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7 August 2014 by sianberry
Lewisham Council has been criticised by local Green Safer Streets spokesperson Clare Phipps for their lax attitude in addressing residents’ safety concerns over a road that has seen four major car accidents since March. Local Green Clare Phipps calls for Lewisham Council to make good on the pledge the Labour Mayor was elected on, to […]
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5 August 2014 by sianberry
From the 1st of August motorists in the borough of Islington who leave their engines on whilst stationary will be advised to turn them off or face £20 fine in a move to combat deadly air pollution. Green Cllr Caroline Russell on BBC Breakfast discussing the first anti-idling measure of its kind in the UK. […]
Jenny Jones AM has obtained information that the Metropolitan Police Service has spent £147,120 defending the civil claims brought by the women deceived into forming long-term intimate relationships with undercover police officers. Jenny Jones, seen here questioning the Met Commissioner in 2013, has long been campaigning on behalf of the deceived women The information was […]
1 August 2014 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, today met with cyclists and pedestrians in Richmond to investigate dangers at two busy junctions in the vicinity of the railway station. In an open letter to coincide with the Green AM’s visit, Richmond’s branch of the London Cycling Campaign told Darren: “It’s a real shame that […]
31 July 2014 by sianberry
London Assembly Housing Committee report has found that cuts are stretching resources leaving a serious shortage of accommodation and inadequate or even inappropriate support service. Chair Darren Johnson asks why such a wealthy city has so many rough sleepers in Left Foot Forward (replicated below) Rough sleeping has risen by 64 per cent in London over four […]
Elected in May 2014, Caroline Russell is the sole Green Councillor for Islington – as well as the sole opposition to Labour. In her blog for politics.co.uk, she describes her experience so far of being the “only Green in the village” Now that the last traces of election day paraphernalia have been tidied away, I […]
Members of Camden Green Party call for the council to go further in making Tottenham Court Road and Bloomsbury safer by removing cars from Gower Street, instead of making piecemeal adjustments. Camden Green Party, including newly elected Camden Green Councillor Siân Berry, campaigning for more ‘Space for Cycling’. Camden and London Green Parties have called for more […]
30 July 2014 by sianberry
“The Mayor is pushing for the kind of road-building projects which belong back in the 60s” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. The Mayor of London today published the ‘London Infrastructure Plan 2050’ in which he set out his priorities for the capital’s infrastructure over the next half century. The plan refers to the Mayor’s […]
29 July 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones criticises the Mayor of London of taking insufficient action against diesel vehicles in London and calls for the Mayor to allow all inner London boroughs to join the Ultra Low Emission Zone if they wish. Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones with London Green Shahrar Ali campaigning for cleaner air […]
A by-election has been called in Lambeth less than 6 weeks after residents last went to the polls, following the resignation of a Labour Councillor. Lambeth Greens Jonathan Bartley and Cllr Scott Ainslie (back row, left) during their successful campaign to save The Glebe sheltered housing. They are hoping to replicate their victory in Leigham […]
28 July 2014 by sianberry
With Eid taking place today, London Green Party Councillors would like to wish London’s Muslim Community Eid Mubarak. We’re keenly aware that this summer’s hot and muggy weather will have made Ramadan an even more difficult experience than in previous years. Eid 2014 will therefore be a day of great celebration. At this time we […]
26 July 2014 by sianberry
Green AM Darren Johnson has accused developers of “contempt for ordinary people” after an investigation with the Guardian revealed less well-off tenants are being forced to use separate doors in a growing number of London’s new developments. In order to combat the capital’s housing crisis, Mayor Boris Johnson has set the target of delivering 55,000 […]
24 July 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones speaks out against Mayor Boris Johnson’s track record of letting companies promoting products with high amounts of fat and sugar sponsor events involving children. Mayor Boris Johnson has a history of involving companies such as McDonalds with events for children. Photograph courtesy of Cassetteboy. Jenny Jones AM criticised Boris […]
23 July 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson expresses his shock at the Mayor’s ‘relaxed’ attitude about his ‘abysmal record’ on affordable housing. Green AM Darren Johnson calls for the Mayor to ‘face up to the failure’ and to ‘start lobbying for a larger housing budget’. Papers for the Mayor’s ‘Homes for London’ board confirm that the Mayor […]
22 July 2014 by sianberry
New amendments in Lambeth, which are set to be forced through by Labour without consultation, are an act to further centralise power and control and to remove accountability under the guise of giving local residents more of a say says Green Councillor Scott Ainslie. Lambeth Town Hall where the Lambeth City Council meet. Photograph courtesy […]
18 July 2014 by sianberry
Greens call on council to end failing policies which are hurting Lambeth’s poorest residents after new report shows Lambeth Council has issued most summonses, called in the baliffs more often and charged over £1 million in costs to its poorest residents. Green Councillor Scott Ainslie criticises Lambeth Council’s policy on council tax support. A new […]
17 July 2014 by sianberry
Green London Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls for the Mayor of London to seriously address London’s lack of ability to cope with rising temperatures. With London’s temperatures due to soar over the next two days, peaking at 31C during the day and 19C at night on friday, London Assembly Member Jenny Jones is concerned that […]
16 July 2014 by sianberry
Lambeth Green Party Councillor Scott Ainslie joins MPs calls to investigate the ‘apparent cover up’ of how a convicted paedophile was allowed to become a foster carer. Lambeth Green Councillor Scott Ainslie (right) calls for “justice for all those whose lives have been destroyed by Carroll and all those who facilitated his offending.” A Lambeth Green […]
14 July 2014 by sianberry
The Mayor should be getting behind local calls for the expansion of the 20mph speed limits, not celebrating motor racing on some of the most polluted streets in the world says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. Darren Johnson campaigning to spread the 20mph speed limits throughout London. The government intends to change the law to […]
12 July 2014 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert and members of the London Green Party were out in force today to support a national day of action against a new trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States. If agreed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could extend the power of multinational corporations […]
11 July 2014 by sianberry
The “environmental lawyers” ClientEarth have revealed that the UK Government tried to suppress information on its pollution target complience using rules on legal privilege, seemingly unaware that it was to be published on Defra’s website. The figures published by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) show that the UK Government does not expect London to […]
10 July 2014 by sianberry
Today London Greens stood alongside unions in the largest one-day strike over pay by public sector employees since 2010. London Green Party activist Charlie Kiss, left, with Green Islington Councillor Caroline Russell at the rally in Trafalgar Square The Green Party pledged to support the employees’ right to strike and to picket peacefully in order […]
9 July 2014 by sianberry
Newly elected Green Party Councillor Caroline Russell has mounted a campaign to improve the recycling and waste-disposal facilities in Highbury Fields, the borough’s largest open space. With local residents and workers keen to make the most of the summer sun, the park has seen a big increase in visitors in recent weeks. Sadly bins in […]
8 July 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has called up billionaire businessman Richard Branson and Tory Mayor Boris Johnson on their schemes to maximise profits to the detriment of Londoners’ quality of life. Sir Richard Branson has called for four new runways and a new airport to be built, a month before a critical aviation consultation closes. The […]