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20 June 2013 by sianberry
Figures published today show that 6,437 people were seen rough sleeping by outreach workers in 2012/13, up 13% from last year and up 113% from 2007/08, the year before the current Mayor of London was elected. He pledged to ensure that nobody slept rough for a second night by the end of 2012, but missed […]
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19 June 2013 by sianberry
The Viridor Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) incinerator granted planning permission by Sutton Council for the burning of four London council’s (Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton and Sutton) waste is expected to be imminently referred back to the Mayor of London for his decision. London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has submitted a Mayors Question, […]
17 June 2013 by sianberry
THE UK risks missing the chance to create thousands of jobs and enjoy the economic boost from servicing Europe’s burgeoning offshore wind energy sector, according to a London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert. Speaking to mark Global Wind Day, marked each year on June 15th, she cited a recent study by RenewableUK and The Crown Estate […]
Jenny Jones AM will question the Mayor of London to introduce compulsory youth engagement training for all new police recruits at Mayor’s Question Time at City Hall on Wednesday 19th June at 10am. Jenny has tabled the following question: Youth engagement training for police recruits Question No: 1879 / 2013 Jenny Jones Will you introduce […]
13 June 2013 by sianberry
Responding to news that Hammersmith and Fulham Council has been encouraging traffic wardens to increase revenue from motorist fines, the London Green Party has called on the council to ditch it’s short-term vision and develop a far more progerssive and positive transport policy. Findings from a Freedom of Information request sent to the Council by […]
The London Green Party has welcomed the news announced last Friday (7th June) that almost all residential roads and high streets in London will have 20 mph speed limits by 2020. The party is calling on Mayor Johnson to take the proposals forward as speedily and comprehensively as possible. The announcement was made by Isabel […]
Latest research from Imperial College reveal a fourfold rise in obese children cases with complications occurring at a younger age. The cost to London’s NHS of overweight and obese children is estimated to be £2.3 annually and to the wider London economy a further £2bn. London Assembly Member Jenny Jones’ unanimously agreed Assembly motion, in […]
12 June 2013 by sianberry
Make the Living Wage mandatory, says London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones Ahead of a London Assembly Economy Committee discussion about the minimum and living wage in London, Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has welcomed the Mayor’s aspiration for “the London Living Wage to become the norm” in his 2020 vision, and called […]
11 June 2013 by sianberry
Mayor has so far built 25% of the affordable houses he promised for his second term in office. Figures released by the Greater London Authority show that there were 10,092 affordable homes started in 2012/13, taking the Mayor’s total for this investment round to 14,383. The Mayor pledged to fund 55,000 homes in the four […]
7 June 2013 by sianberry
Green MEPs ensure that the ongoing police brutality in Turkey is raised as an urgent matter for next week’s European Parliament debates. Growing protests and police brutality in Turkey will be debated in the European Parliament next week after Green MEPs asked for the issue to be placed on the parliament’s agenda. Representatives of the […]
6 June 2013 by sianberry
Mayor’s new “Safe Streets for London” plan seeks to undo the damage caused by the £46m pound cut he introduced to the road safety budget last year. The Mayor of London and TfL today launched a new road safety plan “Safe Streets for London”. The plan aims to reduce the number of people killed and […]
Figures published today show that weak tenancy protections for private renters caused 1,180 people to become homeless in London from 1 January to 31 March 2013, up 58% from the equivalent period in 2012. Overall, homelessness acceptances by local authorities in London rose 6%. Private tenants in the UK have among the weakest protections in […]
30 May 2013 by sianberry
According to latest DVLA figures, the total number of electric cars, light and heavy goods vehicles registered in London is 1,632. The Mayor’s aspiration is for a 100,000 electric vehicles in London by 2020. London Assembly Member Jenny Jones said: “These figures show that Mayor is a long way from achieving his ambition to make […]
Darren Johnson has renewed his call for rent controls and more security as official statistics published today show that the median private rent in London rose 11% in the year to March 2013. Rents rose by a £132 on average in London and now stand at £1,250pcm. That is more than double the national median […]
17 April 2013 by sianberry
Responding to House of Commons vote yesterday on the Government proposals to allow garden extensions of up to eight metres without planning permission, London Assembly Member Jenny Jones said: “The Mayor of London assured me that he recognised the threat of this proposal and asked the Government for special consideration for London. The Mayor’s own […]
15 April 2013 by sianberry
Today the government announced that the national minimum wage will rise to £6.31 in October. If the minimum wage were raised to a living wage, which is currently £8.55 in London however, then the savings to Government through benefits and taxation could total £2.3bn a year. Jenny Jones commented, “This decision will leave more than […]
11 April 2013 by sianberry
Mr. Small is a former partner in a global management consulting firm, where he led a team modernising and regulating public telecommunications networks. He is from a medical family and grew up in Harley Street near the first hospital of Florence Nightingale, whose biography he was later to write. He is widowed with two daughters […]
26 March 2013 by sianberry
The Move Your Money campaign provides a call to action for individuals and groups angered by the big bonuses, risky speculation, and Libor rigging of the “big 5” banks – Barclays, RBS, HSBC, Santander, and Lloyds. The campaign encourages people to transfer their savings and current accounts over to alternatives such as credit unions, co-operatives, […]
20 March 2013 by sianberry
London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has called on anyone who wants a Green Voice back in Islington Town Hall to donate just an hour or two of their time in these key final hours before the by-elections. Jenny Jones (centre, front row) with St. George’s ward candidate Jon Nott (2nd from right, front row), […]
Greens from across London joined thousands of local residents marching to save vital services at the Whittington Hospital in Islington this Saturday. Natalie Bennett, centre, marching alongside residents Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett marched alongside residents and spoke at the rally, calling for “the Whittington to be protected and for an end to privatisation.” She […]
15 March 2013 by sianberry
Islington Green Party have lodged a formal complaint after Labour Councillors ordered that a pear tree, valued at £10,000, be felled against the advice of their own tree officers. The pear tree on Gillespie Road, Highbury, was felled earlier this month against the advice of specialist tree officers and Islington Council’s own policy The shock […]
11 March 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert has backed a campaign calling for the Green Party to take part in any TV ‘leaders’ debates’ ahead of the next UK General Election. “It’s a simple matter of democracy,” she said. “Recent polling has shown that most people want to hear from all the main national parties ahead of […]
7 March 2013 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has questioned Mayor Boris Johnson’s commitment to improving cycling in London after his new plans for a “Crossrail for the bike” failed to include an increase in funding. The plans, outlined by the Mayor today, include a 15 mile segregated “Crossrail” cyleway along the Westway flyover and Victoria Embankment, a bike […]
2 March 2013 by sianberry
Last Wednesday Camden and Islington Greens joined 150 protesters to demand the Hospital Board stop the “sell-off” of the Whittington. Islington and Camden Greens Caroline Russell, Jenni Chan and Sheila Malone were joined by 150 protestors outside the Whittington Hospital this Thursday At the first Hospital Board meeting since the “sell-off” – which will […]