Ex-Tory mayoral candidate Natalie Campbell to run as independent
Natalie Campbell says she will run for mayor of London as a "centrist, middle-of-the-road candidate". Natalie Campbell, the former mayor of London, has committed to putting the proposed Bakerloo line extension "firmly back on the table" and five other people have been chosen as candidates for the mayoral elections. Ms Campbell said it was "madness" that south-east London was cut off from the Tube network and that London needs the right homes in the right places to avoid "the issues we've got at the moment in terms of rental prices absolutely soaring". She also said she would not seek the power to impose rent controls, something Mayor Sadiq Khan has long advocated, as "you can't just throw a tax at people and expect the market to shift".
gepubliceerd : 2 jaar geleden door By Yasmin Rufo in Science
Ms Campbell has already committed to putting the proposed Bakerloo line extension "firmly back on the table", saying it was "madness" that south-east London was cut off from the Tube network.
She added that the scheme, which would see the line extended from its current terminus at Elephant & Castle down to Lewisham and potentially beyond, was particularly important for unlocking more housing in London as "that is where a lot of the development potential is".
Five other people have been chosen as candidates for the mayoral elections, set to take place on 2 May. They are:
Speaking about the issue of housing, Ms Campbell said it was "reductive" to think the answer to the housing crisis was to build "more, more, more".
Instead, she said London "needs the right homes in the right places" and must create a "credible rental market" in order to avoid "the issues we've got at the moment in terms of rental prices absolutely soaring".
She added she would not seek the power to impose rent controls, something Mayor Sadiq Khan has long advocated, as "you can't just throw a tax at people and expect the market to shift".
On policing, Ms Campbell, who is the CEO of a bottled-water company and chancellor of the University of Westminster, said she was "committed to the idea that transformation and reform might need to happen by shutting the Met down" as attempts to improve its culture have been "too little, too late".
"Communities are furious with the police," she added. "That is not going to change in a year, it's not going to change in four years, with the sort of review process that we have."
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