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30 June 2021 / 30 June 2021 by London Green Party
Trials of Universal Basic Income in Wales have been welcomed by the Green Party who say that it ian idea whose “time has come”. The pilot scheme will pay adults a set amount of money into their bank accounts, whether they’re unemployed or a high earner. Speaking to Clive Bull on LBC, Green assembly member […]
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26 June 2021 / 26 June 2021 by London Green Party
A Green councillor in Lambeth has called for the halting of the demolition of three housing estates. Peter Elliot, who represents the Gypsy Hill ward, says that refurbishing these estates would be a better alternative. Lambeth Council has pushed through planning applications for the demolitions, despite the absence of masterplans and an overwhelming number of […]
21 June 2021 / 21 June 2021 by London Green Party
Zack Polanski, who was elected to the London Assembly in May, has delivered on his promise to ensure a living wage motion for careworkers was successfully passed in the London Assembly. Commending London’s critical group of careworkers from all over the world, Zack highlighted their vital role in looking after the vulnerable, sacrificing their personal […]
19 June 2021 / 20 June 2021 by London Green Party
The Conservative Party are currently trying to change the way the Mayor and Crime Commissioners are elected – in a way that critics describe as making it easier for them to win. The Tories are attempting to scrap the ‘supplementary vote’ system – which ensures politicians need a wide base of support to get in, […]
15 June 2021 / 15 June 2021 by London Green Party
The latest Transport for London bailout could mean fare rises on public transport – with drivers travelling into the capital paying nothing. The Government have offered a £1billion recovery package for London’s transport network. But TfL will have to find additional revenue of up to £1billion by 2023. With the ‘boundary charge’ of £3.50 for vehicles travelling into the city now ruled out, the money […]
The Mayor of London’s ‘retrofit revolution’ looks set to snub smaller innovative providers in favour of a few powerful companies. Sadiq Khan recently announced a program to refurbish the capital’s worst social housing. £5 billion has been set aside to deal with cold and damp housing stock and bring it up to low-carbon standards. But despite claims there will be a ‘rigorous process’ to find the […]
8 June 2021 / 8 June 2021 by London Green Party
The Mayor has refused to commit to making London a Zero Waste city by 2030. At Mayor’s Question Time in March, Green Assembly Member Caroline Russell urged Sadiq Khan to set an agenda for waste reduction as London bounces back after the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently London burns a staggering 63.3% of waste, contributing to carbon […]
Newly elected Green London Assembly Member Zack Polanski has applauded the tireless work of members and the staff team during the recent local and Mayoral elections. Zack commended the volunteer teams all across London who got stuck in, including new members wanting to be involved in their first election. The resulting London gains included Lambeth, […]
24 May 2021 / 24 May 2021 by London Green Party
Enfield Green Party have welcomed Charith Gunawardena as their first Councillor – representing Southgate ward – following his defection from Labour, adding to the 99 seats gained across England in the local elections of 6 May. In his resignation statement, Cllr Gunawardena cited his passion to work hard and deliver a greener future for Southgate, […]
10 May 2021 / 10 May 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry, Green candidate for Mayor, has promised to protect the Green Belt as it is ‘under threat’ according to a report by The London Green Belt Council. ‘My plan to gold plate our Green Belt means working with surrounding councils to improve and protect it’ explained Sian. The report’s findings show the ring of protected […]
8 May 2021 / 8 May 2021 by London Green Party
Retrofitting homes and switching to renewables would make a major contribution towards achieving net zero, according to Andree Frieze, Green Councillor for Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside. With domestic housing accounting for around 20 per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions, Frieze believes that in order to achieve net zero ‘we need to switch all […]
5 May 2021 / 5 May 2021 by London Green Party
Green Party Mayoral candidate, Sian Berry, has condemned conditions in Croydon council flats, saying that the scandal shows why London’s housing system needs a revolution. Tenants of flooded and mouldy council flats have fallen through the gaps of a broken system, she said. Berry remains the only Mayoral candidate to visit the flats, which were […]
