impose on Southwark via the Local Government Finance Settlement for 26/27 which would bake in cuts until 2030. We will push for 50% truly affordable homes for major developments in the borough.
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We will invest our green spaces for all to enjoy, more money for the Council to hold rogue landlords accountable, pursuing the council’s net zero target of 2030, support our communities spaces across the borough and put retrofitting at the heart of our housing policy to mitigate the devastating impact of demolishing.
Southwark is a diverse and welcoming borough which rejects all forms of hatred coming from both the far right and this Labour Government through their immigration policies. We will invest in evidence based programs to make our borough of fairness and inclusion.
On May 7th, the choice is clear. The Green Party offers hope and practical solutions to the key issues on the doorstep. The old parties do not have the solutions to the key issues of our time.
Vote for hope. Vote Green
