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8 June 2021 / 8 June 2021 by London Green Party
Newly elected Green London Assembly Member Zack Polanski has applauded the tireless work of members and the staff team during the recent local and Mayoral elections. Zack commended the volunteer teams all across London who got stuck in, including new members wanting to be involved in their first election. The resulting London gains included Lambeth, […]
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24 May 2021 / 24 May 2021 by London Green Party
Enfield Green Party have welcomed Charith Gunawardena as their first Councillor – representing Southgate ward – following his defection from Labour, adding to the 99 seats gained across England in the local elections of 6 May. In his resignation statement, Cllr Gunawardena cited his passion to work hard and deliver a greener future for Southgate, […]
10 May 2021 / 10 May 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry, Green candidate for Mayor, has promised to protect the Green Belt as it is ‘under threat’ according to a report by The London Green Belt Council. ‘My plan to gold plate our Green Belt means working with surrounding councils to improve and protect it’ explained Sian. The report’s findings show the ring of protected […]
8 May 2021 / 8 May 2021 by London Green Party
Retrofitting homes and switching to renewables would make a major contribution towards achieving net zero, according to Andree Frieze, Green Councillor for Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside. With domestic housing accounting for around 20 per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions, Frieze believes that in order to achieve net zero ‘we need to switch all […]
5 May 2021 / 5 May 2021 by London Green Party
Green Party Mayoral candidate, Sian Berry, has condemned conditions in Croydon council flats, saying that the scandal shows why London’s housing system needs a revolution. Tenants of flooded and mouldy council flats have fallen through the gaps of a broken system, she said. Berry remains the only Mayoral candidate to visit the flats, which were […]
2 May 2021 / 2 May 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry, the Green candidate to be Mayor of London, has promised two ambitious schemes aimed at the young people of the capital if she is elected. One is a new three year pilot of Universal Basic Income in London, working with at least 1,000 Londoners who would be guaranteed a basic income without conditions, […]
30 April 2021 / 30 April 2021 by London Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley has pledged a ‘revolution from the bottom up’ through a Green Recovery plan. Speaking at the socially-distanced launch of the Green’s local election campaign in London’s Battersea Park, Bartley asserted that ‘we need a transformation across every single sector of the economy’ in a way that will ‘share the prosperity […]
27 April 2021 / 27 April 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry has made a campaign promise to set goals for “zero murders” in the city by 2031 if she is voted in as London mayor on 6 May. The Green party candidate believes that focusing on crime prevention is the way to achieve her vision. “I’ll fund the schemes which create an environment where violence […]
25 April 2021 / 25 April 2021 by London Green Party
London’s millions of renters need better protection, according to the Green Party’s candidate for London Mayor, Sian Berry. Sian has promised that if elected, she will champion the rights of renters by reducing rents and raising the standard of housing in the capital. Sian says: ‘As Mayor, I will stand alongside millions of renters like […]
23 April 2021 / 23 April 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry launched her election manifesto as she outlined plans to make London “the greenest city in the world”. Speaking at a council estate in Lambeth, Sian launched the manifesto saying “Londoners are crying out for a new start, and Greens are ready to roll up our sleeves and transform this city. London should be […]
