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22 June 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell AM has won a pledge from the Mayor of London that ‘Energy for Londoners’ will be a fully licensed energy company that is able to sell electricity to residents and businesses. This goes further than Sadiq Khan’s manifesto, which only promised a company that would buy electricity not provide it to Londoners as […]
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17 June 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry’s new report shows that, despite new initiatives, half of London’s borough police officers live outside London. Borough-by-borough data, obtained by our Assembly Member through questions to the Mayor, show where London’s local police officers live, and only 49 per live anywhere within Greater London. The report also reveals that, in many inner London […]
8 June 2016 by sianberry
The London Assembly today agreed a motion proposed by Sian Berry AM calling on the Mayor to help councils take in more refugees. The motion urges the Mayor to work with London’s local authorities to ensure that they can support more people fleeing war, persecution or natural disasters, and particularly child refugees in Calais and […]
25 May 2016 by sianberry
The Mayor of London today agreed to Sian Berry AM’s request that he consider the lower incomes of women when calculating a ‘living rent’ for London, and that he looks at a separate ‘Student Living Rent’ figure. But at Mayor’s Question Time he rejected her suggestion that the calculations for family-sized homes should consider the […]
Caroline Russell AM has criticised the Mayor of London’s failure to stop work on the Silvertown Tunnel while he conducts a ‘joined-up review’ of river crossings in east London. At the Mayor’s Question Time meeting this morning, the Green Party Member of the London Assembly urged the Mayor to withdraw an application for powers to […]
17 May 2016 by sianberry
Leaving the European Union could lead to the removal of the cap on bankers’ bonuses, and end hopes of establishing a financial transaction tax on London’s banks, according to a new report by Sian Berry, Green Party Member of the London Assembly. The report also suggests the Mayor should be campaigning to remain in the […]
10 May 2016 by sianberry
Very late on Friday 6 May we found out that Sian Berry and Caroline Russell had been elected as new Green London Assembly Members. Across London, Greens had record-breaking results. One hundred and fifty thousand people voted first choice for a Green Mayor, and we came third overall for the second time. Nearly half a […]
25 April 2016 by sianberry
Heathrow transport budget error is “cataclysmic miscalculation” says Sian Berry Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry has made the following comment on today’s news reports that Heathrow Airport would face a black hole in excess of £16 billion to pay for enhancements to road and rail links to the airport should the third runway be given […]
23 April 2016 by sianberry
The Green Party in London today launched its manifesto for Londoners from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds – more than 40 per cent of our citizens. The policies highlighted by the manifesto would help to make sure no-one in London is disadvantaged by their ethnic background. Support for BAME small businesses and reviews […]
20 April 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry will spend at least 15 percent of her total expected transport investment on cycling and walking over her first term if she is elected Mayor of London, she announces today. In her proposals, she pledges to commit £1.55 billion over four years. This will pay for the completion of the original Cycle Superhighway […]
19 April 2016 by sianberry
The London Federation of Green Parties has announced that it cannot make a positive recommendation for either Sadiq Khan or Zac Goldsmith as an option for green voters‘ second preference in the election for Mayor.[1] Last month, the Party set out four ‘red lines’ on road building, airport expansion, estate demolition and inequality, against which […]
17 April 2016 by sianberry
London needs a regional public bank to provide loans and finance to small businesses in the capital, Green candidate for Mayor Sian Berry said today. The big banks have a poor record on lending to small business and, in the wake of mis-selling scandals, take a cautious approach to building relationships and advising […]
12 April 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry today pledged urgent support for the small and medium-sized enterprises which provide half the jobs in London yet are battling to stay in business in the present out-of-control property market. The Green mayoral candidate made the pledge today at the Elephant & Castle where small businesses and traders at the heart of a […]
6 April 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry today revealed plans for a workplace parking levy which she says will raise at least £500 million a year. The proceeds will be shared with London’s boroughs to support their local transport initiatives. Based on a successful scheme in Nottingham which helped fund a new tram extension, the measure is designed to shift […]
4 April 2016 by sianberry
Green Mayoral candidate Sian Berry today promises to build 200,000 new homes, support tenants’ rights via a London Renters Union and halt estate demolitions, in a manifesto designed to tackle the capital’s housing crisis. Half of the homes will be built affordably by councils, smaller developers, communities and housing associations, in a small-parcel model designed […]
30 March 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today pledged to oppose the gentrification threatening London’s LGBT scene as part of her manifesto for the community. She made the promise during a visit to the now boarded up premises of the Joiners Arms in Shoreditch, alongside former Joiners landlord David Pollard and longtime openly gay Assembly Member Darren […]
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today joined the capital’s long-standing MEP Jean Lambert to launch the London Green Party’s campaign for the UK to remain in the EU. The party intends to make a positive case for why EU membership is important for London, and will urge Green-minded Londoners to vote to stay in the […]
29 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry will make sure landlords recognise the needs of responsible pet owners if she is elected Mayor of London, she announced today. Her plan is to work with the proposed London Renters Union (which she as Mayor will set up and fund) as well as with the rest of the housing sector, to ensure all […]
22 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, has welcomed today’s YouGov poll in which Londoners say she is jointly most trusted to improve the city’s air. But she also warns that her fellow candidates for Mayor – including Zac Goldsmith, with whom she shares first place in the poll – have policies that […]
The London Federation of Green Parties has announced the four key policies on which the Conservative and Labour candidates for Mayor of London will have to give ground if Sian Berry is to consider endorsing either of them for her second preference votes on 5 May. She will ask them to call a halt to […]
16 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has issued the following comment on George Osborne’s budget: “I welcome the Chancellor’s commitment to Crossrail 2. With the government covering only half the cost, it’s vital the next Mayor of London has plans to raise the rest. I will cut fares for outer Londoners […]
14 March 2016 by sianberry
London needs a comprehensive plan to bring its air within legal limits as soon as possible, using every tool at our disposal, the Green Party mayoral candidate says today. With air pollution estimated to cause more than 9,500 premature deaths in London every year, Sian Berry lists a wide range of actions that she would […]
11 March 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, the Green Party’s No 2 candidate for the London Assembly, has reaffirmed that a Green Mayor would remove candidates’ names from their application forms and would mandate this for all Greater London Authority group agencies and contractors. She reiterated the pledge at today’s Mayoral Debate organised as part of the fifth annual Women […]
10 March 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, the party’s No 2 candidate for the London Assembly, attended the London Gypsy and Traveller Forum today to highlight what elected Greens will do at City Hall to promote the rights of Gypsies and Travellers. She noted that over the past 16 years, Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has put pressure on both […]