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4 September 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones questioned the Mayor of London yesterday on his revisions to the London Plan at the London Assembly’s Extraordinary Plenary meeting at City Hall. The Assembly and nine London boroughs have previously objected to the Mayor’s affordable rent policies, which would prevent boroughs from setting their own rent levels […]
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The Mayor has announced a shortlist of seven boroughs who are competing for a £100m pot to fund ‘mini-Holland’ cycling schemes in outer London. Three or four boroughs will then be funded to begin work in early 2014. The money is due to be spent over the next five years and the £100m has been […]
3 September 2013 by sianberry
All of Camden’s main roads break the European legal limits for NO2 air pollution, along with the City of London and Kensington and Chelsea. 78% of London’s main road network is over the legal limit for NO2. Bromley has 45% of its main roads in breach of the NO2 pollution limit. Green Party Assembly Member […]
2 September 2013 by sianberry
Today Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, will participate in the London Cycling Campaign’s ‘space4cycling’ ride which begins at 6.00pm in Jubilee Gardens, London. The ride has been organised in response to the rapid rise in the number of London cyclists who have died or been seriously injured in the last few […]
30 August 2013 by sianberry
A detailed analysis of five years of casualty figures has revealed sharp variations in the risks faced by pupils across London. The top region in the country for collisions was London, which accounted for 13% of total child casualties and 22% of collisions. Axa Insurance examined 85,814 child casualties between 2006 and 2011. It then […]
20 August 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor’s office is due to make a final decision on the Viridor Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) incinerator in Sutton tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday 21stAugust. The proposed incinerator if given the go ahead will burn waste from four London boroughs (Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton and Sutton). Green Party London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has strongly […]
16 August 2013 by sianberry
The London Green Party has slammed the government’s benefit cap being rolled out across London on Monday as “sadistic” and has called upon London’s Councillors to show compassion in implementing the policy. The cap, which has already been trialled in Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, and Haringey, means that the amount of benefit couples and single parents […]
15 August 2013 by sianberry
Figures released by the Government today show that only 8,600 homes have been built in London so far in 2013. The figures for the three months to June show completions fell 3 per cent, and starts rose 6 per cent, compared to the equivalent period in 2012 but both remained far below the Mayor’s target. […]
12 August 2013 by sianberry
A HAMMERSMITH project to help older Londoners gain the IT skills and confidence to combat age discrimination in the workplace is to close. The ‘Third Age Foundation’, which has helped more than 6,000 people during its 20-year history, has decided to close its doors in the face uncertainties over future funding. London’s Green MEP Jean […]
Southwark Green Party has called on Cllr Peter John to honour his commitment to adopt the ‘Go Dutch’ cycling principles, after it emerged that new standards for streets recommend the removal of cycle lanes and a include policy against safe, protected cycle lanes. Cllr John promised to change the council’s approach last year following a […]
5 August 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised the Mayor of London for forcing London’s Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) to close ten fire stations, remove fourteen fire engines and axe 552 firefighter jobs. The Authority voted against these proposals on the 18th July. The stations earmarked for closure are Belsize in Camden, Bow in Tower Hamlets, […]
3 August 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised the Mayor of London’s new London Rental Standard, published yesterday, which sets out standards for landlord and letting agent accreditation schemes. Darren commented, “It’s amazing that the Mayor of London’s standard doesn’t make clear requirements on annual rent hikes, insecurity or extortionate letting agent fees. He needs to […]
24 July 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor of London told Darren Johnson, London Green Party Assembly Member, today that his plans to build social housing are “not enough” to meet the need, when asked about his 2020 Vision. The Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research estimates that, on current plans, there will be a shortfall of 186,333 social homes […]
18 July 2013 by sianberry
The annual figures (2012) on plastic bag use show a 4% increase in their use in England, but a 76% fall in Wales, where a charge was introduced in October 2011. The mayor has lobbied the Government to act, but has refused to publicly criticize the government for their long standing refusal to enact reserve […]
17 July 2013 by sianberry
From London Green Party European elections candidate, Caroline Allen: Last weekend I joined other Greens at a vigil on the Hornsey Lane Bridge calling for anti-suicide measures to be put in place there. Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett, and London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert were also at the Bridge, right on the border between Islington […]
16 July 2013 by sianberry
Today Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, will participate in the London Cycling Campaign’s second ‘space4cycling’ ride which begins at 6.30pm in Russell Square, London. The ride has been organised in response to the death of a male cyclist involved in a collision with a tipper truck in Holborn yesterday morning. Ahead […]
9 July 2013 by sianberry
Four people in City Hall were paid more than £150,000 in 2012/13, roughly ten times the London Living Wage, figures published in the Greater London Authority’s unaudited annual accounts show. This is an increase from one person in the previous year, and in each of the other years since the Mayor came into office there […]
4 July 2013 by sianberry
Responding to the Mayor of London’s decision to approve plans to demolish the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centres in redevelopment plans that include the Lille Bridge Rail Depot and West Kensington and Gibbs Green Housing Estates, London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson said: “Boris Johnson claims to be a champion of the London economy and […]
1 July 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green Party Euro-MP Jean Lambert has demanded an immediate investigation into claims that the US has routinely spied on top EU officials. German news magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ reported claims made by US whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been routinely spying on EU officials and institutions. Ms Lambert will […]
27 June 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has called on the Mayor to reverse road safety budget cuts in light of figures, published today, showing that the number of people seriously injured on London’s roads increased by 9 per cent between 2011 and 2012. Pedestrian injuries were up 17 per cent, cyclist injuries were up […]
26 June 2013 by sianberry
Transport for London’s draft annual report for 2012/13, published today, shows that83 employees were remunerated more than ten times the London Living Wage (over £150,000), down from 98 in 2011/12. The Commissioner was remunerated £652,452 including Olympics bonuses, a sum 40 times the London Living Wage, up from a remuneration packet that was 20 times […]
24 June 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert has waned that Government plans to shave £220m off the UK’s Legal Aid bill will leave refugees abandoned by the courts – for the second time. In a statement to mark World Refugee Day 2013, she said many of those fleeing persecution by foreign legal systems would find their access […]
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has called on the Mayor of London and the Government to change the Affordable Rent programme in light of a report published by the Future of London think tank. The report shows that the model, brought in to compensate for 66% cuts to the housing capital budget, is […]
20 June 2013 by sianberry
Redevelopment plans for Earls Court will see an extra 1,977 parking spaces being made available – despite the fact the area exceeded it legal Nitrogen Dioxide limits last year. According to Transport for London, the total number of car park spaces planned for the Earl’s Court redevelopment proposals will be 5,124. This is 1,977 more […]