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4 February 2014 by sianberry
“It is time to outline a coherent approach at EU level” says Green Party MEP Jean Lambert as MEPs call for an EU roadmap against homophobia and discrimination based on sexual identity. Jean Lambert as photographed by Tanoshimi in Norwich, October 2010. Green MEPs have won cross-party backing for a new EU ‘roadmap’ on eliminating all […]
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Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson voices his concern over the superhighways plans with “no firm deadline for completion, nor an adequate budget”. One out of the three currently operational cycling superhighways, CS7, at Colliers Wood underground. Darren Johnson AM has uncovered the fact that the Mayor’s draft London Plan does not anticipate the cycling superhighways […]
3 February 2014 by sianberry
Green Party MEP Jean Lambert encourages everyone to register this Wednesday (5th February) to vote and have their voice heard. Londoner’s voting in Hackney for the 2010 general election. Photograph courtesy of Alex Lee. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has urged all Londoners who are entitled to vote, whether they are UK, EU or Commonwealth […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for affordable homes for Londoners as two thirds of new homes are now sold to investors. Graffiti of ‘Homes For Locals’ down a British street, photograph courtesy of CGP Grey. The ITEM club has published a report stating that new homes being built in London are “expensive” and that […]
28 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones publishes an amendment to be tabled at the London Assembly proposing increasing the cycling budget to 2% of TfL’s total budget. Jenny Jones wants more of the TfL’s main budget to be put into the cycling schemes, stating it is necessary to meet the Mayor’s “ambitious cycling vision”. Photograph courtesy […]
27 January 2014 by sianberry
“The real year of the bus will be when the Mayor’s term comes to an end” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. The New Bus for London in operation on the 38 route to Victoria, photograph courtesy of Tom Page. The Mayor of London is today launching ‘The Year of the Bus’ at City Hall […]
24 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones criticises the Mayor on London’s “hopeless” solar record with less than one percent of London’s homes having solar panels installed. Sheffield leads the way in solar panel installations as London trails behind in 9th, photograph courtesy of Pujanak. New figures published by the Government show that London is ninth out […]
22 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for an “urgent overhaul” of the cable car’s ticketing policy. Photograph of the Thames Cable Car service, courtesy of Nick Cooper. Transport for London has revealed that the Thames cable car’s income from fares in the second quarter of 2013/14 was 35% lower than predicted. TfL’s had assumed that […]
Climate change targets must go further and must also include a target on improving energy efficiency says Green Party MEP Jean Lambert. Air pollution from a production plant, photograph courtesy of Alfred Palmer. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has criticised proposals for new climate change targets published by the the European Commission has today, saying […]
21 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson praises the prioritisation of the homes for Londoners as a “welcome commitment”. The Olympic Park in 2012, picture courtesy of EG Focus. The London Legacy Development Corporation has pledged to work with developers to market homes sold on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London and the UK before marketing […]
20 January 2014 by sianberry
“The human, and economic, costs are just too high” responds Green MEP Jean Lambert to European wide cutting in “crucial” care services. The Ladywell Unit of Lewisham Hospital, which until recently was at threat of losing both it’s emergency and maternity units. Cuts in Government spending must preserve health and social care, London MEP Jean […]
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones releases a new report called The Bankers’ Mayor revealing the Mayor’s defence and close work with the bankers. The Canary Wharf skyline as viewed from Wapping in East London, photograph courtesy of David Iliff. 2,500 UK bankers who received bonuses of over a million euros received enough in bonuses to […]
17 January 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert is delighted with the progress of withdrawing “outdated” single-use plastic bags. EU agrees to phase out the most harmful types of plastics, photograph courtesy of Zainub Razvi. Euro-MPs have voted to ban plastic bags across the EU by 2020 – and introduce mandatory plastic recycling targets. Introducing alternatives, and recycling more […]
The Mayor of London disregards professionals and the London Assembly to push ahead with the Earl Court demolition proposals described by Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson as “an act of cultural and economic vandalism”. Earl’s Court at night, photo courtesy of the whiteness. Darren Johnson is accusing the Mayor of snubbing the concerns raised by […]
The Mayor’s strategy of encouraging investor-buyers has left residents renting expensive homes on insecure tenancies argues Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. Photograph of housing in Highbury, London, courtesy of David Holt. The Mayor of London has told the annual Mansion House London Government Dinner that it would be “utterly nuts” to deter foreign investment in […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls the plans “the last thing London needs”, stating the Mayor should instead be building “more car free developments, near to public transport, with increased space for bike storage”. Gridlock in New York city, photograph courtesy of Roy Googin. The number of car parking spaces in London could go up […]
16 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones calls for hundreds of kilometres of London’s rivers to be restored as a cost effective way of protecting London. “The Meadow” alongside River Thames at Pangbourne, photograph courtesy of Peter Linton. Responding to calls for back-to-natural flood reduction schemes by the Chartered Institute of Water and Environment Management (CIWEM) […]
Mayor Boris Johnson announces plans for all new taxis to be zero emission capable from 2018, but Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones says he needs to improve the charging network or Londoners health will suffer as a result. Electric car charging points in an ASDA car park in Galashiels, photograph courtesy of Walter Baxter. The […]
15 January 2014 by sianberry
“The EU has a key role to play in ensuring equality and the protection of human rights for all” says Green MEP Jean Lambert. Jean Lambert signing the pledge, photograph from Jean Lambert’s facebook page. Green MEP for London Jean Lambert has signed a pledge to put equality and human rights – including those of […]
The Green Party has re-affirmed its commitment to giving the vote to anyone over the age of 16. The Green Primary, a ground-breaking Europe-wide e-democracy project currently underway, offers anyone living in the European Union who is over the age of 16 the opportunity to vote for the two Green leading candidates for the 2014 […]
14 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson is angered by the underspend that could have saved vulnerable road users lives, stating the Mayor needed to “get a grip on TfL”. Darren Johnson urges the Mayor to ensure the TfL are spending the money they are given to spend on improving road safety for cyclists and pedestrians. Image […]
10 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls for the Mayor to “rewrite his Air Quality Strategy”, as the annual legal limit for the harmful Nitrogen Dioxide is breached by the 9th of January. Pollution in Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping street, already breaches the annual legal limit. Photograph courtesy of Ysangkok. Readings taken at the Oxford […]
9 January 2014 by sianberry
Baroness Jenny Jones accuses Boris Johnson of “irresponsibility” after acting despite having already been recommended to protect children from junk food advertising unanimously by the London Assembly. Picture courtesy of Peter Ligerry. London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has criticized Boris Johnson’s sponsorship deal with McDonalds to help fund his Mayor’s ‘Capital Clean Up’ volunteering programme, […]
8 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones comments on “dithering” Mayor of London as air pollution is named a significant cause of death amongst Londoners. Jenny Jones urges Boris Johnson to take action to give Londoners the “cleaner air they deserve”. Photograph courtesy of Reedy. Clean Air in London have today released a borough by borough break […]