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23 September 2009 by sianberry
Following a less-than-transparent South London Waste Partnership workshop on the 7th September, frustrated local residents, environmentalists and politicians are pressing ahead with an anti-incinerator campaign. The official launch will be on 23rd September, 7.30pm at Ruskin House, Coombe Road, Croydon. The campaign calls for an immediate end to the South London Waste Partnership in its […]
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18 September 2009 by sianberry
Pictured: Cllr Darren Johnson AM and Cllr Romayne Phoenix outside the Department for Energy and Climate Change. Darren Johnson, parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford, spoke a rally last night against the closure of the Vestas wind turbine factory. Cllr Darren Johnson addressed the rally on 17 September outside the Department for Energy and Climate Change […]
17 September 2009 by sianberry
Unemployment has soared across Lewisham, with new government figures this week showing 62% more jobseekers in the borough last month compared with a year earlier. Lewisham’s Green Party Group leader, Cllr Darren Johnson, said the worsening picture showed the need for a shake-up at Westminster, with money spent on job creation, housing and vital services […]
15 September 2009 by sianberry
Last night, Camden Green Party councillor Maya de Souza (Highgate Green ward) proposed a motion that the London Borough of Camden sign up to reduce its carbon emmissions by 10 per cent by the end of 1010. In a rare show of cross-party unity, every council member present voted in favour of the Greens’ motion. […]
9 September 2009 by sianberry
Green Party candidates Anna Bragga, Sarah Cope and Pete McAskie will join members of the Lap Off! campaign at Haringey’s Civic Centre on Thursday September 10 when a final decision on the planning application to transform the Music Palace into a gentlemen’s club will take place. With Rokesley School just a few yards down the […]
7 September 2009 by sianberry
As London prepares to host the DESi Arms Fair tomorrow, Jenny Jones, Green Party home affairs spokesperson (and member of the London Met Police Authority) has called on the organisers to pay for the cost of policing the event. Jones said: "I can’t think of anything more wasteful than the London police using their precious […]
26 August 2009 by sianberry
Lewisham’s Green Party councillors have welcomed news that the 2009 Climate Camp has chosen Blackheath, the borough’s famous green space, as its temporary home. The venue was announced at the last minute this afternoon in a text message sent to activists around the country. Lewisham is the Green Party’s stronghold in London, with the largest group […]
13 August 2009 by sianberry
A Green Party idea for lending energy-monitoring "smart meters" through Lewisham’s libraries has proven a hit with library users – and spread across the globe. New figures show almost 200 of the devices have been borrowed for free in the scheme’s first six months. The scheme has also inspired copycat projects in other areas, with […]
The Camden Green Party’s annual survey of shops in Highgate ward has been released. It found that vacancy rates in this area have almost doubled from 4% in 2006, when the survey first started, to 7.4% in 2009. The local survey covers 175 shops in five local shopping streets: Highgate Road, York Rise, Chester Road, Swains […]
10 August 2009 by sianberry
Hackney Greens today praised their Labour-run council for supporting a Green Party campaign to use the Sustainable Communities Act to combat the growth of bookmakers throughout the borough. The Gambling Act 2005 – which came into force in 2007 – removed the need for bookmakers to show there was demand for yet another bookies […]
8 August 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson (London Assembly member, and parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford) is calling on the organisers of London 2012 to set higher goals for green transport, affordable housing, and low-carbon energy. In particular Darren wants to see: – The target for the number of people arriving at the Games on foot or by bike doubled […]
6 August 2009 by sianberry
Hiroshima Day is observed all over the world every year on 6 August, in commemoration of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War. It is estimated that 140 000 people were killed in Hiroshima, and 74 000 people in Nagasaki, where the […]
28 July 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has written to the London Mayor responding to the Transport Statement of Intent. Jenny said: "Most of the Mayor’s key goals will only be achieved with bold new ideas and a large increase in investment. For example, the expansion of cycling and walking in outer London is completely under-funded, yet that is where […]
London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert, will join protestors at the Save Vestas Rally outside the Department for Energy and Climate Change at 6.30pm today [28th July] to demand action from the Government to support the wind energy industry and protect green jobs. Speaking ahead of the rally, Jean Lambert MEP said: "In its Energy White Paper, the government […]
27 July 2009 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP since 1999, has lent her full support to a campaign to ensure London meets air quality laws in time for to 2012 Olympics. She will join ClientEarth, an environmental law and policy organisation, and other campaigners at City Hall this morning for the launch of CleanAir for London. The campaign is […]
23 July 2009 by sianberry
The LDA have today announced details of their programme to retrofit London’s homes with energy efficiency measures, and have allocated £9.5m additional funds. Darren Johnson believes that this scheme could be a missed opportunity for London. "The example of Kirklees Council has shown us that the success of their scheme lay in its simplicity, as […]
22 July 2009 by sianberry
The London Assembly has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to show greater ambition and leadership for London after more than a year in charge at City Hall. Assembly Members were debating the Mayor’s responses to questions about his proposed economic development, transport and planning strategies at an Assembly meeting this morning. London Assembly Chair Darren […]
At tomorrow’s meeting of the London Assembly, where the Mayor faces questioning on his emerging policies for transport, economic development and planning, Jenny Jones will ask colleagues to join her in calling on Boris Johnson to set tough targets on cutting private car and motorbike journeys in London. The motion that Jenny will put to […]
17 July 2009 by sianberry
In an urgent letter to the European Commission today, UK Green MEPs Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert have called for an immediate suspension of plans to deport around 1,800 individuals from the so called ‘Jungle Camp’ in Calais back to Afghanistan and Iraq next week [1]. Writing to Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner Jacques […]
16 July 2009 by sianberry
As the Government proposes that business rates should rise by an average of 10 per cent, before inflation, over the next five years, Darren Johnson is calling on the London Mayor to lobby the government to issue automatic business rate relief for all small businesses that are eligible. London’s high streets have already become casualties […]
9 July 2009 by sianberry
A report going to a Metropolitan Police Authority committee today, says that "record numbers of serial and serious traffic offenders are being disqualified from driving by courts in London." Since late 2006/07, 8,759 have been disqualified in London. Action against the estimated 400,000 uninsured drivers in London has also increased dramatically in the last five […]
7 July 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has welcomed the HMIC review of public order policing. Jenny Jones said: "The Metropolitan Police have received a clear message from their own inspectorate that they have to facilitate peaceful protest, even if that means allowing some illegal behaviour. If the Met wants to keep the public’s consent then it must improve public […]
6 July 2009 by sianberry
Greens in London and Manchester today blasted a "ridiculous right-wing plan" to introduce water cannon to the Metropolitan and Greater Manchester Police. (1) The plan for the two forces to introduce water cannon was revealed yesterday in the Independent on Sunday (2). Jenny Jones, a Green Party member of the London Assembly who sits on […]
The Croydon Green Party has obtained a damning document [1] which confirms their worst fears and exposes the intention of the South London Waste Partnership. The key to the document are the numbers and codes it contains: – First, it identifies the estimated cost: 919 000 000.00 GBP, almost £1billion (see page 6 of document, […]