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17 April 2016 by sianberry
London needs a regional public bank to provide loans and finance to small businesses in the capital, Green candidate for Mayor Sian Berry said today. The big banks have a poor record on lending to small business and, in the wake of mis-selling scandals, take a cautious approach to building relationships and advising […]
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12 April 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry today pledged urgent support for the small and medium-sized enterprises which provide half the jobs in London yet are battling to stay in business in the present out-of-control property market. The Green mayoral candidate made the pledge today at the Elephant & Castle where small businesses and traders at the heart of a […]
6 April 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry today revealed plans for a workplace parking levy which she says will raise at least £500 million a year. The proceeds will be shared with London’s boroughs to support their local transport initiatives. Based on a successful scheme in Nottingham which helped fund a new tram extension, the measure is designed to shift […]
4 April 2016 by sianberry
Green Mayoral candidate Sian Berry today promises to build 200,000 new homes, support tenants’ rights via a London Renters Union and halt estate demolitions, in a manifesto designed to tackle the capital’s housing crisis. Half of the homes will be built affordably by councils, smaller developers, communities and housing associations, in a small-parcel model designed […]
30 March 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today pledged to oppose the gentrification threatening London’s LGBT scene as part of her manifesto for the community. She made the promise during a visit to the now boarded up premises of the Joiners Arms in Shoreditch, alongside former Joiners landlord David Pollard and longtime openly gay Assembly Member Darren […]
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today joined the capital’s long-standing MEP Jean Lambert to launch the London Green Party’s campaign for the UK to remain in the EU. The party intends to make a positive case for why EU membership is important for London, and will urge Green-minded Londoners to vote to stay in the […]
29 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry will make sure landlords recognise the needs of responsible pet owners if she is elected Mayor of London, she announced today. Her plan is to work with the proposed London Renters Union (which she as Mayor will set up and fund) as well as with the rest of the housing sector, to ensure all […]
22 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, has welcomed today’s YouGov poll in which Londoners say she is jointly most trusted to improve the city’s air. But she also warns that her fellow candidates for Mayor – including Zac Goldsmith, with whom she shares first place in the poll – have policies that […]
The London Federation of Green Parties has announced the four key policies on which the Conservative and Labour candidates for Mayor of London will have to give ground if Sian Berry is to consider endorsing either of them for her second preference votes on 5 May. She will ask them to call a halt to […]
16 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has issued the following comment on George Osborne’s budget: “I welcome the Chancellor’s commitment to Crossrail 2. With the government covering only half the cost, it’s vital the next Mayor of London has plans to raise the rest. I will cut fares for outer Londoners […]
14 March 2016 by sianberry
London needs a comprehensive plan to bring its air within legal limits as soon as possible, using every tool at our disposal, the Green Party mayoral candidate says today. With air pollution estimated to cause more than 9,500 premature deaths in London every year, Sian Berry lists a wide range of actions that she would […]
11 March 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, the Green Party’s No 2 candidate for the London Assembly, has reaffirmed that a Green Mayor would remove candidates’ names from their application forms and would mandate this for all Greater London Authority group agencies and contractors. She reiterated the pledge at today’s Mayoral Debate organised as part of the fifth annual Women […]
10 March 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, the party’s No 2 candidate for the London Assembly, attended the London Gypsy and Traveller Forum today to highlight what elected Greens will do at City Hall to promote the rights of Gypsies and Travellers. She noted that over the past 16 years, Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has put pressure on both […]
Caroline Russell, the Green Party’s national transport spokesperson and No 2 candidate for the London Assembly, has given a qualified welcome to this morning’s recommendation by the National Infrastructure Commission that the government should push on with Crossrail 2. “We are very much in favour of any commitment to fund development of Crossrail 2. […]
9 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, today promises to rewrite London’s planning rules to protect fringe and other arts venues. If she is elected Mayor she will also set up a register of “meanwhile” spaces in empty buildings to provide a home for arts and cultural organisations under threat from property […]
5 March 2016 by sianberry
The Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry has pledged to protect London’s remaining launderettes from proposed changes that could see them disappear altogether. Last autumn, as part of its drive to free up more buildings for residential use, the Government announced its intention to remove planning protections that protect local launderettes. But the Green […]
3 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, has expressed support for South East London residents raising funds for a legal challenge to the Enderby Wharf cruise terminal. She said today she fully backs the crowdfunding initiative by the East Greenwich Residents Association, which claims the proposed terminal in a dense residential area will […]
2 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry will ensure that half the new recruits to the Metropolitan Police are women if she is elected Mayor of London. She made the 50:50 pledge at a London’s Future for Women hustings event at the House of Commons tonight. She said: “A police service works best when it is properly representative of the […]
26 February 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today welcomed the news that City Airport has been sold to a Canadian consortium. She said she looked forward to meeting the new owners and persuading them of the strong business case to close the airport and redevelop it for homes and businesses. She was reacting to news that […]
24 February 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has expressed relief at the suspended sentences given to the 13 climate-change protesters found guilty of chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow Airport. “I’m very glad these peaceful protesters are not going to jail, as we had feared they would,” said Sian, who […]
Sian Berry will set an annual Student Living Rent to help curb rampant accommodation costs if she is elected Mayor, she announced today. The calculation, designed along similar lines to the Living Wage system that Greens have championed at City Hall, will be based on cost-of-living data and typical student incomes. It will help students […]
19 February 2016 by sianberry
Reacting to new figures from Darren Johnson AM showing that Transport for London expects the next Mayor of London to slash cycling investment by 60 per cent by 2020/21, Sian Berry has pledged to block the cuts and raise cycling investment. She has also challenged other candidates to match her pledge. Sian said today: “As […]
18 February 2016 by sianberry
A Green Mayor will set up a new London Energy Company to ensure that Crossrail is powered by 100% clean electricity, Sian Berry said today. This will be the first step towards a renewable energy revolution in a city that could supply 20 percent of its electricity from solar power alone – compared with the […]
10 February 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, today pledged to introduce rules to ensure that new publicly accessible spaces in the capital are governed by the law of the land. Her modification of the London Plan would prevent controversial projects such as the proposed Garden Bridge excluding the public at the whim of […]