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6 October 2008 by sianberry
The following motion, moved by Jenny Jones AM at the Metropolitan Police Authority, was passed today: "We believe that decisions concerning the confidence of Londoners in their Commissioner need to be taken by the Metropolitan Police Authority, with its cross party and independent membership, reflecting a broad range of Londoners views." Jenny also called for […]
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2 October 2008 by sianberry
"Ian Blair put bobbies back on the beat in London and reduced crime. The successful roll out of safer neighbourhood teams across the whole of London was a major achievement and is a legacy which must be defended. We also have a higher proportion of officers from Black and Ethnic Minorities in London, as well […]
29 September 2008 by sianberry
Jenny Jones is calling on the London mayor to make extra funding for local policing a higher priority than Olympic security. Olympic security is expected to cost £800m in the build up, and £600m during the event itself. Jenny Jones commented: "The Olympics cannot become a bottomless pit for public funds and police officer resources. […]
New figures show that thousands of drivers in foreign-registered carsare not paying fines when they break the rules of the road in London.Around thirty times more foreign registered vehicles are now caughtcommitting motoring offences on CCTV than in 2004. However, of the118,526 caught on camera last year, only 4,198 paid their fines. A small proportion […]
26 September 2008 by sianberry
Photo opportunity: Belgrave Sq, London; 12 noon, Saturday 27 September 2008. National Anti Fur March and Rally; speeches including Green Party Deputy Leader Adrian Ramsay. The new Deputy Leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, will call for a ban on fur imports in an address to the National Anti Fur March and Rally 1 […]
Members of the London Assembly’ s Transport Committee have met with Mayor of London Boris Johnson to urge him to step up efforts to secure funding for the second phase of the East London Line extension. The Mayor is currently discussing options with Transport for London and the Department for Transport to identify funding for […]
25 September 2008 by sianberry
Darren Johnson will challenge London’s Mayor to reject the government’s pursuit of new nuclear power and invest instead in a more efficient and less polluting system of decentralised renewable energy for the capital. Following the government’s go-ahead for four new nuclear reactors as part of a £12.5m takeover deal of the UK nuclear energy company […]
22 September 2008 by sianberry
www.guardian.co.uk As the UK is failing to expand its green industries, we are also losing out on new sustainable jobs in this time of economic instability. In the current economic climate it’s important we don’t overlook opportunities for sustainable job creation. Some startling figures demonstrate this point. The UK is the windiest country in the […]
London’s Mayor will be asked to justify his proposal to commission a study into the feasibility of a new airport east of London. The Mayor has agreed to Darren Johnson’s request that his officers meet the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to discuss their concerns over the impacts on migratory birds and the […]
19 September 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, has spoken out against Government plans to seek a derogation from their air quality targets as set by the EU. Speaking ahead of EU Car Free Day on Sunday 21 September, Jean Lambert said: "This year there are Car Free Day events taking place all over the capital and […]
18 September 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP will be visiting Georgia this week to investigate the reproductive health needs of internally displaced people in the aftermath of the conflict with Russia. The study tour will take place from Thursday 18 until Saturday 20 September. Jean Lambert is a Member of the European Parliament’s Working Group on Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS […]
Figures obtained by Jenny Jones, a member of the London Assembly,reveal that police enforcement against drivers using mobile phones hasgone up across London, but there are still wide variations in policeactivity. The number of fixed penalty notices issued to Redbridge drivers is oneof the lowest in London. Only 150 notices were issued in 2007/8compared to […]
Jenny Jones is questioning the use of London as a pilot area for thescrapping of police stop and account forms. She will raise the issue,through the Assembly, with London’s Mayor, who also takes over asChair of the Metropolitan Police Authority in October. This morning it was announced that London officers would soon nolonger have to […]
16 September 2008 by sianberry
Commenting on a Department of Work and Pensions conference, ‘No-one Written Off’, at which no speaker from any disabled people’s organisations had been invited to speak or participate, Disability Spokesperson for London Green Party Alan Wheatley today said, "I have learned that when New Labour talk about ‘service user involvement’ what they really mean is […]
15 September 2008 by sianberry
London Assembly member and Lewisham Green councillor Darren Johnson today welcomed the decision of a primary school in New Cross to offer free school meals to all pupils, regardless of parental income. "A policy of universal free school meals improves nutrition and classroom concentration, and eliminates what can be a powerful social stigma for pupils […]
10 September 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London and long-time human rights campaigner, will address the Annual International Sikh Convention in Wolverhampton on Sunday 14 September 2008. Around 10,000 Sikhs will attend the Sikh Federation (UK) event, which is the biggest of its type in the West. As a Member of the South Asia and the […]
The UK’s Green MEPs today urged the UK authorities to intervene to ensure free passage for three international peace campaigners stuck in Gaza. The three campaigners, all of whom live in the UK, are part of the Free Gaza movement which last month sailed two boats into the Palestinian land to deliver desperately needed medical […]
9 September 2008 by sianberry
Students from Southwark and Lambeth spoke out at the Green Party conference about their experiences and recommendations for politicians to help overcome difficulties facing youths in London. One of their main concerns was the police’s stop and search policy, which they believed was worsening relations with the police and amongst people of their own peer […]
7 September 2008 by sianberry
Delegates at the Green Party’s annual conference have voted overwhelmingly to back a fast track to either residency or citizenship for Gurkhas and their families. At present, Gurkhas who have retired before 1997 do not have the right to settle in the UK, but Gurkhas that have retired after 1997 and completed four years of […]
6 September 2008 by sianberry
The Green Party has passed a motion calling for the establishment of workplace environmental representatives with the same rights as other trade union representatives. The motion, which was prioritised by the membership and passed overwhelmingly at conference, called for the representatives to have a decision-making role in the development and implementation of strategies to make […]
Responding to reports that the Mayor of London is considering plans todemolish the 2012 Olympic stadium and re-build a football ground on thesite, Jenny Jones, Green Party London Assembly Member, said such a movewould damage the credibility of the ‘green games’. "London’s Olympic organisers have said they would minimise the energywhich goes into providing materials […]
4 September 2008 by sianberry
– UK falling behind EU neighbours in transition to green economy Jean Lambert MEP will open the Green Party conference in London this Friday, 5 September, where she will launch her new report, Green Work. The publication calls for greater investment in green industries and skills for workers to help transform the UK to a […]
Responding to the news that London’s Mayor is expected to announce an above inflation rise in bus and tube fares, Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, commented: "If Boris was not consulting on the scrapping the western extension of the congestion charge, or had not abolished the £25 charge on gas […]