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29 January 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has welcomed the Government’s decision to call in the planning decision on Crystal Palace Park. The plans, recently approved by the London Mayor and Bromley council, included the building of 180 houses on Crystal Palace Park. The strength of feeling locally was reflected in a 8,000 signature petition which Darren Johnson presented at […]
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Darren Johnson is writting to the EU Environment Commissioner welcoming the start of infringement proceedings against the British Government’s failure to comply with air quality limit values, designed to protect human health. Successful legal action by the EU could result in unlimited fines against the UK Government. Darren Johnson said: "The Government had this coming […]
Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London, today welcomed the European Commission’s announcement to begin infringement procedures against the UK for breaches of air quality standards on particulate matter, which have not been met since they were introduced in 2005. The action by the Commission follows the introduction of the new European Directive on Air […]
28 January 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson today unveiled his amendments to the London Mayor’s annual budget. The main changes aim to lower fares; increase neighbourhood policing, and reverse many of the Mayor’s cuts to environmental projects. Darren Johnson said: "In spite of much green rhetoric the Mayor has dropped a large swathe of projects aimed at improving the quality […]
27 January 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has written to the EU Environment Commissioner asking him to reject the British Government’s attempt to gain an extension on the time it has to comply with air quality limit values on three grounds: 1) The EU had previously set a deadline of 31st October 2008 for any application for an extension and […]
22 January 2009 by sianberry
A 16% increase in the number of reported rapes in London has added to the pressure on Boris Johnson to deliver his promise of £744,000 a year for rape crisis centres in the capital. Under questioning by Jenny Jones at the London Assembly budget committee, the Mayor admitted that that he would only provide £233,000 […]
Electricity bill slashing’s energy display devices could be loaned out from London’s libraries to help householders save on energy costs, under a novel plan promoted by Darren Johnson. The simple-to-use devices give feedback on how much electricity is being used and how much it costs, and can even give advice on what appliances can be […]
19 January 2009 by sianberry
Dave Hill talks to London assembly member Jenny Jones. The Green assembly member discusses her party’s prospects and her views of Boris Johnson
16 January 2009 by sianberry
Responding to job losses in London and a flurry of economic recovery proposals, Darren Johnson, Green Party London Assembly Member, is calling on the Mayor and Government to invest immediately in schemes which will both tackle climate change and create jobs. "A London wide programme to improve the energy efficiency of all homes could create […]
15 January 2009 by sianberry
Commenting on the imminent announcement that the Government will give the go ahead to the expansion of Heathrow airport, Darren Johnson AM, Chair of the London Assembly Environment Committee, said: "Expanding Heathrow airport is a massive mistake. The London Assembly has carefully considered evidence from interest groups and individuals – both in favour of and […]
14 January 2009 by sianberry
The London Assembly today called on Mayor Boris Johnson to reverse cuts in funding for the London Cycle Network Plus (LCN+) and to ensure the network is completed by its 2010 target date. The Mayor’s draft budget for 2009-10 proposes reducing spending on the LCN+ from £20m to £10m. Proposing the motion Darren Johnson AM […]
Jenny Jones will ask the Mayor of London at tomorrow’s Mayor’s Question Time to finish the London Cycle Network Plus (LCN+), rather than switch funds to the cycling superhighways project. It has also emerged that only £44.8m will actually be spent on cycling this year, not the £55m planned by the mayor. Jenny Jones said: […]
9 January 2009 by sianberry
In response to the Israeli incursion into Gaza, a massive demonstration is taking place in London tomorrow to appeal for an immediate ceasefire. Jean Lambert, the Green Party MEP for London, will be joining other speakers including Tony Benn, in calling on Israel to halt the attacks and demanding that the international community plays its […]
This Sunday, Jean Lambert, will mark the seventh anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility with the London Guantanamo campaign at a demonstration outside the US Embassy. The Green Party MEP for London, who was previously named MEP of the Year for her work on Justice and Human Rights and has campaigned […]
7 January 2009 by sianberry
The London Mayor today confirmed his support for two existing schemes intended to improve the energy efficiency of commercial and public buildings: the Green 500 schemes aimed at occupiers of buildings and the Better Buildings partnership targeted at owners/landlords of commercial buildings. However, the flagship London Green Homes Service has been dropped. This service was […]
6 January 2009 by sianberry
A year ago the flagship London Green Homes Service was launched by the previous Mayor of London and the London Development Agency. The service was designed to help Londoners cut climate emissions and fuel costs by making their homes more energy efficient. Now the London Development Agency has axed the Green Homes Service from its […]
5 January 2009 by sianberry
The drivers of foreign-registered cars continue to break and evade UK traffic law. Since it was revealed last September that only 25% of foreign-registered drivers who were sent a penalty notice in the first six months of 2008 paid their fines, the Metropolitan police have set up Operation Tripper to tackle traffic offenders who drive […]
19 December 2008 by sianberry
Responding to the mayor of London’s announcement of the winner for a new generation of Routemasters to replace articulated buses, Darren Johnson said: "The key problem with these bus designs is that fewer people will be able to get on them than the current double deckers and far fewer people than currently use a bendy […]
17 December 2008 by sianberry
Members of the European Parliament today voted, by a significant majority, to end the UK’s opt-out from the Working Time Directive. The recommendation from Parliament is to phase out the opt-out within three years. Jean Lambert MEP, who has been a long-time advocate of ending the opt-out and who has published a report on […]
Jenny Jones today challenged the London Mayor for re-announcing existing funding and repackaging previous measures in his Economic Recovery Action Plan. The Plan announces £33 million of new money for business support but £23 million of this was already announced a week ago. Similarly, the Plan claims "the £130 million Targeted Funding Stream" will be […]
16 December 2008 by sianberry
If you would like to hear Jean speaking during the Working Time Directive debate in the European Parliament yesterday evening, go here. (Scroll down to the Working Time debate under Subjects and scroll down to Jean under Speakers. You may need to download the speech if it doesn’t run directly from this page.) New figures […]
Jenny Jones will ask the Mayor of London at tomorrows Mayor’s Question Time to explain his motives behind cuts to the London Cycle Network Plus’s (LCN+) funding. Over two-thirds of the LCN+’s schemes to make roads safer for cyclists will have to be dropped or postponed as a result of reducing the budget to £10 […]
Jenny Jones today forced London’s Mayor to admit that he will not deliver new rape crisis centres in London on the scale he promised in his manifesto. Before being elected, the Mayor pledged to provide £744,000 a year to fund the one existing rape crisis centre in London, along with three more new centres. However, […]