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10 November 2013 by sianberry
The London Green party is pleased to be hosting hustings for an historic pan-European Primary, which gives all EU citizens aged 16 or over a chance to vote for their preferred lead Green candidates for the 2014 European Elections. Between today and January 28 every Green party member or sympathiser in Europe over the age […]
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9 November 2013 by sianberry
Green European Parliamentary Candidate Caroline Allen has called for the Mayor to champion social housing and to introduce rent controls as £720k “affordable home” is put on market. Green MEP candidate Caroline Allen called the £720k “affordable” home “a new and depressing landmark in London’s housing madness” Advertised on sharetobuy.com – which describes itself as […]
6 November 2013 by sianberry
On 5th November people up and down the country celebrated a growing resistance to government policies by engaging in many and varied peaceful acts of civil disobedience that they had planned and organised in their local People’s Assemblies. London Green and Party Welfare Spokesperson Romayne Phoenix (centre left, green scarf) joined protestors against the governments […]
Green MEP Jean Lambert and Baroness Jenny Jones AM join campaigners in urging Mayor and councils to do more to curb this “silent killer” as deaths linked to vehicle emissions rise in half of London’s boroughs. Green MEP Jean Lambert, centre, with Clean Air director Simon Birkett and local campaigner Maureen Childs According to data […]
5 November 2013 by sianberry
Today leading Green Party politician, Jenny Jones, was officially introduced into the Second Chamber in the Palace of Westminster, by Baroness Grey-Thompson and Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws as “Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb”. Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett said: “We can only hope this can act as a spur towards wider reform of this house, […]
3 November 2013 by sianberry
Living wage week right time to make it mandatory, starting with big business and government Jenny Jones AM has called for the Mayor of London to look at ways to start making the London Living Wage mandatory during the second Living Wage Week. Jenny Jones right, with Green Party activists Despite previously telling the London […]
28 October 2013 by sianberry
Responding to the government’s announcement that universal credit is today being rolled out to just one Jobcentre, Hammersmith in London, Romayne Phoenix the Party’s spokesperson on Welfare said: “The Green Party has long opposed the government’s universal credit scheme on ideological grounds. By sapping money from the poor and making victims of anyone who needs […]
24 October 2013 by sianberry
The European Parliament today adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US agreement on the exchange of bank transfer data, following the revelation that the US secret service NSA was also involved in the surveillance of SWIFT (the international bank transfer company). After the vote, London’s Green Party MEP Jean Lambert stated: “In calling for the […]
23 October 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor of London refused to clamp down on developers insisting on separate entrances and lifts for affordable housing that help sell homes to investors, following questioning by Darren Johnson AM today at Mayor’s Question Time. Darren asked about One The Elephant, a development of 284 flats with prices starting at £330,000 for a studio […]
22 October 2013 by sianberry
The number of cycle hires in September this year has decreased by 32% when compared to the same month in 2012, new Transport for London figures show. In January 2013 cycle hire scheme access fees increased from £1 to £2 per day, £5 to £10 a week and £45 to £95 a year. A TfL […]
WORLD leaders must focus on providing more decent work for women and young people as well as eradicating poverty and hunger, London MEP Jean Lambert has said. In a message for International Day for the Elimination of Poverty the Green Euro-MP has called for the UN to step up efforts to meet the Millennium Development […]
18 October 2013 by sianberry
The Green Party has given its full support to today’s demonstration, organised by the campaign group Action for Rail, against the proposed re-privatisation of the East Coast Mainline railway. The party has called upon the government to listen to the demands of its travelling public with national support for renationalising the railways currently standing at […]
15 October 2013 by sianberry
LONDON Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert has welcomed a vote by the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee to scrap the monthly ‘merry-go-round’ of holding meetings in both Brussels and Strasbourg. She said the practice, which sees up to 5,000 lawmakers and parliamentary staff travel some 550 miles from Brussels to Strasbourg and back each month was […]
Babies born to mothers who live in areas with air pollution and dense traffic are more likely to have a low birth weight, according to a large European study. The researchers, who included a team from the UK, found that babies were smaller even in areas with relatively low levels of air pollution, well below […]
11 October 2013 by sianberry
PUBLIC consultation will play a key role in future applications for ‘fracking’ in Croydon and Orpington – and major development projects like Heathrow – after MEPs voted to revise EU legislation on environmental impact assessments (EIAs). The Greens strongly welcomed provisions to make EIAs compulsory for non-conventional fossil fuel projects, notably shale gas extraction and […]
9 October 2013 by sianberry
LONDON Euro-MP Jean Lambert has vowed to fight on for pilot and passenger safety after MEPs voted to relax rules limiting flight times. The Greens had proposed the objection due to concerns the proposed increase in flight times would lead to more strenuous working conditions for pilots, with the associated safety risks for passengers and […]
LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert has called on new EU rules governing sea borders to put saving lives ahead of deterring migrants in the wake of last week’s tragedy, which saw at least 200 African refugees lose their lives just yards from the Italian island of Lampedusa. Ms Lambert, Green Party Immigration spokesperson, said: “The […]
8 October 2013 by sianberry
Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert has been appointed as the Green Party’s Immigration Spokesperson. Ms Lambert, who was elected as London’s Green Party MEP in 1999 and re-elected, each time with an increased vote share, in 2004 and 2009, has been involved in the development of EU asylum and migration policy and has published on the […]
Responding to the provisional conclusion reached by Howard Davies, the head of the Government’s appointed Airports Commission “that we will need some net additional runway capacity in the south east of England in the coming decades, Jenny Jones said: “Increasing runway aviation capacity and more flights is the last thing we need if we are […]
7 October 2013 by sianberry
LONDON Green Party Euro-MP Jean Lambert has slammed the government’s record on poverty during a visit to a food bank in Deptford. Ms Lambert visited the community-run New Cross and Deptford Food Bank on Friday. She said: “The ‘We Care’ Food Bank is a lifeline to the 500-or so families it helps but, at the […]
3 October 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised the Mayor of London, Bromley Council and the ZhongRong Group for announcing plans to build a replica Crystal Palace on the upper terrace in the Crystal Palace Park. “While I’m sure many people would love to see the Crystal Palace raised from the ashes, this precious […]
2 October 2013 by sianberry
According to a report published last week by Transport for London (TfL), the predicted cost of building a new link between Thamesmead and Beckton has now increased. London Green Party Assembly Member, Darren Johnson AM, has criticised the proposals and called on TfL to retain the existing Woolwich Ferry service, instead, and replace the ferry […]
1 October 2013 by sianberry
LONDON Green Party Euro-MP Jean Lambert has welcomed a decision by MEPs on the EU Transport Committee to overturn proposals to relax rules limiting flight times. The Greens had proposed the objection due to concerns the proposed increase in flight times would lead to more strenuous working conditions for pilots, with the associated safety risks […]
28 September 2013 by sianberry
The London Green Party is seeking to recruit a Campaign Manager to be the driving force behind the final months of its campaign to re-elect London’s Green MEP in next May’s European elections. Could this be you? This is a pivotal role. The person selected will co-ordinate the London European Election campaign and assist in […]