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10 March 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, the Green Party’s national transport spokesperson and No 2 candidate for the London Assembly, has given a qualified welcome to this morning’s recommendation by the National Infrastructure Commission that the government should push on with Crossrail 2. “We are very much in favour of any commitment to fund development of Crossrail 2. […]
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9 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, today promises to rewrite London’s planning rules to protect fringe and other arts venues. If she is elected Mayor she will also set up a register of “meanwhile” spaces in empty buildings to provide a home for arts and cultural organisations under threat from property […]
5 March 2016 by sianberry
The Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry has pledged to protect London’s remaining launderettes from proposed changes that could see them disappear altogether. Last autumn, as part of its drive to free up more buildings for residential use, the Government announced its intention to remove planning protections that protect local launderettes. But the Green […]
3 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, has expressed support for South East London residents raising funds for a legal challenge to the Enderby Wharf cruise terminal. She said today she fully backs the crowdfunding initiative by the East Greenwich Residents Association, which claims the proposed terminal in a dense residential area will […]
2 March 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry will ensure that half the new recruits to the Metropolitan Police are women if she is elected Mayor of London. She made the 50:50 pledge at a London’s Future for Women hustings event at the House of Commons tonight. She said: “A police service works best when it is properly representative of the […]
26 February 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today welcomed the news that City Airport has been sold to a Canadian consortium. She said she looked forward to meeting the new owners and persuading them of the strong business case to close the airport and redevelop it for homes and businesses. She was reacting to news that […]
24 February 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has expressed relief at the suspended sentences given to the 13 climate-change protesters found guilty of chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow Airport. “I’m very glad these peaceful protesters are not going to jail, as we had feared they would,” said Sian, who […]
Sian Berry will set an annual Student Living Rent to help curb rampant accommodation costs if she is elected Mayor, she announced today. The calculation, designed along similar lines to the Living Wage system that Greens have championed at City Hall, will be based on cost-of-living data and typical student incomes. It will help students […]
19 February 2016 by sianberry
Reacting to new figures from Darren Johnson AM showing that Transport for London expects the next Mayor of London to slash cycling investment by 60 per cent by 2020/21, Sian Berry has pledged to block the cuts and raise cycling investment. She has also challenged other candidates to match her pledge. Sian said today: “As […]
18 February 2016 by sianberry
A Green Mayor will set up a new London Energy Company to ensure that Crossrail is powered by 100% clean electricity, Sian Berry said today. This will be the first step towards a renewable energy revolution in a city that could supply 20 percent of its electricity from solar power alone – compared with the […]
10 February 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, today pledged to introduce rules to ensure that new publicly accessible spaces in the capital are governed by the law of the land. Her modification of the London Plan would prevent controversial projects such as the proposed Garden Bridge excluding the public at the whim of […]
28 January 2016 by sianberry
Nearly a million households – comprising nearly 2.3 million people – will be automatically represented by the London Renters Union if the Greens take City Hall, the party’s mayoral candidate Sian Berry will announce today. The Renters Union will enable members to organise to rein in private rents, expose rogue lettings agents and launch […]
21 January 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today welcomed the news that the government is transferring to Transport for London the responsibility for inner suburban rail services operating mostly or wholly within Greater London. She said: “This move will improve life for very many commuters. It will allow TfL to gradually take control over some suburban services […]
20 January 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, today released her defence in support of the 13 activists accused of chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow Airport to protest against climate change. In her statement, which was controversially ruled inadmissible by the District Judge Deborah Wright along with that of Shadow Chancellor […]
18 January 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry today pledges that, if elected Mayor of London, she will form a consortium between City Hall, local councils and businesses to buy City Airport in East London and turn it into a new housing and business quarter. The airport is currently on the market for an estimated £2 billion and Sian Berry is […]
12 January 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry will join other leading Green Party politicians to support junior doctors on the picket line at St Thomas’ Hospital on Tuesday morning. Sian Berry, Caroline Lucas MP, party leader Natalie Bennett and London Assembly member Baroness Jenny Jones will join doctors who are taking industrial action over proposed changes to […]
11 January 2016 by sianberry
Responding to news that the government wants to bulldoze so-called sink estates in London, including Broadwater Farm in Tottenham, Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today condemned this policy of “social cleansing” and pledged to oppose estate demolitions in the capital. “In the great majority of cases, demolition is not the right thing to do. Unless […]
3 January 2016 by sianberry
Abolish the zones and close the gaps with a one-hour ticket across all modes to give London fairer fares, says Green candidate Sian Berry, as our plans for bus, rail and tube fares are announced today. “We’ll level the playing field to make everyone’s journey to work cost the same, removing the hidden penalties if […]
16 December 2015 by sianberry
Small businesses should get discounted advertising space at their nearest Tube station to help support the local economy, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate said today. Sian Berry also said only firms paying the London Living Wage should be permitted to advertise on London’s transport network. She denied the plans would reduce income as extra space […]
11 December 2015 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, will today visit the site of the South London Incinerator near Croydon and pledge to do whatever she can to halt the scheme if elected to City Hall. She will be accompanied by Shasha Khan, the Green parliamentary candidate for Croydon North since 2005, and a […]
10 December 2015 by sianberry
Shahrar Ali, the Green Party deputy leader and one of the party’s top three candidates for the London-wide section of the London Assembly, will tonight call on the Metropolitan Police to improve diversity among their officers to give them a better understanding of both extremism and Islamophobia. He will make the pledge at a public […]
5 December 2015 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, will today announce a plan to help local authorities create town centre rejuvenation funds to be financed by large retail developers. With the backing of City Hall, the fund would be managed by the local authority and in collaboration with existing Business Improvement Districts. The work […]
3 December 2015 by sianberry
As Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, said on BBC News last night: “It’s a bit cynical to lump in things that are already planned like Crossrail and good things like cycle crossings and the Overground, which people have campaigned hard for, with road crossings that a lot of people don’t want […]
1 December 2015 by sianberry
“I’m amazed that London, which bore the brunt of the early Aids epidemic, still doesn’t have a memorial to the thousands who died” Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has pledged her backing for a London Aids Memorial if she is elected to City Hall. She made the promise before a […]