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4 February 2008 by sianberry
Jenny Jones, a Green Party Member of the London Assembly, today asked the Mayor how he was able to justify 45 times more policing resources for the Olympics than for gun crime and gang culture.Extra policing resources for counter-terrorism, Olympics and security in the capital, has been allocated 900 extra officers, while tackling gun crime […]
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1 February 2008 by sianberry
Labour made a manifesto commitment to reviewing the electoral system in 2001 and there have been many failed attempts to start the ball rolling. Seven years later we are presented with the review and the response from campaigners has generally been quite positive. It’s seen as being a fairly even-handed, comprehensive review of the voting […]
31 January 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP, will address the AGE UK event at the UK European Parliament office on Friday 1 February to explore why the 2009 elections will be important for the well-being of older people. Many organizations representing older people are intending to attend the event including Age Concern England, The Greater London Forum […]
Most car dealerships are breaking the law by failing to display fuel economy and carbon emissions data, spot “citizen’s inspections” by the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s have found. The campaign, founded by Blake Ludwig and Green Mayor candidate Siân Berry, has given the offending showrooms a week to comply with the law or face a […]
30 January 2008 by sianberry
London MEP, Jean Lambert, was in Hillingdon this week for an interview with Year 7 pupils at Mellow Lane School (photo attached). The students are taking part in the Newsday 2008 competition from the Guardian as part of a project to teach young people about working in the media. The contest intends to give students […]
29 January 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, will be taking part in a fact-finding mission to Israel and Palestine from 2-7 February 2008, with a cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament. The purpose of the visit is to assess the current situation in the region and look at steps that might be taken to […]
27 January 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP will be interviewed by school children from the City of London Academy in Bermondsey in a unique Question Time event as part of their project on the urban environment. The youngsters will be grilling the London Green parliamentarian about Europe, the environment and how young people can help change the world at […]
22 January 2008 by sianberry
London could see burglaries halved under a Green Mayor with Siân Berry’s plan to provide Safer Neighbourhood Team patrols round-the-clock. A pilot in Fulham cut the rate of residential burglaries by 52% , and the Greens argue that officers should be diverted from less vital areas to improve street-level policing. Siân said: "If we’re serious […]
A new poll commissioned by the GLA has shown that Siân Berry’s priority of making city life more affordable is Londoners’ number one demand. More than eight out of ten say that the cost of housing is a problem affecting their quality of life. As Mayor, Siân will use planning rules to increase the availability […]
Responding to today’s announcement by the Government that a new generation of nuclear power stations has been given the go-ahead, Darren Johnson, a Green Party Member of the London Assembly, commented:”This was an unfair consultation, which has come to the wrong conclusion by assuming that nuclear power is the solution to the problem of climate […]
The Green campaign for this May’s GLA elections is celebrating Mayor of London candidate Siân Berry’s strong showing in today’s YouGov/Evening Standard poll of 533 influential Londoners, which ends any suggestion that Siân can be considered a fringe candidate. Siân won the second votes of over a quarter of the opinion-formers, beating both Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson, and leaving "Others" trailing […]
The International Olympic Committee is being called on to investigate whether London is failing on a key condition of hosting the Olympics.The Host City Contract requires London to comply with environmental law as it prepares for and hosts the 2012 Games. However, London has exceeded EU limits on air pollution since air quality measurements began […]
The Assembly passed a motion setting out a four-point action plan for central government that would help London achieve a sixty per centcut in CO2 emissions by 2025. Proposer Darren Johnson said: “I am delighted the Assembly backed this motion, which recognises that London is leading the way on climate change despite the lack of […]
18 January 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry, Mayor of London candidate from the Green Party, has led a united call by the four main Mayor contenders to meet EU standards for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) pollution by 2012. But scepticism continues over whether any of the other parties can be trusted to take the necessary steps to protect health. "Radical action to improve air quality in […]
17 January 2008 by sianberry
London Green MEP, Jean Lambert, addressed the European Parliament yesterday afternoon during a debate on the political state of Pakistan following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto earlier this month. Speaking ahead of President Musharraf’s visit to Brussels next week, Ms Lambert expressed her concern over the judicial system and security of the country, which has […]
16 January 2008 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert has today called on the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to end impunity for sexual attackers and implement new laws prohibiting sexual violence. An urgent motion, signed by Ms Lambert, will be debated in the European Parliament on Thursday 17January when Members of the Greens/EFA political group will […]
7 January 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry has attacked Tory candidate Boris Johnson’s announcement on gang violence and knife crime as "ill thought out and alarmingly hard-right," pointing to his lack of detail over key policies and an implication that he will increase the targeting of young black Londoners. Siân said: "Johnson doesn’t appear to have applied much thought at […]
4 January 2008 by sianberry
Following electricity supplier NPower’s announcement of double-figure rises in gas and electricity bills, Mayor candidate Siân Berry has urged Londoners to vote for her plan to provide free insulation to every London home that needs it. Siân said: "As oil and gas get scarcer, we can expect to see more and more rises in the […]
18 December 2007 by sianberry
On International Migrants Day (18 December), Jean Lambert MEP is calling on the Government to avoid deporting migrants who have been settled in the UK since they were children. She is also demanding that children be helped to clarify their migration status to avoid being unexpectedly removed when they reach adulthood. The recent high profile […]
14 December 2007 by sianberry
The European Parliament passed a motion late yesterday calling on the Japanese government to formally acknowledge, apologize and accept historical and legal responsibility for its Imperial Armed Forces’ coercion of young women into sexual slavery during the Second World War. 200,000 women were captured across Asia prior to the war and forced into sexual servitude, […]
11 December 2007 by sianberry
The European Court of Justice has ruled today that trade unions can in principle take action to prevent employers from using cheaper workers from EU countries with fewer labour rights. The ruling, regarding Finnish ferry company Viking Line, states that such action must be intended purely to protect jobs and existing employment conditions, not to […]
7 December 2007 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP will be attending the Climate Change march tomorrow, 8th December, starting at 12pm at Millbank, culminating in a rally at the US embassy at 2.30pm. "I hope that many thousands of Londoners will tomorrow join people from all around the world to demand urgent action on climate change. Demonstrators will be calling […]
6 December 2007 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP, will report about her experience shadowing an older Croydon resident at Help the Aged’s event "Age Equality: Ours by Right" tomorrow 1. Last Friday, Jean spent a day with 76-year-old Bernard Rickman to find out about the difficulties older people face in their day-to-day life 2. The event will address […]
27 November 2007 by sianberry
New facts revealed today show that the race to cut CO2 emissions from London’s 1.8 million privately owned homes is underway. Jenny Jones, Green Party London Assembly Member, welcomed the start that is being made, but encouraged London’s Mayor to reach all of London’s households as quickly as possible. "The Concierge Service of the London […]