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18 January 2021 / 20 January 2021 by London Green Party
We need to fix Test and Trace The Government has failed in a crucial job to stop the spread of coronavirus: creating a ‘test and trace’ system that quickly tests people for the virus and traces people who might have been exposed. They handed out contracts to private companies that have made huge profits while […]
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17 January 2021 / 27 January 2021 by London Green Party
Greens would stop this polluting waste of money Green Assembly Member Caroline Russell has revealed that Sadiq Khan’s Silvertown Road Tunnel in East London will cost Londoners £2 billion, nearly THREE TIMES the original price. The current Mayor has committed Londoners to paying £65 million a year for 25 years under a contract signed last […]
16 January 2021 / 20 January 2021 by London Green Party
VITAL SERVICES NEED ACTION NOT PARTY GAMES Transport for London (TfL) is in crisis. Government made it dependent on fares income by removing all its funding Now coronavirus means fewer tube and bus trips – slashing revenue from ticket sales. It benefits the whole nation to keep London moving – but instead the Conservatives are […]
15 January 2021 / 21 March 2023 by London Green Party
Independent shops and businessesare the lifeblood of London. But high rents and rates, made worse by the pandemic, are forcing thousands out of business. Green Assembly Member Caroline Russell has been working with small businesses to establish a ‘working rent.’ A fair settlement to ensure landlords aren’t bankrupting our businesses. Sian says: “Caroline’s work is […]
14 January 2021 / 20 January 2021 by London Green Party
Public spaces are the beating heart of London – where Londoners are free to play, shop, exercise, perform, protest, socialise and live. But there has been an increasing privatisation of our public spaces, which comes with new rules over which nobody was consulted. Since 2016, Green candidate for Mayor, Sian Berry, has been campaigning to […]
13 January 2021 / 13 January 2021 by London Green Party
The London Assembly unanimously supported Sian Berry’s call for more action on the crisis of youth homelessness in London. The number of rough sleepers, in the Capital, among 18-25 year olds has rapidly increased by 47% in 2020 compared to the previous year. Coronavirus has compounded homelessness in the Capital for young people with restrictions forcing […]
4 December 2020 / 10 December 2020 by London Green Party
Airport expansion and hitting environmental targets to slow down global warming are incompatible. But the current Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is continuing to support the expansion of Gatwick airport. While Heathrow expansion is being challenged in the courts, Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor, has criticised the current administration for only paying “lip […]
19 November 2020 / 19 November 2020 by London Green Party
Covid-19 has exposed so many of the fault lines in our society – from the treatment of older people to an ever-growing mental health crisis. But the Green Party has a number of exciting initiatives that would help Londoners as part of a post-Covid world. These include… Building smarter homes More inclusive neighbourhoods And introducing […]
5 November 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Londoners won’t be benefitting from a universal basic income any time soon as a call for a pilot in the city in a motion brought by Sian Berry AM and Caroline Pidgeon AM was kicked into the long grass by the other parties on the Assembly. [1] Sian Berry last week joined 520 other elected […]
1 November 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
The rising support for Green parties across Europe has led to many talking about a Green “tsunami” and a “quiet revolution” – that will shake up international politics. Greens had unprecedented success in the EU elections last May, with almost 10% of seats going to Green or allied parties. More recently, in France’s municipal elections […]
23 October 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Party reaffirms position on ‘gold-plating’ London’s Green Belt to protect land from housing development & untap it’s full potential At the recent Autumn Conference, Green Party Members came together to pass a new Food and Agricultural policy which ensures the sustainable use of Green Belt land in providing a wide range of environmental benefits including […]
17 October 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
A new Green Party policy calling for the end of “high carbon” advertising could restrict commercials for environmentally unfriendly products on London’s transport services. The pioneering plan to phase out all advertising for polluting goods and services, like long haul flights, became official policy on Sunday at online Party Conference. As London’s first Green Mayor Sian Berry would move Transport for London (TfL) to implement the policy […]
19 September 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Green London Assembly member, Caroline Russell, revealed last week that the Mayor of London has committed Londoners to paying £65 million a year for a quarter of a century for the Silvertown Road Tunnel. Green Assembly Members have asked 102 questions about the Siltvertown Road Tunnel and it has taken sustained cross party work, community […]
11 September 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Green members have re-elected Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry as co-leaders of the party following an internal election this summer. Bartley and Berry have now begun their second term as co-leaders by setting out their vision to build a grassroots mass movement for a Green recovery from the economic, climate and health crises we are […]
17 August 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Councils are having to make further cuts to vital youth services budgets, according to a report by Sian Berry, the Green Mayoral candidate for London. Youth clubs and community centres have had to shut their doors during the coronavirus crisis, and more than ever, London’s young people need mentoring and moral support. But Sian’s data shows […]
12 August 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
The Green Party is presenting a vision for London as a ’15 minute city’ as the capital comes out of lockdown. An idea that has had huge success in Paris, the ’15 minute city’ means that Londoners would be able to get everything they need for daily life within a short walk or bike ride […]
Green Assembly Member Caroline Russell has said that the government’s promised £2 billion to boost cycling and walking is not enough to meet the UK’s needs – and that it leaves London starkly underfunded. Caroline compared London’s £25 million share of the funding to the £70 million requested by London boroughs, according to the Mayor’s […]
16 July 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Lambeth council voted on 15 July to call on national government to examine reparations for enslaved people. The motion was initiated by Green Party councillor Scott Ainslie and prepared jointly by the ruling Labour and the opposition Green groups of Lambeth council. It is the first such motion to be passed by a UK local […]
13 July 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
The Green Party has been at the forefront of demanding action in support of the Black Lives Matters (BLM) campaign. In Kingston, councillor Sharon Sumner affirmed her support for BLM (against opposition from local Conservative councillors) with a powerful speech that spoke of “the reality of police brutality which happens on a regular basis here […]
29 January 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
January 2020 saw the busiest week of the year in City Hall as our Assembly Members, Sian Berry and Caroline Russell, proposed Green budget amendments to the London Assembly. As usual they were full of good ideas the Mayor needs to take up. They lead on the climate emergency proposing to boost the solar panel fund, put extra […]