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7 July 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate and member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), Jenny Jones is to continue to question the police on the issue of illegal police payments from newspaper organisations following the revelations that News International have email confirmation that such payments have been made. Jenny Jones first brought this to the […]
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5 July 2011 by sianberry
The UK’s Green MEPs have today criticised Conservative and centre-right Members of the European Parliament for failing to pass tougher measures on greenhouse gases which would have committed the EU to a more ambitious emissions reduction target of 30 per cent by 2020 Members of the European Parliament, including Britain’s Conservatives, voted against proposals in […]
4 July 2011 by sianberry
n response to a formal question from Brockley Ward Green Councillor, Darren Johnson, Lewisham’s Deputy Mayor has confirmed that the Council intends to strengthen its planning policies to protect back gardens from development. Cllr Johnson said, "I am pleased the Council has responded positively to my request. There is a lot of concern from local […]
27 June 2011 by sianberry
A group of Camden school children met with Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, on Saturday to hand over hundreds of letters bound for the European Parliament highlighting the dire situation faced by Palestinian child prisoners languishing in Israeli jails. The children were joined by twelve young people from Palestinian town, Abu Dis, as part […]
24 June 2011 by sianberry
Anti-war campaigner and longstanding supporter of recently deceased Brian Haw, Jenny Jones, has announced her backing for Early Day Motion 1945 [1] which calls for a permanent memorial to the man who many regarded as a leader of the peace movement, to be established in Parliament Square. Jenny Jones, who used her positions on the […]
23 June 2011 by sianberry
Nearly 15,000 people have had to be refunded charges made by Serco since the Barclays cycle hire scheme was launched in July 2010. In May 2011 almost 600 people in one week had money wrongly withdrawn from their bank accounts for journeys that they did not take. Serco have had £5million of payments held from […]
22 June 2011 by sianberry
New research by the Campaign for Clean Air has found that 1,148 schools in London are within 150 metres of roads carrying 10,000 or more vehicles per day and a total of 2,270 schools within 400 metres of such roads. This revelation comes at a time when new scientific research indicates that children exposed to […]
The Green Party has called on MPs to listen to the voices of their constituents tomorrow when they have an opportunity to vote on a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses and make the coalition act on this issue. Nearly 3 out of 4 British citizens favour a ban. As MPs prepare […]
16 June 2011 by sianberry
Over 90 per cent of Italian voters have rejected government plans for a return to nuclear power generation following a nation-wide referendum. Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert has welcomed the outcome of this historic vote and has urged Member States to make a complete switch to renewable energies. Despite abandoning its nuclear programme in […]
6 June 2011 by sianberry
The Metropolitan Police 2011-14 policing plan will reduce the proportion of staff in the workforce, with an 11% reduction of staff and 5% reduction of officer numbers. The Met has one of the lowest proportions of staff in the workforce in comparison with other forces. Jenny Jones is concerned that this shift means officers are […]
1 June 2011 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, is backing a Europe-wide campaign which seeks to end the wasteful and unethical practice of throwing dead fish back into the sea. Under current EU rules, fishing fleets are forbidden from landing more than their catch quota [1]. Often, the only option is for the unwanted fish to be […]
31 May 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party has expressed concern that former BNP member, and current independent London Assembly member, Richard Barnbrook, attended a meeting of potential governors for the London Ambulance Service (LAS). Green Party activist Joseph Healy is chair of the LAS Patients’ Forum. He has long been concerned with the LAS’s lack of staff diversity, with […]
23 May 2011 by sianberry
An energy policy founded on nuclear will saddle future generations with a costly, toxic debt, Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, has warned. Speaking during a special European Greens press briefing on the implications of the Committee for Climate Change’s Renewable Energy Review, Jean argued that the Whitehall predisposition to nuclear energy places the UK […]
22 May 2011 by sianberry
Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, has welcomed the news that the Ugandan Parliament has dropped its odious Anti-Homosexuality Bill following an outpouring of international condemnation. The draft legislation would have seen the introduction of the death penalty and life imprisonment for those convicted. Jean, a member of the European Parliament Gay and Lesbian Intergroup, […]
17 May 2011 by sianberry
Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson announced last week that his officers would undertake an evaluation of Madeline McCann case, following a request by home secretary Theresa May. Madeleine McCann vanished during a family holiday on the Algarve in 2007. Jenny Jones, Green member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, and Green candidate for Mayor of […]
11 May 2011 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has called on the Mayor of London and the Government to remain committed to their carbon dioxide reduction targets and to deliver the funding and policies required to meet them. The Mayor expects to miss his own targets by a third if he and the Government don’t develop and deliver further policies and […]
9 May 2011 by sianberry
Jenny Jones AM has welcomed the Planning Inspectorate’s recommendation that the Mayor of London should reinstate the target to ensure 50% of new housing built in London is affordable. The Mayor dropped the target in his draft replacement London Plan, claiming that it "clearly does not work". Jenny Jones commented: "We knew the 50% target […]
Still riding high on their local election victories, the Green Party today announces its London Assembly list candidates, along with a fresh impetus and determination to double its existing two seats, currently held by Darren Johnson and Jenny Jones. The list is striking in character, for not only are seven out of the eleven candidates […]
Plans to turn Lewisham town centre into a major retail hub have drawn sharp criticism from local campaigners. Lewisham Council gave local people until last Friday to submit their views on the Lewisham Town Centre Area Action Plan, which includes proposals to seek Metropolitan Centre status for Lewisham by building 40 000 square metres of […]
3 May 2011 by sianberry
Responding to the inquest jury ruling that newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson was unlawfully killed by PC Simon Harwood at G20 protests in London, Jenny Jones, Green member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said: "Having heard all the evidence, the jury are beyond doubt that PC Harwood’s brutality was deliberate, unjustified and contributed to Ian Tomlinson’s […]
21 April 2011 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has written to the London Mayor urging him to issue a smog alert warning if the current pollution episode carries over into the Royal Wedding next week as predicted in official weather forecasts. DEFRA issue occassional smog alerts. Londoners and visitors can sign up to Airtext, which sends out alerts when pollution levels […]
19 April 2011 by sianberry
Lewisham Deptford MP Joan Ruddock is being urged to reconsider her support for a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain, as local campaigners observe the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster next Monday. "It’s 25 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Ukraine and barely 25 days since the […]
The Mayor of London has repeated his claim that "three quarters of the occasions when legal limits of PM10 concentrations were exceeded during February and March were due to pollution blown in from continental Europe". He implies that this was a major factor in Marylebone Road having 29 bad air days so far this year. […]
Green Party London Assembly Members Darren Johnson and Jenny Jones have today issued this cross-party call for a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum: As London Assembly Members from every group we have come together to urge Londoners to vote Yes in the referendum to change the voting system. On May 5th you will have […]