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16 September 2014 by sianberry
Ryan Coley has been selected as the Green Party Councillor candidate for Kingston; Ryan is a local resident and activist, who wants to focus on protecting local business owners and cleaning up the roads. Young activist and local Kingston resident Ryan Coley has been selected by the Green Party to contest the Tudor Ward council […]
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12 September 2014 by sianberry
London Green Party rally against TTIP, highlighting the need to go further than just excluding the NHS from the deal so as to “protect hard won standards” and the environment. London Green Party today joined the No to TTIP protest held outside the Dept of Business Innovation and Skills. London Green Romayne Phoenix (pictured, left) spoke on behalf of the Green Party. […]
Local Jonathan Bartley has been chosen by the Lambeth Green Party; Jonathan has been heavily involved in many movements the Green Party have supported. Jonathan Bartley photographed when he was Vice Chair of the ‘Yes’ campaign to change the voting system for Westminster. Lambeth Green Party has selected local campaigner Jonathan Bartley as Parliamentary candidate for Streatham. Jonathan […]
11 September 2014 by sianberry
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett speaks out against HS2, saying “the investment should be going into local infrastructure” instead. Natalie Bennett and Highgate councillor Sian Berry at the Green Conference in Aston University, Birmingham Green Party Leader and Camden resident and parliamentary contender Natalie Bennett has condemned HS2 rail link running from the capital through Birmingham, during […]
“Passengers should not have to put up with being crammed into train over double their capacity, as prices rocket” says Green Party Transport spokesperson, stating the need for the railways to run to “serve the common good, not as a source of profit”. The Green Party has today urged politicians to support Caroline Lucas’ bill to take the […]
10 September 2014 by sianberry
The Assembly have voted to support Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson’s motion to have the Mayor respond to the ‘Renters manifesto’, calling for reforms in private rental market. The London Assembly today voted to support Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson’s motion to do more for London’s renters. The vote means that the Assembly will now […]
8 September 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for a “London-wide pay-as-you-drive charging system” to help fund an expansion in public transport and to stop spiralling fares. Green AM Darren Johnson has described the Mayor’s announcement that TfL fares will rise again in the new year as “a bitter start to 2015 for struggling Londoners”. Although this year’s […]
5 September 2014 by sianberry
Green Party candidate for the Newham council by-election joins forces with Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson to rebuke the TfL’s recent proposal to build a new road bridge over the Thames, which local residents have been opposed to for over 30 years. Green Party candidate Jane Lithgow and Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson at Gallions […]
4 September 2014 by sianberry
London Green Party Councillors call for members to support 999Call for the NHS, a march against the privatisation of the NHS, stating that access to healthcare is a “universal right” and should not “only be available to the highest bidder”. This Saturday 6th September the 999Call for the NHS – a national demonstration against the privatisation of […]
3 September 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson praises The Mayor’s plan for two new superhighways, but calls for safer roads everywhere which current plans will “change too little and improve too slowly”. Cycling Superhighway 7, photograph courtesy of Patrick Mackie. Darren Johnson has backed the Mayor’s plans for two new superhighways, going East-West and North-South, but has […]