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11 February 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Baroness Jenny Jones calls on the Mayor to “promote banks and credit unions that spread prosperity around the city, instead of making our economy ever more unequal unstable.” Every low paid worker in London could be brought to a living wage with the bonuses given to just a few thousand bankers over recent […]
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Green MEP Jean Lambert calls for balance between controlling our borders and upholding basic human rights. Passport control at Dover, Kent, image courtesy of Helmut Zozmann. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has welcomed the European Parliament’s support for a report from the EU Women’s Committee on undocumented women migrants. Many women living in London, whose migration […]
10 February 2014 by sianberry
“The Government’s proposed Immigration Bill would require us all to be unpaid immigration officers” says Green MEP Jean Lambert. Jean Lambert with Jamima from kanlungan.org.uk, an umbrella group for Filpino community organisations working with Filpinos living in the UK.* London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has called on the Government to abandon its latest legal crackdown […]
Green MEP Jean Lambert says the decision represents massive progress, as all EU members are required to cut back emissions and electricity consumption whilst increasing the percentage of energy generated by renewable sources. New targets will require all EU members to produce 30% of their energy from renewable sources by 2030. Elected Members of the […]
London Greens have joined their voice with transport unions and campaigners to tell Mayor Boris Johnson to “Cut Fares, Not Staff”. Talks between union leaders and TFL officials resume today, following a week that has seen strike action to protect nearly 1000 London Underground Jobs. Islington Green Party Council Candidates Charlie Kiss (left), Caroline Russell […]
7 February 2014 by sianberry
The Government should offer the ‘Youth Guarantee’ that offers work or a training place to young people after 4 months on the dole says Green MEP Jean Lambert. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has called on the Government to enact a Green plan to guarantee a job, training place or education for every young person. […]
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones urges the justice system to give the same sentences to those behind the wheel as those who are not. A vehicle activated sign shows the 30mph speed limit. A man has been jailed for killing a police officer by running him down as he tried to stop his car. Gary […]
6 February 2014 by sianberry
The swift adoption of the Treaty into force would be a step forward for peace says Green MEP Jean Lambert, but further clarity is needed to ensure coherence and transparency between countries. Photograph courtesy of Arthur Smart. Euro-MPs have voted for the EU to endorse international efforts to halt the arms trade. Although the EU can’t […]
The Environment Audit Committee concludes the Government’s current proposals are a “complete mess” as Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones calls for the illusion of the “free” plastic bag to be cast aside. Single use plastic bags are not only bad for the environment says Jenny Jones, but also force prices up in stores and […]
The new EU rules on seasonal workers from outside the EU pleases Green MEP Jean Lambert and represents progress as she calls for the “end of any seasonal worker being exploited”. A ‘pick your own fruit farm’ in the UK, photograph courtesy of Walter Baxter. Euro-MPs have agreed to adopt a common system for ensuring […]
5 February 2014 by sianberry
The Mayor “needs to take a step back” and “allow meaningful negotiations” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. London Underground strikes cause severe delays this morning. Photograph courtesy of Elliott Brown. Responding to today’s strike action by TSSA and RMT union members on the London Underground, Darren Johnson has said: “The Mayor should step back, […]
4 February 2014 by sianberry
“It is time to outline a coherent approach at EU level” says Green Party MEP Jean Lambert as MEPs call for an EU roadmap against homophobia and discrimination based on sexual identity. Jean Lambert as photographed by Tanoshimi in Norwich, October 2010. Green MEPs have won cross-party backing for a new EU ‘roadmap’ on eliminating all […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson voices his concern over the superhighways plans with “no firm deadline for completion, nor an adequate budget”. One out of the three currently operational cycling superhighways, CS7, at Colliers Wood underground. Darren Johnson AM has uncovered the fact that the Mayor’s draft London Plan does not anticipate the cycling superhighways […]
3 February 2014 by sianberry
Green Party MEP Jean Lambert encourages everyone to register this Wednesday (5th February) to vote and have their voice heard. Londoner’s voting in Hackney for the 2010 general election. Photograph courtesy of Alex Lee. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has urged all Londoners who are entitled to vote, whether they are UK, EU or Commonwealth […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for affordable homes for Londoners as two thirds of new homes are now sold to investors. Graffiti of ‘Homes For Locals’ down a British street, photograph courtesy of CGP Grey. The ITEM club has published a report stating that new homes being built in London are “expensive” and that […]
28 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones publishes an amendment to be tabled at the London Assembly proposing increasing the cycling budget to 2% of TfL’s total budget. Jenny Jones wants more of the TfL’s main budget to be put into the cycling schemes, stating it is necessary to meet the Mayor’s “ambitious cycling vision”. Photograph courtesy […]
27 January 2014 by sianberry
“The real year of the bus will be when the Mayor’s term comes to an end” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. The New Bus for London in operation on the 38 route to Victoria, photograph courtesy of Tom Page. The Mayor of London is today launching ‘The Year of the Bus’ at City Hall […]
24 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones criticises the Mayor on London’s “hopeless” solar record with less than one percent of London’s homes having solar panels installed. Sheffield leads the way in solar panel installations as London trails behind in 9th, photograph courtesy of Pujanak. New figures published by the Government show that London is ninth out […]
22 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for an “urgent overhaul” of the cable car’s ticketing policy. Photograph of the Thames Cable Car service, courtesy of Nick Cooper. Transport for London has revealed that the Thames cable car’s income from fares in the second quarter of 2013/14 was 35% lower than predicted. TfL’s had assumed that […]
Climate change targets must go further and must also include a target on improving energy efficiency says Green Party MEP Jean Lambert. Air pollution from a production plant, photograph courtesy of Alfred Palmer. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has criticised proposals for new climate change targets published by the the European Commission has today, saying […]
21 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson praises the prioritisation of the homes for Londoners as a “welcome commitment”. The Olympic Park in 2012, picture courtesy of EG Focus. The London Legacy Development Corporation has pledged to work with developers to market homes sold on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London and the UK before marketing […]
20 January 2014 by sianberry
“The human, and economic, costs are just too high” responds Green MEP Jean Lambert to European wide cutting in “crucial” care services. The Ladywell Unit of Lewisham Hospital, which until recently was at threat of losing both it’s emergency and maternity units. Cuts in Government spending must preserve health and social care, London MEP Jean […]
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones releases a new report called The Bankers’ Mayor revealing the Mayor’s defence and close work with the bankers. The Canary Wharf skyline as viewed from Wapping in East London, photograph courtesy of David Iliff. 2,500 UK bankers who received bonuses of over a million euros received enough in bonuses to […]
17 January 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert is delighted with the progress of withdrawing “outdated” single-use plastic bags. EU agrees to phase out the most harmful types of plastics, photograph courtesy of Zainub Razvi. Euro-MPs have voted to ban plastic bags across the EU by 2020 – and introduce mandatory plastic recycling targets. Introducing alternatives, and recycling more […]