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14 April 2011 by sianberry
The High Court ruled today that police acted unlawfully when they "kettled" protesters during G20 demonstrations in the City of London two years ago. Two protesters – Josh Moos, a campaigner for Plane Stupid, and Hannah McClure, had challenged the restraint used against them at the Camp for Climate Action in Bishopsgate on April 1 […]
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The Olympic Park will only produce 9% of its energy from renewable sources, having promised to achieve 20%. Darren Johnson commented: "This really is a miserable result. I know the organisers have had some difficulties but quite frankly this should never have been allowed to happen. It makes a mockery of the idea of a […]
An official report on the environmental impact of the Olympic Games has admitted that increases in traffic along the Olympic Route Network will lead to European legal limits on air pollution being exceeded. The modelling done by consultants employed by the Olympic Delivery Agency (ODA) states that "… the number of daily mean exceedences at […]
12 April 2011 by sianberry
Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, has today urged Londoners to make sure that they are registered to vote in the forthcoming referendum on the Alternative Vote system with the deadline for registration just days away. Britain goes to the polls on the 5th of May to decide on whether to replace the outdated First-Past-The-Post […]
10 April 2011 by sianberry
Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert has today supported the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution which strongly denounces sexual assaults on women in North Africa including the torturous, forced ‘virginity tests’ that have taken place in Egypt. The resolution, which focuses on the use of sexual violence in conflicts in North Africa and the […]
The Transport Minister, Norman Baker has launched a consultation on ideas for dealing with congestion on the transport system. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper he is reported to have warned of the need to fast-track changes to the rush hour because of the Olympics, warning that it would be "impossible" for the capital […]
The Mayor has re-announced a series of environmental projects with a reduced year-on-year budget. Some projects have been seriously delayed and some cut back following cuts to the London Development Agency. The Mayor risks missing a key target to insulate homes and not completing a network of new green spaces in east London. Darren Johnson […]
8 April 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, has attacked proposals to make squatting a criminal act. London currently has 360,000 households on housing waiting lists and 83,000 properties which have been empty for more than six months. But instead of getting more council homes they can actually afford, Londoners are getting hit by a […]
25 March 2011 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert will take to the streets tomorrow to join the hundreds of thousands of people using their feet to protest against the Government’s reckless public spending cuts. The March for the Alternative, led by the TUC, will unite people from across the country opposed to the package of austerity measures which […]
20 March 2011 by sianberry
London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has been selected as the party’s London Mayoral candidate, after a ballot of party members in the capital showed she had won a comfortable 67% of the vote. For her campaign website, please see: www.jennyforlondon.org.uk Jenny Jones said: "At this time of savage cuts to essential services, London needs a […]
17 March 2011 by sianberry
Boris Johnson today won a High Court ruling that will see Brian Haw removed from Parliament Square. The eviction is pending an appeal which must be lodged by March 28. Jenny Jones, Green member of the London Assembly, said: "Boris seems keen on liberty and freedom of speech if he agrees with it, but not […]
16 March 2011 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP, London’s Green Party Member of the European Parliament, today expressed her disappointment that the EU Commission had accepted the UK’s application to be given more time to meet EU air pollution standards. The Government’s revised proposals have to be with the Commission by November this year[1]. However, the Commission has demanded short-term […]
9 March 2011 by sianberry
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, stated that he did not believe it would be "appropriate" for him to lobby the Government against their proposal to close the Accident and Emergency unit at King George Hospital in Redbridge. This statement was made by the Mayor in response to London Assembly member, Darren Johnson’s question at […]
The decision by the Secretary of State for Environment to turn down Thames Wate’s proposal to build a massive 5000 acres water reservoir on productive farmland has been welcomed by London Assembly Member Darren Johnson. The proposal would have cost Thames Water’s customers £1bn and taken approximately 10 years to build (1). In 2008/9 London […]
4 March 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party today announced the names of its candidates seeking nomination for the London Mayoral elections 2011 at a press launch outside City Hall, marking the start of serious campaigning among the three hopefuls. Shahrar Ali [1], Farid Bakht [2] and Jenny Jones [3], are all experienced campaigners and considered strong candidates within party […]
3 March 2011 by sianberry
Camden’s Green councillor Maya de Souza this week voted against the cuts budget that was pushed through by the Labour council. She also voted against amendments proposed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats respectively. She said that all of the proposals failed to protect essential frontline services and key facilities that could have been […]
24 February 2011 by sianberry
Camden Green Party has called for Camden council to end its mobile phone contract with Vodafone as soon as possible in reaction to the phone giant’s decision to avoid paying £6bn in taxes. It has launched a petition to support the call, and urges residents to sign it. Camden Green Party councillor Maya de Souza […]
23 February 2011 by sianberry
Lewisham’s Green councillor Darren Johnson warned today of grave consequences to local authority cuts, after councillors voted on Mayor Steve Bullock’s budget proposals at a meeting this week. As part of a package of measures designed to slash millions from council spending for 2011/12, Labour councillors voted for the closure of an Early Years Centre […]
17 February 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party is calling for normal opening hours to be resumed as soon as possible at Guy’s Hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit after it received figures [1] showing "temporary" cuts in services since March 210 have lead to 3,700 fewer patients being treated, a reduction of 25%. Noel Lynch, chair of the London Green party, […]
16 February 2011 by sianberry
Responding to concerns from war veterans and visitors about toilet provision in central London on Remembrance Sunday, Darren Johnson AM has tabled a formal written question to the Mayor of London this month. The question is as follows: "Will you work with local authorities and others to ensure that public toilets in central London are […]
15 February 2011 by sianberry
Highlights of the Green Party amendment to the Mayor of London’s budget include: £13m extra funding for home energy saving £25m extra for local transport spending on cycling, walking & safer roads £10m to create a Very Low Emission Zone to tackle central London pollution £15m for more new buses to be hybrids Congestion charge […]
At a London Assembly budget meeting, Jenny Jones supported an amendment to the Mayor’s budget which includes the Metropolitan Police. The alternative budget would reverse the decision to remove 100 sergeants from Safer Neighbourhood Teams. The amendment also proposes cutting 10% from the Territorial Support Group to help finance an additional £5m to support borough […]
8 February 2011 by sianberry
A target to restore sections of London’s rivers by 2015 could be a challenge to deliver because of public sector spending cuts, the London Assembly has heard. Mayor Boris Johnson has proposed to work with partner agencies to restore 15km of London’s rivers by freeing them from concrete structures and allowing natural processes such as […]
28 January 2011 by sianberry
A petition was presented to the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) today calling for the "kettling" or containment of people at demonstrations to be banned. The petition comes after demonstrators were kettled by Metropolitan Police for up to 9 hours during a student protest against tuition fee rises on 24th November. In advance of the presentation, […]