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21 April 2008 by sianberry
The Federation of Small Businesses’ London Policy Unit has praised Siân Berry’s policies as the most sympathetic to the needs of small enterprise in London. In a mailing to all of the FSB’s members in the capital, the Federation says: "There is a strong case for saying that the Green candidate Siân Berry is most […]
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Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate has promised that Greens will use their position on the London Assembly and Metropolitan Police Authority to defend the civil liberties of Londoners against government intrusion and the growth of the surveillance society. Siân is a long-time opponent of ID cards and set up the Census Alert campaign […]
18 April 2008 by sianberry
Six pupils from the City of London Academy in Southwark travelled to Brussels this week to present their research on the environment and youth crime to the European Parliament. The meeting was the culmination of a year-long project with the 15 and 16 year olds, identifying environmental issues which affect people’s quality of life. The […]
Siân Berry took a South-North tour of green businesses in London on Friday 18th April to talk to entrepreneurs about her plans to boost small, local and green businesses. The visits also mark the launch of the Greens’ new website www.greensmeanbusiness.co.uk, a directory of green businesses in London. As part of her manifesto, Siân has […]
17 April 2008 by sianberry
London MEP, Jean Lambert, will tonight be joining other politicians, faith leaders, trade unionists and community workers to encourage people to use their vote in the London elections to prevent the BNP from gaining a seat on the London Assembly. There is a clear threat that the party could gain 5 per cent of the […]
Denis Baupin, Green Deputy Mayor of Paris, joined Greens in London on Thursday to promote bringing a street bike hire scheme to London, along with other Parisian Green Party ideas. The street bike hire scheme in Paris has been a huge success since it was introduced in July 2007. In Paris, the Velib scheme started […]
16 April 2008 by sianberry
14 April 2008 by sianberry
Leading London Greens visited Crystal Palace Park on Monday 14 April as part of their pledge to protect green spaces in London. Green Assembly Member, Darren Johnson, played a leading role in defeating hugely controversial plans for a multiplex cinema there in 2001 and more recently has given strong support to local residents in fighting […]
13 April 2008 by sianberry
Everyone agrees that the West End is suffering from congestion and pollution. When asked to describe Oxford Street by the Living Streets campaign in December, the most frequent words chosen by visitors were ‘busy’, ‘congested/crowded’ and ‘dangerous’. Ironically, most of this congestion is caused by buses. Twenty-four bus routes pass down Oxford Street, but most […]
11 April 2008 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Member of the London Assembly, joined Cllr Sue Luxton, GLA candidate for Greenwich and Lewisham constituency, and Green Mayor candidate, Sian Berry at the Pepys Community Forum community composting project in Deptford on 11th April. They were there to launch the Green Party’s waste plan for London. Failure to provide proper recycling […]