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2 February 2017 by sianberry
As Greens were some of the first to raise the truth about corporate-led trade deals at the European level, the pressure is on as the vote approaches in the EU parliament in Strasbourg, where Justin Trudeau, the well-dressed successor to conservative leader Stephen Harper, is expected to speak. If the bulk of the Labour MEPs […]
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27 January 2017 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, who is the sole opposition councillor in Islington Borough Council, and tweets at @CarolineRussell, said, “At a moving City Hall HMD (Holocaust Memorial Day) event on Monday I was reminded by speakers of my visit to Auschwitz in 1991 which woke me to politics.” Sian Berry, who is a Humanist, represents Highgate ward […]
17 January 2017 by sianberry
On Friday, 13 January 2017, the London Green Party joined a protest outside the Pakistani Embassy in the UK to protest enforced disappearances of online political dissidents. The critics included bloggers, poets, writers, and commentators, and all were active online criticising the state and military as well as social conservatism and […]
10 January 2017 by sianberry
Our campaigns and political education officers have put together a fantastic event this Saturday to which supporters are welcome in the morning if invited by Green Party members and also welcome for lunch. The afternoon will be for Green Party members only. Next Tuesday, The EU referendum result was the biggest shock in the UK since […]
25 December 2016 by sianberry
The Green Party has released a Christmas message reflecting on the year of Brexit, Trump, record breaking global temperatures and an escalating refugee crisis. But the message also cites the stories of hope which have emerged through the turmoil. In the video, which was released today, co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas promise to keep […]
5 December 2016 by sianberry
Green Party Councillor Caroline Russell has expressed her outrage at the Council’s failure to develop a flood prevention strategy in Islington, in spite of the considerable risk to local residents, and particularly, the likelihood of major transport disruption. Environment Agency maps show that key infrastructure in the Borough is at high risk of flooding from […]
10 October 2016 by sianberry
London Assembly Member Sian Berry has launched a report “What are London renters thinking?”, based on the results of her recent Big Renters Survey of London’s private tenants.[1] The report lays bare the scale of dissatisfaction among London’s renters, over a range of areas including rocketing rent costs, incomplete repairs, lost deposits and fear of […]
30 August 2016 by sianberry
Over 1,000 ‘property guardians’ are being charged to live in precarious conditions in empty public buildings owned by councils across London, the Green Party has discovered. New figures from borough councils obtained by Green Party Housing Spokesperson and candidate for Mayor of Hackney, Samir Jeraj, show that more than 200 empty public buildings are being […]
1 August 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry AM is launching a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters. The short survey asks about problems with costs, contracts and letting agents, maintenance and repairs and how renters think a union of tenants working together could help improve their rights and situation. Sian says: […]
20 July 2016 by sianberry
At today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Sian Berry AM won valuable promises for the rights of private renters on council estates. On estate regeneration across London, we’ve seen serious problems with residents not being listened to when councils make development plans. Private renters – many of whom rent relatively cheaply in former right-to-buy homes on estates […]
6 July 2016 by sianberry
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has agreed to press the Government to adjust the law on equality to allow for positive action in recruiting more women and BAME officers to the Met Police. The Mayor was responding to questions from Sian Berry AM in the London Assembly, and this action on recruitment was a […]
Do you live on a main road in outer London? Do you want to know how polluted your air is? Almost 10,000 Londoners die prematurely each year as a result of long term exposure to nitrogen dioxide, mainly from diesel vehicle emissions. Many more Londoners find their existing heart and lung conditions are worsened by […]
28 June 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell AM has been pushing the Mayor of London to learn the lessons of the Olympics and use smart methods to help people reduce their car travel. Her work, including asking questions of the Mayor in a London Assembly meeting, and helping to bring a group of experts into City Hall to meet the […]
22 June 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell AM has won a pledge from the Mayor of London that ‘Energy for Londoners’ will be a fully licensed energy company that is able to sell electricity to residents and businesses. This goes further than Sadiq Khan’s manifesto, which only promised a company that would buy electricity not provide it to Londoners as […]
17 June 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry’s new report shows that, despite new initiatives, half of London’s borough police officers live outside London. Borough-by-borough data, obtained by our Assembly Member through questions to the Mayor, show where London’s local police officers live, and only 49 per live anywhere within Greater London. The report also reveals that, in many inner London […]
8 June 2016 by sianberry
The London Assembly today agreed a motion proposed by Sian Berry AM calling on the Mayor to help councils take in more refugees. The motion urges the Mayor to work with London’s local authorities to ensure that they can support more people fleeing war, persecution or natural disasters, and particularly child refugees in Calais and […]
25 May 2016 by sianberry
The Mayor of London today agreed to Sian Berry AM’s request that he consider the lower incomes of women when calculating a ‘living rent’ for London, and that he looks at a separate ‘Student Living Rent’ figure. But at Mayor’s Question Time he rejected her suggestion that the calculations for family-sized homes should consider the […]
Caroline Russell AM has criticised the Mayor of London’s failure to stop work on the Silvertown Tunnel while he conducts a ‘joined-up review’ of river crossings in east London. At the Mayor’s Question Time meeting this morning, the Green Party Member of the London Assembly urged the Mayor to withdraw an application for powers to […]
17 May 2016 by sianberry
Leaving the European Union could lead to the removal of the cap on bankers’ bonuses, and end hopes of establishing a financial transaction tax on London’s banks, according to a new report by Sian Berry, Green Party Member of the London Assembly. The report also suggests the Mayor should be campaigning to remain in the […]
10 May 2016 by sianberry
Very late on Friday 6 May we found out that Sian Berry and Caroline Russell had been elected as new Green London Assembly Members. Across London, Greens had record-breaking results. One hundred and fifty thousand people voted first choice for a Green Mayor, and we came third overall for the second time. Nearly half a […]
25 April 2016 by sianberry
Heathrow transport budget error is “cataclysmic miscalculation” says Sian Berry Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry has made the following comment on today’s news reports that Heathrow Airport would face a black hole in excess of £16 billion to pay for enhancements to road and rail links to the airport should the third runway be given […]
23 April 2016 by sianberry
The Green Party in London today launched its manifesto for Londoners from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds – more than 40 per cent of our citizens. The policies highlighted by the manifesto would help to make sure no-one in London is disadvantaged by their ethnic background. Support for BAME small businesses and reviews […]
20 April 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry will spend at least 15 percent of her total expected transport investment on cycling and walking over her first term if she is elected Mayor of London, she announces today. In her proposals, she pledges to commit £1.55 billion over four years. This will pay for the completion of the original Cycle Superhighway […]
19 April 2016 by sianberry
The London Federation of Green Parties has announced that it cannot make a positive recommendation for either Sadiq Khan or Zac Goldsmith as an option for green voters‘ second preference in the election for Mayor.[1] Last month, the Party set out four ‘red lines’ on road building, airport expansion, estate demolition and inequality, against which […]