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27 September 2015 by sianberry
In response to a new report revealing Lambeth Council holds more than £59m in fossil fuel stocks Lambeth Green Party has called for the council to once more divest, with Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry criticising the “short-sighted investment”. Lambeth Green Party today renews its call for Lambeth Council to rid its pension fund of investments […]
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The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate Sian Berry outlined her plans to work with Londoners to reshape their city in her speech to the Party’s Conference today. Speaking to delegates in Bournemouth attending the largest Green Party Autumn Conference to date, Berry focused her speech on the key message of her Mayoral campaign which she […]
24 September 2015 by sianberry
Greens on the London Assembly will push local councils to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy that benefits London, Green Mayoral candidate Sian Berry said today. It comes as a new report revealed that London Councils have a staggering £1.8bn invested in fossil fuels. Greens on the London Assembly have already led […]
23 September 2015 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party Assembly Member, suggests building new homes on top of low-rise council blocks and “working together with residents and communities” to create 70,000 new homes in the next decade to meet housing needs. Building new homes on top of existing low-rise council blocks is one of five ideas to close London’s house […]
22 September 2015 by sianberry
The London Assembly has supported Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson’s recommendation for London to have it’s own pollution test for cars, which they already perform for buses, with Darren Johnson noting that “London has the worse NO2 pollution problem of any European capital”. Responding to the allegations that VW vehicles have been tampered with in […]
4 September 2015 by sianberry
London Green Party Mayoral candidate Sian Berry Sian Berry, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate, has urged Boris Johnson to offer empty fire and police stations as emergency accommodation for refugees, and to lobby the Government to let more refugees enter the UK and settle in London. Several former police and fire stations are already being […]
2 September 2015 by sianberry
The Green Party has selected Sian Berry as their candidate for next May’s London Mayoral election. Transport campaigner Sian, who was elected as a Councillor on Camden Council last year, won an extremely close contest following a month-long internal selection process and a ballot of all London Green Party members. (From left to right) Green […]
5 August 2015 by sianberry
Green Party’s 6 Mayoral candidates line-up at a recent hustings chaired by Jean Lambert MEP (4th from right) Voting has now opened in the race to decide who will represent the Green Party as their Mayoral and Assembly candidates for next May’s London elections. With support for the Green Party in London having trebled […]
16 July 2015 by sianberry
Adam McGibbon, who steered Caroline Lucas’ successful re-election in Brighton Pavilion earlier this year, will next month join the London Green Party as their Campaign Manager for the 2016 Assembly and Mayoral elections.Adam (right) with Caroline Lucas MP after her successful re-election in 2015 As Target Constituencies Campaign Manager in the general election, McGibbon supported […]
Lambeth Green Party has welcomed Lambeth Council’s decision to put in place a borough-wide 20mph speed limit to reduce the high level of deaths and injuries on the roads. Green Councillor Scott Ainslie, pictured by Brixton Buzz On July 20th Lambeth’s Cabinet Member for Environment & Sustainability Cllr Jennifer Brathwaite is expected to confirm a proposal […]
15 July 2015 by sianberry
Leading Greens today responded to the refusal of the Home Secretary Theresa May to sanction use of the water cannon bought by the Mayor of London. Shahrar Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, said: “This is welcome news to all citizens who understand the importance of peaceful protest and the meaning of policing by […]
12 July 2015 by sianberry
The six candidates competing to be the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate came head-to-head yesterday in their first major hustings event. Candidates Cllrs Caroline Russell and Sian Berry, and Green Party Equality Spokespeople Benali Hamdache (left-hand table, l-r) were quizzed by an audience of over 200 at London’s Birkbeck University along with their fellow candidates, Green Party […]
9 July 2015 by sianberry
The European Parliament has passed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) bill, following the vote’s controversial postponement last month. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert (second from left) campaigning before the vote Under direct pressure from its President, Martin Schultz, the European Parliament has adopted its recommendations on the TTIP negotiations. Greens continue to oppose […]
8 July 2015 by sianberry
Six candidates will compete to be the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate after candidates were formally announced today. Green Party Mayoral hustings take place on Saturday 11th July. Sign-up here. In what the party is describing as its “most competitive and high profile contest to date”, London Councillors Sian Berry and Caroline Russell, Party Spokespeople […]
29 June 2015 by sianberry
Baroness Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson, the Green Party’s two current members of the London Assembly, have confirmed that they will not be seeking re-election next May. Nominations to be the Green Party’s Mayoral and Assembly candidates closed today. After sixteen years’ service as Assembly Members, Jones and Johnson have decided to step-down from their […]
19 June 2015 by sianberry
“An alternative to austerity exists” says London Green Party Co-Chair Caroline Allen who calls for a fairer distribution of money and a “return to the values of compassion and humanity” ahead of tomorrow’s End Austerity Now march. “This Saturday an estimated 50,000 people will march through London to demand an end to austerity and the Green […]
18 June 2015 by sianberry
* Natalie Bennett: Demonstration will show our “determination to get real change in Britain.” * Caroline Lucas MP: “Voting for what you believe in isn’t always enough – sometimes you have to take to the streets too.” * Shahrar Ali: Greens “will fight for the right of everybody to a decent quality of life.” * […]
17 June 2015 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party Assembly Member, lambastes the Mayor of London for boasting “about the number of affordable homes he is building” whilst keeping the number of demolitions and sales “much quieter”. Darren Johnson, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, has accused the Mayor of London of misleading the public over his record on building social housing, […]
11 June 2015 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones blasts Boris Johnson for “shirking his responsibilities”, “repeatedly failing to defend the civil liberties of Londoners by checking up on what the Met Police are doing” and choosing against reforms. The report published today of the Review of UK internet and communication surveillance practices has found that the legal […]
10 June 2015 by sianberry
MEPs were today prevented from voting on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), after the vote was controversially postponed at the last minute. More than 200 amendments to the report were proposed, and for this reason Martin Schulz, president of the European parliament, called for it to be sent back to the trade committee […]
6 June 2015 by sianberry
Green Islington Councillor Caroline Russell has thrown her weight behind the campaign to save a community in Islington Park Street from eviction. Residents from Islington Park St are welcomed to an Islington Green Party meeting The property in Islington Park Street was taken on ten years ago by One Housing Group (OHG), from the now […]
3 June 2015 by sianberry
The motion, proposed by Green London Assembly Member Darren Johnson, called for the London Mayor to support a debate on electoral reform for election to the House of Commons. It was supported by Labour and Liberal Democrat Members and passed 11 votes to 5. Darren said: “A growing coalition is recognising that there’s a clear […]
1 June 2015 by sianberry
Baroness Jenny Jones represented the Green Party as their Mayoral candidate for the 2012 elections. London Mayoral candidate to be announced on 2nd September Greens expected to put in most competitive campaign for Mayor to-date Party pledges to “reimagine future of London” Nominations to be the Green Party’s next London Mayoral candidate opened today with […]
22 May 2015 by sianberry
“The time for Mayoral dithering is over” says Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones, who welcomes Boris Johnson’s consideration of the extension of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) but calls for action now to deal with London’s “terrible pollution problem”. Jenny Jones AM has today pushed the Mayor to make a real commitment to tackling […]