Sian Berry has been confirmed as the Green Party’s candidate for the London mayoral election next year.
She’s been a member on the London Assembly since May 2016, and is currently a councillor for Highgate. In the previous election, she came third to Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith.
JUST IN: @SianBerry is our 2020 London Mayoral candidate!
Weāre ready to run our biggest & boldest ever campaign across London. Will you help #Sian4London happen? š
https://t.co/F3gSpJt3rW pic.twitter.com/oDFbI2tODN— Green Party (@TheGreenParty) February 14, 2019
Top on Sian’s agenda is tacklingĀ London’s housing crisis. Writing for Metro, Berry wrote about how social housing is being hit hard by destructive ‘regeneration’ schemes. According to research she did last year, 4000 council and social rent homes have been lost so far – with a further 7000 expected too.
She announcedĀ her intention to create a People’s Land Bank if she was elected as mayor in 2020. Berry wrote yesterday about how it will ‘put community organising at the heart of solving the housing crisis.’
Earlier today, sheĀ attended theĀ climate strike in Parliament Square, where large crowds of school students have gathered to protest against the lack of global action against the climate crisis.
Britainās young people have a message for the Govt – SAVE OUR PLANET. Weāre here, weāre listening are they? #YouthStrike4Climate pic.twitter.com/WVH7HEEvLi
— Sian Berry (@sianberry) February 15, 2019