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21 February 2021 / 21 February 2021 by London Green Party
Zack Polanski believes racial discrimination in policing is a problem – especially when it comes to drugs. Along with Sian Berry, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate, he would deprioritise police wasting time on cannabis possession, allowing them to focus on serious and violent crime. Zack’s eyes were opened when he and a friend were stopped […]
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19 February 2021 / 19 February 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has said she will improve trans rights and protect LGBT+ spaces in the capital if elected in May. Sian plans to remove barriers to healthcare, employment and housing for trans and non-binary Londoners if elected.She has pledged to make London the most “trans-inclusive city in the […]
Caroline Russell calls on Mayor to work for all-party parliamentary commission on atonement and compensation for African enslavement In February, the London Assembly debated a motion to mark the United Nations International Decade for Peoples of African Descent 2015-2024, committing City Hall to eradicating racial injustice and anti-Black racism in the capital. Welcoming the motion, […]
18 February 2021 / 18 February 2021 by London Green Party
Londoners not benefitting from vital cash says Green Mayor Candidate Green Mayoral Candidate Sian Berry has made an urgent plea to the Transport Secretary to allow TfL to retain Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) raised in the capital to stabilise its finances, decimated by the pandemic. The Green Party joined other London Assembly political groups in […]
LGBT+ people face serious disadvantage in housing Green Party Co-leader, Sian Berry, will provide housing for disadvantaged LGBTQ+ people if elected Mayor of London, citing the community’s high levels of homelessness. Her strategy includes creating co-operative housing out of disused buildings in the capital, as well as ‘co-housing’ – where residents live in a self-contained […]
16 February 2021 / 16 February 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry will set a Green London Living Wage at £14 an hour for workers and apprentices of all ages if elected as the Mayor of London. The Government’s Living Wage is £8.72 while the Living Wage Foundation calculates that a London Living Wage ought to be set at £10.85. In 2022-23, these hourly rates are projected to be set at £9.02 and £11.10 […]
13 February 2021 / 13 February 2021 by London Green Party
Overtaking the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party is now on 8 per cent. The polling finds the Tories have barely changed their position, having 42% of support. Labour has lost some support, down three points on 38%. The Lib Dems are on 7%. Commenting on the polling, the Co-Leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley said: […]
8 February 2021 / 8 February 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor, has pledged to change the failure of policies around drug use. One of Sian Berry’s mayoral pledges is to deprioritise the policing of cannabis in London, including an immediate stop to using just the smell of cannabis to justify stop and search. The policy aims to direct drug […]
3 February 2021 / 3 February 2021 by London Green Party
Local campaigners and Green Party members are delighted after Southwark Council’s plan to cut down two healthy oak trees, thought to be over 100 years old, was rejected. The trees are in Sydenham Hill Wood in Dulwich. Southwark Council announced in January 2019 that the trees should be felled so that a bridge could be […]
28 January 2021 / 28 January 2021 by London Green Party
London has lost thousands of social homes in the last decade, according to Sian Berry, Green London Assembly member and Mayoral candidate. Since 2003, 13,500 social homes were lost, as revealed in Sian’s new report. Sian’s report shows how the Mayor has made steps to address the housing crisis with his London Plan, which contains […]
