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7 August 2014 by sianberry
Lewisham Council has been criticised by local Green Safer Streets spokesperson Clare Phipps for their lax attitude in addressing residents’ safety concerns over a road that has seen four major car accidents since March. Local Green Clare Phipps calls for Lewisham Council to make good on the pledge the Labour Mayor was elected on, to […]
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5 August 2014 by sianberry
From the 1st of August motorists in the borough of Islington who leave their engines on whilst stationary will be advised to turn them off or face £20 fine in a move to combat deadly air pollution. Green Cllr Caroline Russell on BBC Breakfast discussing the first anti-idling measure of its kind in the UK. […]
Jenny Jones AM has obtained information that the Metropolitan Police Service has spent £147,120 defending the civil claims brought by the women deceived into forming long-term intimate relationships with undercover police officers. Jenny Jones, seen here questioning the Met Commissioner in 2013, has long been campaigning on behalf of the deceived women The information was […]
1 August 2014 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, today met with cyclists and pedestrians in Richmond to investigate dangers at two busy junctions in the vicinity of the railway station. In an open letter to coincide with the Green AM’s visit, Richmond’s branch of the London Cycling Campaign told Darren: “It’s a real shame that […]
31 July 2014 by sianberry
London Assembly Housing Committee report has found that cuts are stretching resources leaving a serious shortage of accommodation and inadequate or even inappropriate support service. Chair Darren Johnson asks why such a wealthy city has so many rough sleepers in Left Foot Forward (replicated below) Rough sleeping has risen by 64 per cent in London over four […]
Elected in May 2014, Caroline Russell is the sole Green Councillor for Islington – as well as the sole opposition to Labour. In her blog for politics.co.uk, she describes her experience so far of being the “only Green in the village” Now that the last traces of election day paraphernalia have been tidied away, I […]
Members of Camden Green Party call for the council to go further in making Tottenham Court Road and Bloomsbury safer by removing cars from Gower Street, instead of making piecemeal adjustments. Camden Green Party, including newly elected Camden Green Councillor Siân Berry, campaigning for more ‘Space for Cycling’. Camden and London Green Parties have called for more […]
30 July 2014 by sianberry
“The Mayor is pushing for the kind of road-building projects which belong back in the 60s” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. The Mayor of London today published the ‘London Infrastructure Plan 2050’ in which he set out his priorities for the capital’s infrastructure over the next half century. The plan refers to the Mayor’s […]
29 July 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones criticises the Mayor of London of taking insufficient action against diesel vehicles in London and calls for the Mayor to allow all inner London boroughs to join the Ultra Low Emission Zone if they wish. Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones with London Green Shahrar Ali campaigning for cleaner air […]
A by-election has been called in Lambeth less than 6 weeks after residents last went to the polls, following the resignation of a Labour Councillor. Lambeth Greens Jonathan Bartley and Cllr Scott Ainslie (back row, left) during their successful campaign to save The Glebe sheltered housing. They are hoping to replicate their victory in Leigham […]