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4 December 2013 by sianberry
London Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has lambasted Mayor Boris Johnson’s “hopeless track record on family-sized housing” Darren Johnson AM remarks upon the “unacceptable” family social housing situation. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Richards. Figures obtained by Darren Johnson AM show that the Mayor has only built an average of 575 social and affordable rent homes […]
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29 November 2013 by sianberry
The Green Party in London have announced that they are on the look out for two enthusiastic and motivated individuals to enhance their campaign team in the final stages of their electoral campaign. The Green Party is an accredited Living Wage Employer The London Green Party are seeking an Election Campaign Press Officer, whose job […]
26 November 2013 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones has critisized Mayor Boris Johnson for the “national scandal” of the death of 2,700 Londoners. Baroness Jenny Jones AM has critisized the missed opportunity to increase energy efficiency in London’s homes. Image courtesy of Don from USA. According to provisional annual data published by Office of National Statistics, the number […]
22 November 2013 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has condemned the “green crap” comments reportedly made by Prime Minster David Cameron, saying that “a truly sustainable economic recovery must tackle climate change” @GreenpeaceUK’s artistic reponse twitter to the alleged “green crap” comments , referring to Cameron’s previous pledge to lead “the greenest government ever“ The comments were allegedly made in […]
20 November 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert met Pakistani girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzi today when she came to the European Parliament to collect a top human rights award – an award which Ms Lambert had nominated her to receive. Green MEP Jean Lambert (right) with Malala Yousafzi (centre) as she collects her human rights award at the […]
Green by-election candidate Rachel Laurence asks voters to bring in some “real scrutiny” to Lambeth Council, which has misled residents about both recycling and the Living Wage. Lambeth Green Party has selected Lambeth mum Rachel Laurence as their candidate for the Vassal ward by-election on the 28th November. Speaking on their website, Rachel said: “I am […]
18 November 2013 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member and Working Peer Jenny Jones warns the Mayor his delays will only result in more deaths, as another cyclist is been killed after a collision with an HGV. The man, believed to be in his sixties, is the sixth victim in the last two weeks. Jenny Jones (left) and Green Party Local […]
15 November 2013 by sianberry
Today London Young Greens held a “wronga” bake sale outside headquarters of Wonga in protest against payday loans. At the Wronga cake sale today: LYG Campaign Officer Benali Hamdache, London Green Party Students Officer Paul Cohen, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, MEP candidate Amelia Womack and Young Green Ernestas Jegorovas. The Green Party reiterated its […]
14 November 2013 by sianberry
It what has been described as “carnage” by London’s Evening Standard, five cyclists have been killed in the city in 9 days. Three of the cyclists were hit whilst cycling along the Cycle Superhighway (CS2) between Algate and Bow. A candlelit bike was lit at the Cycle Safe Vigil at Bow Roundabout Image: Caroline Russell […]
Barnet Greens have called on local councils to do their part in securing affordable energy for residents. In the last month, 5 of the “Big Six” energy firms have announced price increases. Although energy firm bosses have since been called infront of MPs to defend their price hikes, Green Party figures have expressed doubts that […]
12 November 2013 by sianberry
Baroness Jenny Jones has questioned the Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Craig Mackey and the Deputy Mayor on the the ethical and financial implications of spying on “all sorts of innocent people who don’t break the law” A section of Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones’s file, published on the MayorWatch site. Following a Freedom of Information […]
10 November 2013 by sianberry
The London Green party is pleased to be hosting hustings for an historic pan-European Primary, which gives all EU citizens aged 16 or over a chance to vote for their preferred lead Green candidates for the 2014 European Elections. Between today and January 28 every Green party member or sympathiser in Europe over the age […]
9 November 2013 by sianberry
Green European Parliamentary Candidate Caroline Allen has called for the Mayor to champion social housing and to introduce rent controls as £720k “affordable home” is put on market. Green MEP candidate Caroline Allen called the £720k “affordable” home “a new and depressing landmark in London’s housing madness” Advertised on sharetobuy.com – which describes itself as […]
6 November 2013 by sianberry
On 5th November people up and down the country celebrated a growing resistance to government policies by engaging in many and varied peaceful acts of civil disobedience that they had planned and organised in their local People’s Assemblies. London Green and Party Welfare Spokesperson Romayne Phoenix (centre left, green scarf) joined protestors against the governments […]
Green MEP Jean Lambert and Baroness Jenny Jones AM join campaigners in urging Mayor and councils to do more to curb this “silent killer” as deaths linked to vehicle emissions rise in half of London’s boroughs. Green MEP Jean Lambert, centre, with Clean Air director Simon Birkett and local campaigner Maureen Childs According to data […]
5 November 2013 by sianberry
Today leading Green Party politician, Jenny Jones, was officially introduced into the Second Chamber in the Palace of Westminster, by Baroness Grey-Thompson and Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws as “Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb”. Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett said: “We can only hope this can act as a spur towards wider reform of this house, […]
3 November 2013 by sianberry
Living wage week right time to make it mandatory, starting with big business and government Jenny Jones AM has called for the Mayor of London to look at ways to start making the London Living Wage mandatory during the second Living Wage Week. Jenny Jones right, with Green Party activists Despite previously telling the London […]
28 October 2013 by sianberry
Responding to the government’s announcement that universal credit is today being rolled out to just one Jobcentre, Hammersmith in London, Romayne Phoenix the Party’s spokesperson on Welfare said: “The Green Party has long opposed the government’s universal credit scheme on ideological grounds. By sapping money from the poor and making victims of anyone who needs […]
24 October 2013 by sianberry
The European Parliament today adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US agreement on the exchange of bank transfer data, following the revelation that the US secret service NSA was also involved in the surveillance of SWIFT (the international bank transfer company). After the vote, London’s Green Party MEP Jean Lambert stated: “In calling for the […]
23 October 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor of London refused to clamp down on developers insisting on separate entrances and lifts for affordable housing that help sell homes to investors, following questioning by Darren Johnson AM today at Mayor’s Question Time. Darren asked about One The Elephant, a development of 284 flats with prices starting at £330,000 for a studio […]
22 October 2013 by sianberry
The number of cycle hires in September this year has decreased by 32% when compared to the same month in 2012, new Transport for London figures show. In January 2013 cycle hire scheme access fees increased from £1 to £2 per day, £5 to £10 a week and £45 to £95 a year. A TfL […]
WORLD leaders must focus on providing more decent work for women and young people as well as eradicating poverty and hunger, London MEP Jean Lambert has said. In a message for International Day for the Elimination of Poverty the Green Euro-MP has called for the UN to step up efforts to meet the Millennium Development […]
18 October 2013 by sianberry
The Green Party has given its full support to today’s demonstration, organised by the campaign group Action for Rail, against the proposed re-privatisation of the East Coast Mainline railway. The party has called upon the government to listen to the demands of its travelling public with national support for renationalising the railways currently standing at […]
15 October 2013 by sianberry
LONDON Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert has welcomed a vote by the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee to scrap the monthly ‘merry-go-round’ of holding meetings in both Brussels and Strasbourg. She said the practice, which sees up to 5,000 lawmakers and parliamentary staff travel some 550 miles from Brussels to Strasbourg and back each month was […]