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29 February 2012 by sianberry
A video has been circulated online that seemingly shows police claiming they have St Paul’s permission to clear the cathedral’s steps under section 14 of the Public Order Act during the eviction of Occupy protestors early Tuesday morning. The police’s claims seem to contradict the cathedral’s assertion that no such permission was granted. Jenny Jones, […]
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28 February 2012 by sianberry
At the national Green Party conference in Liverpool last weekend, the Green Party agreed to back the campaign for stricter liability (also known as proportional liability) to be applied on British roads. The legal change would acknowledge that the duty of care for one’s actions when using the road should be proportional to the degree of danger that you impose […]
In response to the overnight eviction of the Occupy London protests outside St Paul’s cathedral, Green Party Mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, said: "The fact that the Occupy London protests ended with conflict of any kind in this way was avoidable and unnecessary. "The episode represents a missed opportunity for the authorities to engage with a […]
25 February 2012 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones has told the party’s Spring Conference that they could finish in the top-three in the forthcoming election. Reports over the last fortnight in both national and regional newspapers, including the Evening Standard, have stated that 2012 may be the year that the Greens overtake the Liberal […]
23 February 2012 by sianberry
The Green Party has announced plans that could save London households £1,500 by lowering transport fares and cutting energy bills. A range of additional Green proposals would leave Londoners with even more money in their pockets as a result of lower food prices, rents and increased wages for the lowest paid (1). Over the last […]
22 February 2012 by sianberry
Commenting on reports of the Met’s interest in acquiring ‘military-spec’ armoured cars, Green Party member of the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee, Jenny Jones, said: "The Met’s interest in equipment designed predominantly for military deployment is bound to raise concerns. "Unfortunately, as last year’s revelations over the Met’s secret purchase of a spy plane […]
The Green Party’s London mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, last weekend officially opened Camden Green Party’s exciting new election pop-up shop. She said: "It’s great to see Camden Green Party taking this ambitious step forward. Camden voters will now be able to pop in to ask any questions they might like about Green Party policies, […]
14 February 2012 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has accused the Mayor of London of "hypocrisy" after the Mayor announced his home insulation programme had reached 40,000 homes, saving an estimated £4m on their energy bills. The Mayor has backed away from his target of reaching 1.2 million homes by 2015, and has no funding after he reaches 75,000. The combined […]
9 February 2012 by sianberry
In response to the launch of London Cycling Campaign’s Love London, Go Dutch petition, Green Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: "I support this brilliant campaign. "We need Dutch road design and Dutch rules, which give legal priority to vulnerable road users. That means standing the current Mayor’s policy on its head and giving priority to […]
7 February 2012 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has called for Locog to review their purchasing policies after it was revealed that the 11 million tickets will be flown across to the UK from Arkansa, USA. All contracts are supposed to be assessed against Locog’s procurement code, which includes consideration of climate change impacts. Jenny Jones commented: "I cannot believe this […]
Jenny Jones has responded to the Mayor’s review of ‘challenging’ junctions for cyclists, by calling for the Mayor to reinstate the principle that priority should be given to vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, the less able bodied and cyclists. This approach was abandoned by the current Mayor when he rewrote the London Plan. The […]
6 February 2012 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has written to the Mayor of London asking him to make a firm commitment that bus and tube fares will not be used to finance the proposed new road across the Thames. The Mayor is consulting on the ‘principle’ of building a new road tunnel, next to the existing Blackwall Tunnel. When questioned […]
2 February 2012 by sianberry
A Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions would provide £1.2 billion a year for London, according to figures released by the Green Party today. A mere 0.05% tax-half that proposed by the French government-would: • Fund the construction of 32 new schools every year • Pay for an extra 23,23 police officers • Finance almost […]
Newly published official figures show that whilst cycling in London is safer than it was in 2000, the trend has reversed since around 2007/08. The annual casualty figures were already known, but the Travel in London report has now issued revised figures for the number of cycle journey stages per day, broken down by each […]
Reacting to the Home Office’s grant payment of £90,000,000 to the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, Green Party representative on the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee and Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: "A £90m gift from the Government is welcome, but it’s clearly a one-year bailout to help their Tory Mayor of London […]
Reacting to the publication of the Campaign for Clean air in London’s manifesto, Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: "I’m very keen to endorse the campaign’s manifesto which provides very sensible suggestions for addressing the massive public health issue of air pollution in London. "The concept of a very low emissions zone in Inner […]
In reaction to the Mayor of London’s announcement to cut City Hall’s share in Council Tax, Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: "This is gesture politics, which does next to nothing for hard pressed Londoners. Households will save 6p a week in council tax, compared to the extra £2.50 a week that a typical […]
30 January 2012 by sianberry
Reacting to Stephen Hester’s decision to waive his bonus of nearly £1 million from the Royal Bank of Scotland, Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: "We should be pleased rather than grateful that Stephen Hester has decided to return our money. "However we can’t rely on the individual conscience or greed of bankers to regulate how […]
In reaction to the arrest of a Metropolitan police officer in connection to allegations of information being bought by journalists, Green Party representative on the Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime, Jenny Jones, said: "Although we’ve expected arrests of police officers, it’s sad to see our fears seemingly confirmed about police corruption. "It’s a relief that […]
26 January 2012 by sianberry
Responding to the announcement by the Mayor of London, that London will host a world class two day festival of cycling next year to attract tourists, generate jobs and showcase the city beyond the games. Jenny Jones AM said: "We all enjoy a party, but I am worried that the Mayor is neglecting the basics […]
25 January 2012 by sianberry
The amendment to the Mayor’s budget proposed by Darren Johnson & seconded by Jenny Jones AM would help Londoners facing high unemployment, falling real incomes, soaring rents and fares, as well as environmental problems such as dangerous air pollution and cold homes. The Green alternative budget would tackle these problems head on. It would help […]
24 January 2012 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has accused the Mayor of London of dragging his feet by failing to install light switches in Stratford Station and many other London Underground stations, meaning that lights on open platforms are left on during the day, over two years after the problem was first brought to his attention. Darren commented, "It’s ridiculous […]
23 January 2012 by sianberry
With a 100 days to go before the Mayoral election, Green Party candidate Jenny Jones has focused attention on the Mayor’s failure to make roads safer for cyclists and pedestrians. Based on previous figures, the party estimates that 1,000 cyclists will be killed or injured between now and the election. London is the only region […]
19 January 2012 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has called on supermarkets, the Mayor and Government to make work pay for all workers in London, following an investigation by the Fair Pay Network into low pay in the four largest supermarket chains. Last year the National Minimum Wage fell further behind the cost of living in the capital, rising 2.5% while […]