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22 June 2016 by sianberry
Caroline Russell AM has won a pledge from the Mayor of London that ‘Energy for Londoners’ will be a fully licensed energy company that is able to sell electricity to residents and businesses. This goes further than Sadiq Khan’s manifesto, which only promised a company that would buy electricity not provide it to Londoners as […]
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17 June 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry’s new report shows that, despite new initiatives, half of London’s borough police officers live outside London. Borough-by-borough data, obtained by our Assembly Member through questions to the Mayor, show where London’s local police officers live, and only 49 per live anywhere within Greater London. The report also reveals that, in many inner London […]
8 June 2016 by sianberry
The London Assembly today agreed a motion proposed by Sian Berry AM calling on the Mayor to help councils take in more refugees. The motion urges the Mayor to work with London’s local authorities to ensure that they can support more people fleeing war, persecution or natural disasters, and particularly child refugees in Calais and […]
25 May 2016 by sianberry
The Mayor of London today agreed to Sian Berry AM’s request that he consider the lower incomes of women when calculating a ‘living rent’ for London, and that he looks at a separate ‘Student Living Rent’ figure. But at Mayor’s Question Time he rejected her suggestion that the calculations for family-sized homes should consider the […]
Caroline Russell AM has criticised the Mayor of London’s failure to stop work on the Silvertown Tunnel while he conducts a ‘joined-up review’ of river crossings in east London. At the Mayor’s Question Time meeting this morning, the Green Party Member of the London Assembly urged the Mayor to withdraw an application for powers to […]
17 May 2016 by sianberry
Leaving the European Union could lead to the removal of the cap on bankers’ bonuses, and end hopes of establishing a financial transaction tax on London’s banks, according to a new report by Sian Berry, Green Party Member of the London Assembly. The report also suggests the Mayor should be campaigning to remain in the […]
10 May 2016 by sianberry
Very late on Friday 6 May we found out that Sian Berry and Caroline Russell had been elected as new Green London Assembly Members. Across London, Greens had record-breaking results. One hundred and fifty thousand people voted first choice for a Green Mayor, and we came third overall for the second time. Nearly half a […]
25 April 2016 by sianberry
Heathrow transport budget error is “cataclysmic miscalculation” says Sian Berry Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry has made the following comment on today’s news reports that Heathrow Airport would face a black hole in excess of £16 billion to pay for enhancements to road and rail links to the airport should the third runway be given […]
23 April 2016 by sianberry
The Green Party in London today launched its manifesto for Londoners from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds – more than 40 per cent of our citizens. The policies highlighted by the manifesto would help to make sure no-one in London is disadvantaged by their ethnic background. Support for BAME small businesses and reviews […]
20 April 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry will spend at least 15 percent of her total expected transport investment on cycling and walking over her first term if she is elected Mayor of London, she announces today. In her proposals, she pledges to commit £1.55 billion over four years. This will pay for the completion of the original Cycle Superhighway […]