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3 August 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised the Mayor of London’s new London Rental Standard, published yesterday, which sets out standards for landlord and letting agent accreditation schemes. Darren commented, “It’s amazing that the Mayor of London’s standard doesn’t make clear requirements on annual rent hikes, insecurity or extortionate letting agent fees. He needs to […]
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24 July 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor of London told Darren Johnson, London Green Party Assembly Member, today that his plans to build social housing are “not enough” to meet the need, when asked about his 2020 Vision. The Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research estimates that, on current plans, there will be a shortfall of 186,333 social homes […]
18 July 2013 by sianberry
The annual figures (2012) on plastic bag use show a 4% increase in their use in England, but a 76% fall in Wales, where a charge was introduced in October 2011. The mayor has lobbied the Government to act, but has refused to publicly criticize the government for their long standing refusal to enact reserve […]
17 July 2013 by sianberry
From London Green Party European elections candidate, Caroline Allen: Last weekend I joined other Greens at a vigil on the Hornsey Lane Bridge calling for anti-suicide measures to be put in place there. Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett, and London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert were also at the Bridge, right on the border between Islington […]
16 July 2013 by sianberry
Today Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, will participate in the London Cycling Campaign’s second ‘space4cycling’ ride which begins at 6.30pm in Russell Square, London. The ride has been organised in response to the death of a male cyclist involved in a collision with a tipper truck in Holborn yesterday morning. Ahead […]
9 July 2013 by sianberry
Four people in City Hall were paid more than £150,000 in 2012/13, roughly ten times the London Living Wage, figures published in the Greater London Authority’s unaudited annual accounts show. This is an increase from one person in the previous year, and in each of the other years since the Mayor came into office there […]
4 July 2013 by sianberry
Responding to the Mayor of London’s decision to approve plans to demolish the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centres in redevelopment plans that include the Lille Bridge Rail Depot and West Kensington and Gibbs Green Housing Estates, London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson said: “Boris Johnson claims to be a champion of the London economy and […]
1 July 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green Party Euro-MP Jean Lambert has demanded an immediate investigation into claims that the US has routinely spied on top EU officials. German news magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ reported claims made by US whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been routinely spying on EU officials and institutions. Ms Lambert will […]
27 June 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has called on the Mayor to reverse road safety budget cuts in light of figures, published today, showing that the number of people seriously injured on London’s roads increased by 9 per cent between 2011 and 2012. Pedestrian injuries were up 17 per cent, cyclist injuries were up […]
26 June 2013 by sianberry
Transport for London’s draft annual report for 2012/13, published today, shows that83 employees were remunerated more than ten times the London Living Wage (over £150,000), down from 98 in 2011/12. The Commissioner was remunerated £652,452 including Olympics bonuses, a sum 40 times the London Living Wage, up from a remuneration packet that was 20 times […]
24 June 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert has waned that Government plans to shave £220m off the UK’s Legal Aid bill will leave refugees abandoned by the courts – for the second time. In a statement to mark World Refugee Day 2013, she said many of those fleeing persecution by foreign legal systems would find their access […]
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has called on the Mayor of London and the Government to change the Affordable Rent programme in light of a report published by the Future of London think tank. The report shows that the model, brought in to compensate for 66% cuts to the housing capital budget, is […]
20 June 2013 by sianberry
Redevelopment plans for Earls Court will see an extra 1,977 parking spaces being made available – despite the fact the area exceeded it legal Nitrogen Dioxide limits last year. According to Transport for London, the total number of car park spaces planned for the Earl’s Court redevelopment proposals will be 5,124. This is 1,977 more […]
Figures published today show that 6,437 people were seen rough sleeping by outreach workers in 2012/13, up 13% from last year and up 113% from 2007/08, the year before the current Mayor of London was elected. He pledged to ensure that nobody slept rough for a second night by the end of 2012, but missed […]
19 June 2013 by sianberry
The Viridor Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) incinerator granted planning permission by Sutton Council for the burning of four London council’s (Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton and Sutton) waste is expected to be imminently referred back to the Mayor of London for his decision. London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has submitted a Mayors Question, […]
17 June 2013 by sianberry
THE UK risks missing the chance to create thousands of jobs and enjoy the economic boost from servicing Europe’s burgeoning offshore wind energy sector, according to a London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert. Speaking to mark Global Wind Day, marked each year on June 15th, she cited a recent study by RenewableUK and The Crown Estate […]
Jenny Jones AM will question the Mayor of London to introduce compulsory youth engagement training for all new police recruits at Mayor’s Question Time at City Hall on Wednesday 19th June at 10am. Jenny has tabled the following question: Youth engagement training for police recruits Question No: 1879 / 2013 Jenny Jones Will you introduce […]
13 June 2013 by sianberry
Responding to news that Hammersmith and Fulham Council has been encouraging traffic wardens to increase revenue from motorist fines, the London Green Party has called on the council to ditch it’s short-term vision and develop a far more progerssive and positive transport policy. Findings from a Freedom of Information request sent to the Council by […]
The London Green Party has welcomed the news announced last Friday (7th June) that almost all residential roads and high streets in London will have 20 mph speed limits by 2020. The party is calling on Mayor Johnson to take the proposals forward as speedily and comprehensively as possible. The announcement was made by Isabel […]
Latest research from Imperial College reveal a fourfold rise in obese children cases with complications occurring at a younger age. The cost to London’s NHS of overweight and obese children is estimated to be £2.3 annually and to the wider London economy a further £2bn. London Assembly Member Jenny Jones’ unanimously agreed Assembly motion, in […]
12 June 2013 by sianberry
Make the Living Wage mandatory, says London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones Ahead of a London Assembly Economy Committee discussion about the minimum and living wage in London, Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has welcomed the Mayor’s aspiration for “the London Living Wage to become the norm” in his 2020 vision, and called […]
11 June 2013 by sianberry
Mayor has so far built 25% of the affordable houses he promised for his second term in office. Figures released by the Greater London Authority show that there were 10,092 affordable homes started in 2012/13, taking the Mayor’s total for this investment round to 14,383. The Mayor pledged to fund 55,000 homes in the four […]
7 June 2013 by sianberry
Green MEPs ensure that the ongoing police brutality in Turkey is raised as an urgent matter for next week’s European Parliament debates. Growing protests and police brutality in Turkey will be debated in the European Parliament next week after Green MEPs asked for the issue to be placed on the parliament’s agenda. Representatives of the […]
6 June 2013 by sianberry
Mayor’s new “Safe Streets for London” plan seeks to undo the damage caused by the £46m pound cut he introduced to the road safety budget last year. The Mayor of London and TfL today launched a new road safety plan “Safe Streets for London”. The plan aims to reduce the number of people killed and […]