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9 March 2021 / 9 March 2021 by London Green Party
Barnet Sage nursing home workers and members of the trade union United Voices of the World recently prepared to take strike action to protest against being underpaid, undervalued and exploited by their employer. Earning between £8.72 and £9.60 per hour (£8.72 is the legal minimum for a worker over 25 years old), these workers, largely […]
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7 March 2021 / 7 March 2021 by London Green Party
London Assembly member Caroline Russell has been leading action on HGV emissions across the capital. New data from City Hall shows that over 85 per cent of vehicles in London, and 90 per cent of cars, meet the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) minimum requirements – a huge increase from 39 per cent of vehicles in […]
6 March 2021 / 6 March 2021 by London Green Party
Fare rises are back, and again costing people in outer boroughs much more in travel costs. But Green Party candidate for Mayor Sian Berry has pledged to flatten fares and move towards a single fare zone for all Londoners. Extra costs are being charged to people living in outer London for their travel with each increase – […]
5 March 2021 / 5 March 2021 by London Green Party
Green Mayoral candidate, Sian Berry, promises to empower Londoners by setting up Land Commissions enabling people to make the best use of land in their areas. Bringing together residents, experts, and community groups, they would transform under-used buildings and plots of land, creating new homes, green spaces, community infrastructure and businesses. City Hall would support […]
3 March 2021 / 3 March 2021 by London Green Party
After the last 12 months – dominated by the pandemic and Brexit – London, according to Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry, is in need of a new plan, a fresh start, and a serious response to the climate emergency. “Only a Green mayor”, asserts Berry, “will act with the urgency these extraordinary times demand.” But only […]
Green Party Mayoral Candidate Sian Berry has said she will end hostile environment policies in London if elected Mayor. “Services under my remit will refuse to share data on migrants with the Home Office Immigration Enforcement”, she said. Berry has long campaigned on the issue in the London Assembly. Sian said, “As Mayor, I will […]
28 February 2021 / 28 February 2021 by London Green Party
London doctors are reporting that some people are being invited twice for coronavirus vaccine appointments – by different systems for the same injection – by their local GPs and the national vaccination scheme. Dr Farah Jameel, a GP in Camden, has said that too many patients were receiving two invites, with clinician’s time ‘being wasted’ […]
26 February 2021 / 26 February 2021 by London Green Party
Despite the declarations of climate emergency, the UK’s tax system rewards carbon-intensive new-build while penalising carbon-efficient refurbishment and retrofit. Molly Scott Cato, Green Party finance spokesperson, has urged the government to put this right and remove VAT on refurbishment projects. Scott Cato’s parliamentary petition, which has amassed 2,500 signatures since launching, calls for VAT on new-build […]
24 February 2021 / 24 February 2021 by London Green Party
Last week, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed. The decision entitles drivers to the minimum wage, holiday and sick pay, with wider implications across the deregulated gig economy. Caroline Russell, Green London Assembly member and list candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections, has been a […]
London Underground’s green infrastructure amounts to 10 per cent of all green spaces in the city. Yet Emma Wallace, Green London Assembly candidate, has highlighted that TFL contractors have been repeatedly reported removing miles of trees and vegetation running along London’s Underground tracks – most recently along the Metropolitan and Chiltern Lines. Wallace states: “These […]
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 […]
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 […]
22 January 2021 / 22 January 2021 by London Green Party
Despite the number of bus journeys being low due to travel restrictions, new data has revealed a disturbing rise in hate crimes on London buses, jumping from 43 in May to 115 in June. The worrying figures were revealed following a question from Green Party Assembly Member Sian Berry at a meeting of the London Assembly. In […]
21 January 2021 / 31 January 2021 by London Green Party
The Green Party is urging the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to reinstate an important cycle lane – that was removed after just a few weeks. The Kensington High Street (KHS) cycle lane was a government initiative to enhance active travel during the covid pandemic.The trial was supposed to last 12 months and cost £300,000 – and […]
20 January 2021 / 20 January 2021 by London Green Party
Frontline workers such as police, fire brigade and TfL staff should be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination once the vulnerable are immunised, according to a Green London Assembly member, Caroline Russell. “These key workers need to be protected from coronavirus rapidly,” said Caroline. “Prioritising vaccination for the people keeping the city running is a sensible step […]
19 January 2021 / 20 January 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry is a private renter and she understands the fears of those living in the country’s most expensive city. Many renters have lost their jobs in the pandemic and one in eight are behind on their rent. That’s why Sian is calling for the Government and Mayor to protect them. Sian says: “We need […]