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11 August 2011 by sianberry
Responding to David Cameron’s statement today making water cannon available to police forces on the UK mainland, Jenny Jones, Green member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said: "Water cannon causes injuries to the eyes and brain, as well as bruising to internal organs. "Water cannon have restricted manoeuvrability, so they would not be very useful […]
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7 August 2011 by sianberry
Green Mayoral candidate and member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Jenny Jones, has reacted to last night’s riots in Tottenham by calling for swift action to restore vital youth services and a review of communications failures between the police and the community. Jenny Jones said: "We urgently need to examine all the factors that led […]
29 July 2011 / 19 April 2021 by sianberry
After Thursday morning’s meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Jenny Jones, Green member of the MPA, said: “Kit Malthouse says he did not tell London’s Mayor about a police briefing last September over new claims on phone hacking. “However, the Mayor said that he and Malthouse were in continuous discussion. Both cannot be right. “The […]
27 July 2011 by sianberry
In advance of tomorrow’s meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (10am, 28 July 2011), Jenny Jones, Green member of the Metropolitan Police Authority and mayoral candidate, said: "This coming Thursday will be make or break for the chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority. "I think that all members of the Authority will be expecting clear […]
21 July 2011 by sianberry
The London Assembly has called on the Mayor to oppose any plans to make families pay for children to use playgrounds in London’s parks and public spaces. A motion passed at yesterday’s Assembly meeting also urged Wandsworth Council to abandon proposals, which are currently being reviewed, to introduce a £2.50 fee for using the adventure […]
21 July 2011 / 21 April 2021 by sianberry
Haringey Green party is to hold a public meeting on the contentious issue of the Pinkham Way MBT (Mechanical Biological Treatment plant). The plan is to give concerned members of the public a chance to air their views, as well as hear from various speakers about the problems with the current plans and the various […]
20 July 2011 by sianberry
Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert has recognised the role Newham can play in delivering greater equality for Roma migrants and refugees and ending the prejudice and isolation faced by the community at a special film screening in Canning Town. The documentary ‘Vortex’, which was handed the Premier Award by the British Film and Video Council at the […]
19 July 2011 by sianberry
109 activists, arrested following a non-violent UK Uncut demonstration on the 26th of March 2011, have had their charges dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service. Over 150 activists were arrested on 26 March 2011. They were handcuffed and transported to police stations across London, where they were held in cells for up to 24 hours. […]
13 July 2011 by sianberry
Green MEPs Jean Lambert and Keith Taylor have today welcomed new proposals for a radical overhaul of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, which seek to ban fishermen from throwing dead catch back into the sea, but have expressed disappointment that the measures do not go far enough in placing environmental sustainability at the heart of […]
12 July 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, will take part tomorrow in a new campaign by UK environmental group, Climate Rush [1], to highlight the severity of the capital’s air pollution problem. Jenny Jones will make a keynote speech ahead of the Roadblock protest. A group of cyclists will hit London’s streets and stage […]
11 July 2011 by sianberry
Several British citizens, including Pippa Bartolotti, Deputy Leader of the Wales Green Party, and Haringey activist Anne Gray, have been detained in Israel this weekend while en route to Bethlehem for a human rights demonstration. The group was held at Ben Gurion airport and were then transferred to Givon Prison. It remains unclear under what […]
7 July 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate and member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), Jenny Jones is to continue to question the police on the issue of illegal police payments from newspaper organisations following the revelations that News International have email confirmation that such payments have been made. Jenny Jones first brought this to the […]
5 July 2011 by sianberry
The UK’s Green MEPs have today criticised Conservative and centre-right Members of the European Parliament for failing to pass tougher measures on greenhouse gases which would have committed the EU to a more ambitious emissions reduction target of 30 per cent by 2020 Members of the European Parliament, including Britain’s Conservatives, voted against proposals in […]
4 July 2011 by sianberry
n response to a formal question from Brockley Ward Green Councillor, Darren Johnson, Lewisham’s Deputy Mayor has confirmed that the Council intends to strengthen its planning policies to protect back gardens from development. Cllr Johnson said, "I am pleased the Council has responded positively to my request. There is a lot of concern from local […]
27 June 2011 by sianberry
A group of Camden school children met with Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, on Saturday to hand over hundreds of letters bound for the European Parliament highlighting the dire situation faced by Palestinian child prisoners languishing in Israeli jails. The children were joined by twelve young people from Palestinian town, Abu Dis, as part […]
24 June 2011 by sianberry
Anti-war campaigner and longstanding supporter of recently deceased Brian Haw, Jenny Jones, has announced her backing for Early Day Motion 1945 [1] which calls for a permanent memorial to the man who many regarded as a leader of the peace movement, to be established in Parliament Square. Jenny Jones, who used her positions on the […]
23 June 2011 by sianberry
Nearly 15,000 people have had to be refunded charges made by Serco since the Barclays cycle hire scheme was launched in July 2010. In May 2011 almost 600 people in one week had money wrongly withdrawn from their bank accounts for journeys that they did not take. Serco have had £5million of payments held from […]
22 June 2011 by sianberry
New research by the Campaign for Clean Air has found that 1,148 schools in London are within 150 metres of roads carrying 10,000 or more vehicles per day and a total of 2,270 schools within 400 metres of such roads. This revelation comes at a time when new scientific research indicates that children exposed to […]
The Green Party has called on MPs to listen to the voices of their constituents tomorrow when they have an opportunity to vote on a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses and make the coalition act on this issue. Nearly 3 out of 4 British citizens favour a ban. As MPs prepare […]
16 June 2011 by sianberry
Over 90 per cent of Italian voters have rejected government plans for a return to nuclear power generation following a nation-wide referendum. Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert has welcomed the outcome of this historic vote and has urged Member States to make a complete switch to renewable energies. Despite abandoning its nuclear programme in […]
6 June 2011 by sianberry
The Metropolitan Police 2011-14 policing plan will reduce the proportion of staff in the workforce, with an 11% reduction of staff and 5% reduction of officer numbers. The Met has one of the lowest proportions of staff in the workforce in comparison with other forces. Jenny Jones is concerned that this shift means officers are […]
1 June 2011 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, is backing a Europe-wide campaign which seeks to end the wasteful and unethical practice of throwing dead fish back into the sea. Under current EU rules, fishing fleets are forbidden from landing more than their catch quota [1]. Often, the only option is for the unwanted fish to be […]
31 May 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party has expressed concern that former BNP member, and current independent London Assembly member, Richard Barnbrook, attended a meeting of potential governors for the London Ambulance Service (LAS). Green Party activist Joseph Healy is chair of the LAS Patients’ Forum. He has long been concerned with the LAS’s lack of staff diversity, with […]
23 May 2011 by sianberry
An energy policy founded on nuclear will saddle future generations with a costly, toxic debt, Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, has warned. Speaking during a special European Greens press briefing on the implications of the Committee for Climate Change’s Renewable Energy Review, Jean argued that the Whitehall predisposition to nuclear energy places the UK […]