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24 February 2018 by sianberry
The Green Councillor John Coughlin, the only councillor who is not Labour on Lewisham Council, put forward a motion at Lewisham Council on Proportional Representation in local elections. This would make the local voting system fairer and allow the views of all residents to be represented on the council. At present, there are 54 councillors, 53 of whom […]
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25 September 2017 by sianberry
On Saturday, hundreds of Haringey residents marched through the streets from Tottenham Green to Finsbury Park in protest against social cleansing and Haringey Council’s plans to privatise billions of pounds worth of public assets. The protest, which was organised by local campaign group Stop Haringey Development Vehicle, brought together many allies from across the political spectrum, […]
14 May 2017 by sianberry
On Sunday 14th May, London Green Party launched its candidates and its General Election campaign. The party has selected 67 candidates to stand in constituencies across London and campaigning is already underway. The launch took place in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency where Green Assembly Member Sian Berry is challenging Labour’s Kier Starmer for […]
13 May 2017 by sianberry
Deputy leader Amelia Womack: “The detention of asylum seekers in centres such as Yarl’s Wood is inhumane, costly and totally unnecessary” The Green Party launched our women’s manifesto outside Yarl’s Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire today. The manifesto’s three key policies all relate to providing safety for all, regardless of gender. The party is calling […]
11 May 2017 by sianberry
Caroline Lucas has announced the Green Party’s environment promises, with pledges to protect the natural world in the wake of the EU referendum, introduce locally owned energy companies, and end plastic waste Caroline set out how the Green Party will put the environment at the heart of its politics at the launch of the party’s […]
18 April 2017 by sianberry
18th April 2017 Last month Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50, signalling the start of the UK’s exit from the European Union. Within just a matter of days, former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard managed to spark a diplomatic row with Spain by threatening the use of military force to protect British sovereignty over […]
27 March 2017 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP opened a joint meeting organised by Phil Fletcher with Barnet Friends of the Earth, Barnet Green Party, and air pollution economics and legal experts. London Green Party’s Unsung Hero award-winner of 2014, Edelgard Vaswani, raised the issue of living without a car. Barnet Council tends to plan 800 underground parking spaces per […]
19 March 2017 by sianberry
Caroline Russell came to Stanmore, as promised, to meet with a community group the Stanmore Society concerned with the state of their local town centre. The step-free access has no lift at the station despite a hospital nearby. A new school in the area has a lot of parents dropping off kids by car. Caroline […]
5 March 2017 by sianberry
Jean backs European Parliament report aimed at protecting workers from exposure to carcinogens 1st March 2017 The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs committee has today backed the draft report which seeks to amend a directive in order to better protect workers from risks of exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work. Commenting after the […]
23 February 2017 by sianberry
Commissioner Dick was in charge of the police operation which resulted in the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Tube station in 2005. She will replace outgoing Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. Sian Berry said: “This is a very controversial choice. Assembly members will want questions answered about the lessons the new Commissioner learned […]
9 February 2017 by sianberry
It has been a winter of discontent with many protests but this one stands out, from its timing, its global coordination, and the sheer strength of the people that turned out: Speakers ranged from Madonna to a feminist comedian, to Councillor Caroline Russell, who stood in Emily Thornbury’s MP seat and went on to become […]
2 February 2017 by sianberry
As Greens were some of the first to raise the truth about corporate-led trade deals at the European level, the pressure is on as the vote approaches in the EU parliament in Strasbourg, where Justin Trudeau, the well-dressed successor to conservative leader Stephen Harper, is expected to speak. If the bulk of the Labour MEPs […]
27 January 2017 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, who is the sole opposition councillor in Islington Borough Council, and tweets at @CarolineRussell, said, “At a moving City Hall HMD (Holocaust Memorial Day) event on Monday I was reminded by speakers of my visit to Auschwitz in 1991 which woke me to politics.” Sian Berry, who is a Humanist, represents Highgate ward […]
17 January 2017 by sianberry
On Friday, 13 January 2017, the London Green Party joined a protest outside the Pakistani Embassy in the UK to protest enforced disappearances of online political dissidents. The critics included bloggers, poets, writers, and commentators, and all were active online criticising the state and military as well as social conservatism and […]
10 January 2017 by sianberry
Our campaigns and political education officers have put together a fantastic event this Saturday to which supporters are welcome in the morning if invited by Green Party members and also welcome for lunch. The afternoon will be for Green Party members only. Next Tuesday, The EU referendum result was the biggest shock in the UK since […]
25 December 2016 by sianberry
The Green Party has released a Christmas message reflecting on the year of Brexit, Trump, record breaking global temperatures and an escalating refugee crisis. But the message also cites the stories of hope which have emerged through the turmoil. In the video, which was released today, co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas promise to keep […]
5 December 2016 by sianberry
Green Party Councillor Caroline Russell has expressed her outrage at the Council’s failure to develop a flood prevention strategy in Islington, in spite of the considerable risk to local residents, and particularly, the likelihood of major transport disruption. Environment Agency maps show that key infrastructure in the Borough is at high risk of flooding from […]
10 October 2016 by sianberry
London Assembly Member Sian Berry has launched a report “What are London renters thinking?”, based on the results of her recent Big Renters Survey of London’s private tenants.[1] The report lays bare the scale of dissatisfaction among London’s renters, over a range of areas including rocketing rent costs, incomplete repairs, lost deposits and fear of […]
30 August 2016 by sianberry
Over 1,000 ‘property guardians’ are being charged to live in precarious conditions in empty public buildings owned by councils across London, the Green Party has discovered. New figures from borough councils obtained by Green Party Housing Spokesperson and candidate for Mayor of Hackney, Samir Jeraj, show that more than 200 empty public buildings are being […]
1 August 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry AM is launching a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters. The short survey asks about problems with costs, contracts and letting agents, maintenance and repairs and how renters think a union of tenants working together could help improve their rights and situation. Sian says: […]
20 July 2016 by sianberry
At today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Sian Berry AM won valuable promises for the rights of private renters on council estates. On estate regeneration across London, we’ve seen serious problems with residents not being listened to when councils make development plans. Private renters – many of whom rent relatively cheaply in former right-to-buy homes on estates […]
6 July 2016 by sianberry
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has agreed to press the Government to adjust the law on equality to allow for positive action in recruiting more women and BAME officers to the Met Police. The Mayor was responding to questions from Sian Berry AM in the London Assembly, and this action on recruitment was a […]
Do you live on a main road in outer London? Do you want to know how polluted your air is? Almost 10,000 Londoners die prematurely each year as a result of long term exposure to nitrogen dioxide, mainly from diesel vehicle emissions. Many more Londoners find their existing heart and lung conditions are worsened by […]
28 June 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell AM has been pushing the Mayor of London to learn the lessons of the Olympics and use smart methods to help people reduce their car travel. Her work, including asking questions of the Mayor in a London Assembly meeting, and helping to bring a group of experts into City Hall to meet the […]