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29 January 2015 by sianberry
“The Council should set a clear timetable for the review which must take place as soon as possible” calls Green Councillor Scott Ainslie, as in light of previous calls the Lambeth Council agree to review it’s policy. A review of Lambeth Council’s policy of sending in bailiffs when residents in receipt of Council Tax Support (CTS) […]
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27 January 2015 by sianberry
“There are hundreds of dangerous junctions across all areas of London, but this Mayor will manage to finish ten by the time he leaves” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson, who welcomes the green light for the East-West Cycling Superhighway and calls for more similar projects to progress. Darren Johnson has welcomed the go ahead for the […]
26 January 2015 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones calls for the Mayor of London to support her draft ‘Mayoral Decision’ to support wider solar energy implementation in London, as a clean renewable alternative to proposed fracking plans. New Feed-in-Tariff statistics published (23rd Jan 2014) on installed solar photovoltaics (PV) by the Department of Energy & Climate Change have […]
25 January 2015 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert speaks out against the ivory trade at a peaceful demonstration outside the Chinese embassy, calling it “shocking, cruel and unnecessary” and for the Chinese Government to put an end to its engagement in the trade. Wildlife is in crisis. The numbers of elephants lost to poaching is climbing ever higher. Clearly, urgent […]
21 January 2015 by sianberry
Lambeth’s cuts to Council Tax Support (CTS) is an “unbearable burden on those who can least afford it” says Lambeth Green Councillor Scott Ainslie, who calls their approach of issuing court summons to those with arrears involving CTS “self defeating”. The Green Party has called on Lambeth Council to stop using bailiffs in cases where […]
19 January 2015 by sianberry
London Green Party’s membership booms inline with the rise of the National Party, with the Green Party surpassing UKIPs and Lib Dems membership count and YouGov placing Green Party third in the capital. Membership of the London Green Party grows by over 2000 in one week Greens polling ahead of UKIP and Liberal Democrats in […]
12 January 2015 by sianberry
As reports reveal a 400% increase in right-to-buy fraud in London, Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson speaks out against the policy calling it a “disaster for London” and for the Mayor to “lobby for it to be scrapped”. An investigation by the BBC London ‘Inside Out’ programme has raised concerns that fast rising prices in […]
“We want to empower schools” says Green Parliamentary Candidate for Vauxhall Gulnar Hasnain as Lambeth Green Party are awarded £1000 to support local schools and raise awareness of pollution levels, including installing monitors to counteract Labour’s cover up attempts. The move comes after Labour in Lambeth refused to provide monitors, deleted references to air pollution […]
9 January 2015 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson questions how the Mayor of London can reduce the pollution so drastically at one site, but not elsewhere. Results from the air pollution monitor station which the Government has previous described the most polluted hotspot in the UK has shown a sharp decline in the number of times it is […]
The Mayor’s proposed Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) needs to be “sooner, stronger and spread further” says Green MEP Jenny Jones, who calls for Boris Johnson to put funds raised by the existing Low Emission Zone towards expanding the proposed ULEZ. Responding to the Mayor of London’s public consultation on setting up the ULEZ, London […]
5 January 2015 by sianberry
As 2014 is set to go down as the hottest year in Central England in recorded history Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls upon the Mayor of London to stop “the buck passing” and to focus on transforming London into a low carbon economy. According to the Met Office provisional figures, 2014 is officially the […]
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls Oxford Street and Putney High Street “disgraceful examples of the Government and Mayor’s failure to take responsibility for air pollution” as they breach annual legal limits five days into the new year. Readings taken at Oxford Street and Putney High Street air quality monitoring station have shown that they […]
As railway ticket prices rise yet again Green Party Co-Chair Tom Chance speaks out against the way the network is run “purely for the benefit of private corporations”, explaining how the Green Party would cut fares by up to 12% and work to bring the railway back under public ownership. • New Green Party policy […]
17 December 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert welcomes the resolution of the European Parliament to support the recognition of the Palestinian state, saying “for too long Palestine has received mixed messages from Europe”. Jean Lambert talking at an ENAR event, calling for the election of progressive MEPs to deal with racism. The European Parliament today adopted a resolution […]
15 December 2014 by sianberry
“LGBT struggles are close to my heart and I will always support equality for all” says Green Party parliamentary candidate Charlie Kiss, who becomes the first trans man to stand for UK parliament for the Green Party. Charlie Kiss, who has been selected by his local Green Party to stand in the Islington South and Finsbury constituency for […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson criticises the Mayor of London’s approval of the demolition of Earl’s Court, calling the decision “simply disgraceful”. The exhibition centres are worth an estimate £1bn to London’s economy. The demolition of the Earl’s Court exhibition centres are due to commence over the Christmas period. London Assembly Member Darren Johnson has […]
11 December 2014 by sianberry
Latest figures show 38% of homeless cases come from the loss of private tenancy, in response Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has called for “more security, rent controls and end to benefit cuts” for private tenants. Photograph courtesy of Nigel Cox. Government figures published today show that the loss of a private tenancy accounted for 38 […]
10 December 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones criticises the Mayor of London’s ‘workfare’ scheme whose participants were half as likely to be employed by the end of it as those who did not, calling on the Mayor to “drop sanctions” (for those who did not participate) and “focus on meaningful support for young people struggling to find […]
8 December 2014 by sianberry
As the latest estimates of premature deaths from vehicle pollution approach 7000 Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls for action to be taken to protect those going to school nearby heavily affected areas and to make the Ultra Low Emission Zone “sooner, stronger and bigger”. As a result of not acting earlier on “the invisible […]
The “Green Surge” is set to continue, with the London Green Party’s membership doubling in the past year in line with the national party’s rise. The co-chairs of the London Green Party call the increase in membership a “landmark for the London party”, as they look to build upon impressive results in the May 2014 […]
3 December 2014 by sianberry
“The only people this decision will benefit are the shareholders at Virgin Trains and Stagecoach” says London Green Party Councillor Caroline Russell as the Green Party are set to take part in the national demonstration this Saturday against the privatisation of the East Coast railway service. The Green Party will take part in a national […]
At the end of 2010 Lambeth Council said it aspired to have a 20mph borough-wide limit. It then appeared to change its mind in 2012 but after campaigning by the Green Party recommitted to it in 2013. The Labour Party amended a council motion in July 2014 tabled by the Green Party, removing all references to […]
1 December 2014 by sianberry
The Mayor of London is reconsidering calls made for car free days in 2010 by Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones, who welcomes the rethink but warns his planned £32 billion expenditure on road expansion will negate any benefits. The Mayor has said he will review the plans for regular car free days in London after […]
“It doesn’t matter whether the buyers are from Kent or Kuala Lumpur, he shouldn’t be promoting housing as an asset for speculators” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson, as only 12% of homes in the Battersea Power Station are classed as ‘affordable’. Battersea Power Station, as viewed from the North Embankment of the Thames. Photograph […]