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28 October 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert condemns the Foreign Office’s stance, calling it “a crying shame that the apparent compassion of British support ends at the seashore outside the EU” and expresses her concern at those fleeing from Syria and Eritrea across “treacherous sea routes”. Responding to the Foreign Office’s refusal to take part in future searchand […]
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27 October 2014 by sianberry
London remains the region with the least solar panels and is falling even further behind, as it increased less than 2 percent in the last quarter with only 1 in 231 London households having solar panels. New Feed-in-Tariff statistics published by the Department of Energy & Climate Change have shown that: London remains the region […]
Camden and Islington Green Parties demand the Ultra Low Emission Zone be extended and brought forward as Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones describes the 4,300 people in London a year who die prematurely due to air pollution “one of the biggest scandals of our age” Smog in Canary Wharf. Photograph courtesy of Matthew Buck. […]
22 October 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson criticises the Mayor of London for failing to spend half of his budget for Superhighways with only the first four to be completed by the end of his term. CS7 on Clapham Road, photograph courtesy of Stephen Craven. An update provided by Transport to London to the London Assembly budget […]
21 October 2014 by sianberry
Scott Ainslie, Lambeth Green Party Councillor, and Green MP Caroline Lucas call for Lambeth Council to follow the recent trend of divesting from fossil fuels and investing in more profitable renewable energy. Caroline Lucas protesting against fracking in 2013. Photograph courtesy of the BBC. Lambeth Green Party Councillor Scott Ainslie has called on Lambeth Council […]
“Welfare reforms are hitting the poorest and the most vulnerable in our communities” says Hackney Green Spokesperson, as the rise in total evictions in Hackney over the last year are a direct result of the rise in those due to arrears. Frampton Park Estate, Hackney, photograph courtesy of Dr Neil Clifton. 98 people were evicted […]
“Parliament needs to listen and people should have the right to get their voices heard” says Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones, who is also a former member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, citing the police’s “duty to facilitate peaceful protest in this country”. Jenny Jones was arrested this morning at Parliament Square when visiting the protestors there. […]
20 October 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson urges Boris Johnson to complete cycling superhighways and extensions swiftly, with two fatalities in the last year on a route due to be improved. Ludgate Circus has been the site of the death of two cyclists in the last year and eight deaths or serious injuries since Boris Johnson was […]
18 October 2014 by sianberry
London Green Councillors call for London councils to start paying the living wage to staff and for business to work towards a 10:1 pay ratio. Green Party Councillors in London have issued a united call for action to tackle wage inequality in the capital as thousands take to the streets in support of the TUC’s […]
15 October 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for a “radical change in direction” in the housing market, as the Mayor of London continues to promote house and land sale to private investors. Darren Johnson AM has accused the Mayor of promoting the sale of land and homes at MIPIM-UK to “big developers and rich investors” in […]