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18 April 2018 by sianberry
Community organiser Michael Groce, whose training and advice centre Green Man Skills in Brixton, has been successfully helping members of the ‘Windrush Generation’ fight deportation, is calling on the community to come together at Friday’s Brixton Respect solidarity event 5-7pm in Windrush Square in Brixton Friday 20th April. Michael Groce said: “Join us in the […]
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16 April 2018 by sianberry
Camden Green Party has announced its candidates for the 2018 council election. Aiming to hold Sian Berry’s seat in Highgate and gain more Green councillors to hold the council to account. The party’s manifesto will be published soon, and will see candidates pledging to be a principled opposition on Camden Council, ensuring fairness and transparency, […]
9 April 2018 by sianberry
In Islington and beyond, First Past The Post distorts electoral outcomes and thwarts aspirations. We campaign for PR in the House of Commons, but First Past the Post distorts elections wherever it’s used! In One party councils, voters go unrepresented and decisions go unchallenged. This serves no-one well; not even those who voted for the […]
Visiting home and Granddad needed to go to the hospital. Came in with him and mum. Theres literally queues of sick people up and down every corridoor and around every corner. The staff seem used to this, it’s clearly a normal night for them. I wish I could tell you that despite all that, everything […]
Join Alastair Binnie-Lubbock, our great candidate for Mayor of Hackney, at the North London Muslim Community Centre hustings on Wednesday 11 April 6.30pm. To watch the hustings please follow the link to YouTube Channel OccupyNewsNetwork below. Hackney Mayoral Hustings and Debate Green Party’s Alistair Binnie-Lubbock would ‘give power back’ to residents […]
5 April 2018 by sianberry
* Greens promise to repair social homes, give residents a say in their future and stand up against unwanted demolition of estates * Jonathan Bartley, co-leader, calls on Government to “treat social housing with the value it deserves” and end Right to Buy * Bartley: “Greens value social housing and will fight to protect it” […]
24 February 2018 by sianberry
The Green Councillor John Coughlin, the only councillor who is not Labour on Lewisham Council, put forward a motion at Lewisham Council on Proportional Representation in local elections. This would make the local voting system fairer and allow the views of all residents to be represented on the council. At present, there are 54 councillors, 53 of whom […]
25 September 2017 by sianberry
On Saturday, hundreds of Haringey residents marched through the streets from Tottenham Green to Finsbury Park in protest against social cleansing and Haringey Council’s plans to privatise billions of pounds worth of public assets. The protest, which was organised by local campaign group Stop Haringey Development Vehicle, brought together many allies from across the political spectrum, […]
14 May 2017 by sianberry
On Sunday 14th May, London Green Party launched its candidates and its General Election campaign. The party has selected 67 candidates to stand in constituencies across London and campaigning is already underway. The launch took place in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency where Green Assembly Member Sian Berry is challenging Labour’s Kier Starmer for […]
13 May 2017 by sianberry
Deputy leader Amelia Womack: “The detention of asylum seekers in centres such as Yarl’s Wood is inhumane, costly and totally unnecessary” The Green Party launched our women’s manifesto outside Yarl’s Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire today. The manifesto’s three key policies all relate to providing safety for all, regardless of gender. The party is calling […]