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24 February 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has expressed relief at the suspended sentences given to the 13 climate-change protesters found guilty of chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow Airport. “I’m very glad these peaceful protesters are not going to jail, as we had feared they would,” said Sian, who […]
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Sian Berry will set an annual Student Living Rent to help curb rampant accommodation costs if she is elected Mayor, she announced today. The calculation, designed along similar lines to the Living Wage system that Greens have championed at City Hall, will be based on cost-of-living data and typical student incomes. It will help students […]
19 February 2016 by sianberry
Reacting to new figures from Darren Johnson AM showing that Transport for London expects the next Mayor of London to slash cycling investment by 60 per cent by 2020/21, Sian Berry has pledged to block the cuts and raise cycling investment. She has also challenged other candidates to match her pledge. Sian said today: “As […]
18 February 2016 by sianberry
A Green Mayor will set up a new London Energy Company to ensure that Crossrail is powered by 100% clean electricity, Sian Berry said today. This will be the first step towards a renewable energy revolution in a city that could supply 20 percent of its electricity from solar power alone – compared with the […]
10 February 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, today pledged to introduce rules to ensure that new publicly accessible spaces in the capital are governed by the law of the land. Her modification of the London Plan would prevent controversial projects such as the proposed Garden Bridge excluding the public at the whim of […]
28 January 2016 by sianberry
Nearly a million households – comprising nearly 2.3 million people – will be automatically represented by the London Renters Union if the Greens take City Hall, the party’s mayoral candidate Sian Berry will announce today. The Renters Union will enable members to organise to rein in private rents, expose rogue lettings agents and launch […]
21 January 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today welcomed the news that the government is transferring to Transport for London the responsibility for inner suburban rail services operating mostly or wholly within Greater London. She said: “This move will improve life for very many commuters. It will allow TfL to gradually take control over some suburban services […]
20 January 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, today released her defence in support of the 13 activists accused of chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow Airport to protest against climate change. In her statement, which was controversially ruled inadmissible by the District Judge Deborah Wright along with that of Shadow Chancellor […]
18 January 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry today pledges that, if elected Mayor of London, she will form a consortium between City Hall, local councils and businesses to buy City Airport in East London and turn it into a new housing and business quarter. The airport is currently on the market for an estimated £2 billion and Sian Berry is […]
12 January 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry will join other leading Green Party politicians to support junior doctors on the picket line at St Thomas’ Hospital on Tuesday morning. Sian Berry, Caroline Lucas MP, party leader Natalie Bennett and London Assembly member Baroness Jenny Jones will join doctors who are taking industrial action over proposed changes to […]