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5 October 2015 by sianberry
The Green Party’s Mayoral candidate, Local Transport Spokesperson and a longstanding Green Party Assembly Member are together urging Londoners to say no to Boris Johnson’s plan for a new multi-lane road tunnel between Greenwich and Newham. A consultation ahead of an expected planning application in early 2016 is launched today by Transport for London, and […]
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2 October 2015 by sianberry
The Green Party today passed a policy to call for car manufacturers to be made to pay for the public transport and walking and cycling infrastructure that would reduce the need for people to own cars. It seeks five responses to the Volkswagen scandal from the government and mayor of London. London mayoral candidate Sian […]
27 September 2015 by sianberry
In response to a new report revealing Lambeth Council holds more than £59m in fossil fuel stocks Lambeth Green Party has called for the council to once more divest, with Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry criticising the “short-sighted investment”. Lambeth Green Party today renews its call for Lambeth Council to rid its pension fund of investments […]
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate Sian Berry outlined her plans to work with Londoners to reshape their city in her speech to the Party’s Conference today. Speaking to delegates in Bournemouth attending the largest Green Party Autumn Conference to date, Berry focused her speech on the key message of her Mayoral campaign which she […]
24 September 2015 by sianberry
Greens on the London Assembly will push local councils to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy that benefits London, Green Mayoral candidate Sian Berry said today. It comes as a new report revealed that London Councils have a staggering £1.8bn invested in fossil fuels. Greens on the London Assembly have already led […]
23 September 2015 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party Assembly Member, suggests building new homes on top of low-rise council blocks and “working together with residents and communities” to create 70,000 new homes in the next decade to meet housing needs. Building new homes on top of existing low-rise council blocks is one of five ideas to close London’s house […]
22 September 2015 by sianberry
The London Assembly has supported Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson’s recommendation for London to have it’s own pollution test for cars, which they already perform for buses, with Darren Johnson noting that “London has the worse NO2 pollution problem of any European capital”. Responding to the allegations that VW vehicles have been tampered with in […]
4 September 2015 by sianberry
London Green Party Mayoral candidate Sian Berry Sian Berry, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate, has urged Boris Johnson to offer empty fire and police stations as emergency accommodation for refugees, and to lobby the Government to let more refugees enter the UK and settle in London. Several former police and fire stations are already being […]
2 September 2015 by sianberry
The Green Party has selected Sian Berry as their candidate for next May’s London Mayoral election. Transport campaigner Sian, who was elected as a Councillor on Camden Council last year, won an extremely close contest following a month-long internal selection process and a ballot of all London Green Party members. (From left to right) Green […]
5 August 2015 by sianberry
Green Party’s 6 Mayoral candidates line-up at a recent hustings chaired by Jean Lambert MEP (4th from right) Voting has now opened in the race to decide who will represent the Green Party as their Mayoral and Assembly candidates for next May’s London elections. With support for the Green Party in London having trebled […]