2 May 2021 / 2 May 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry, the Green candidate to be Mayor of London, has promised two ambitious schemes aimed at the young people of the capital if she is elected. One is a new three year pilot of Universal Basic Income in London, working with at least 1,000 Londoners who would be guaranteed a basic income without conditions, […]
30 April 2021 / 30 April 2021 by London Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley has pledged a ‘revolution from the bottom up’ through a Green Recovery plan. Speaking at the socially-distanced launch of the Green’s local election campaign in London’s Battersea Park, Bartley asserted that ‘we need a transformation across every single sector of the economy’ in a way that will ‘share the prosperity […]
27 April 2021 / 27 April 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry has made a campaign promise to set goals for “zero murders” in the city by 2031 if she is voted in as London mayor on 6 May. The Green party candidate believes that focusing on crime prevention is the way to achieve her vision. “I’ll fund the schemes which create an environment where violence […]
25 April 2021 / 25 April 2021 by London Green Party
London’s millions of renters need better protection, according to the Green Party’s candidate for London Mayor, Sian Berry. Sian has promised that if elected, she will champion the rights of renters by reducing rents and raising the standard of housing in the capital. Sian says: ‘As Mayor, I will stand alongside millions of renters like […]
23 April 2021 / 23 April 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry launched her election manifesto as she outlined plans to make London “the greenest city in the world”. Speaking at a council estate in Lambeth, Sian launched the manifesto saying “Londoners are crying out for a new start, and Greens are ready to roll up our sleeves and transform this city. London should be […]
21 April 2021 / 21 April 2021 by London Green Party
London needs repair centres on every high street to help cut landfill waste and incineration, according to Sian Berry, Green London Assembly member and Mayoral candidate. Among her election pledges, Sian wants to publish a waste reduction strategy that would include a new fund to help councils and local enterprises turn empty high street shops […]
18 April 2021 / 18 April 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry has pledged to set up a habitat crime unit to protect London’s wild spaces if she is elected mayor of London in May. Berry said: “We are in a climate and ecological emergency. We need a unit that specialises in crimes relating to pollution, harms to habitat and damage to animals. I think that’s really important to have, and it […]
16 April 2021 / 16 April 2021 by London Green Party
London bus drivers are three times more likely to die from COVID-19, according to a report commissioned by TFL. The UCL Institute of Health Equity study, published in March went onto conclude: ‘Breathing problems appear to be a pre-existing issue reported by many London bus drivers, exacerbated in those self-reporting COVID-19 symptoms’. Green party London […]
13 April 2021 / 13 April 2021 by London Green Party
The Green Party has condemned the summary of a report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities as a deliberate attempt to whitewash institutional racism. The members of the Commission, set up in the wake of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, were chosen by no. 10 advisor Munira Mirza, and its report confirms her […]
11 April 2021 / 11 April 2021 by London Green Party
Britain’s leading political parties, including the Greens, have banded together to demand the government ban conversion therapy. The group, which includes LGBT+ Conservatives, the Labour Party and Plaid Cymru, have written a letter to equalities minister, Liz Truss, urging immediate action. According to Stonewall, “Conversion therapy (or ‘cure’ therapy or reparative therapy) refers to any […]
7 April 2021 / 7 April 2021 by London Green Party
More than 1,200 people were injured and 68 people were killed while walking on or alongside London’s roads in 2019, according to figures revealed by a leading Green politician. Caroline Russell, a member of the London Assembly, also showed that 261 junctions in London contain no pedestrian crossing signals. The Assembly unanimously supported Caroline’s motion […]
5 April 2021 / 5 April 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry wants teenagers on the London Youth Assembly granted new powers to hold the Mayor to account. She’s pledged them more resources to investigate issues, write reports, the power to question the Mayor at several annual Youth Assembly Question Time events and submit official written questions all year round. “Young people have shown more […]