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1 December 2009 by sianberry
A major event is taking place in Stratford Town Hall today (1st December) to launch the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, is giving one of the opening speeches at the event where experts in the field will be discussing ways to reduce poverty and inequality. Local residents and […]
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24 November 2009 by sianberry
In response to Jonathan Montgomery, Human Genetics Commission chair, who said that "function creep" over the years had transformed the national DNA database of offenders into one of suspects, the Green Party’s Home Affairs spokesperson and member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Jenny Jones, said: "I will again challenge the Met on their failure to […]
22 October 2009 by sianberry
Joan Ruddock, Minister for Climate Change and Lewisham Deptford MP, has dismissed as "uncosted and untested" the 10:10 motion to reduce carbon emissions tabled yesterday in parliament. Lewisham councillor Darren Johnson, Chair of the London Assembly, said: "It’s a glaring contradiction for Joan Ruddock to personally support the 10:10 campaign, and for Lewisham Council to […]
The European Parliament has today passed a resolution calling for the rapid return of the 250,000 detainees still held in camps in northern Sri Lanka following the defeat of the LTTE by the government earlier this year. MEPs also called on the Sri Lankan government to urgently deliver humanitarian assistance to the Tamil civilians held […]
21 October 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, has secured a commitment from the Olympic Delivery Authority to work to make poverty pay history as a key legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In a London Assembly session today, she pressed David Higgins, Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, to […]
11 October 2009 by sianberry
The Haringey Green Party received a welcome boost to their election campaign when the Green Party’s Deputy Leader, Adrian Ramsay, dropped by to share tips and advice and meet Stroud Green residents in a canvassing tour of the ward. Accompanied by Stroud Green candidates Anna Bragga and Sarah Cope, Ramsay knocked on doors and spoke […]
6 October 2009 by sianberry
The London Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy seems unlikely to reduce particulate emissions (PM10) by enough to meet the European Commission’s legally binding targets by 2012. The strategy is the decisive factor in whether the Government will be fined an estimated £300m by the European Commission. The Government has made clear to the European Commission that […]
The Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party has launched a petition about the Arcade site in central Walthamstow. The petition calls on the council to ensure that any development of the site takes account of some basic principles – buildings should be in sympathy with the character of Walthamstow, no building should be above 6 […]
29 September 2009 by sianberry
Campaigners based in Thamesmead are going to court to challenge a decision to allow 50% more flights to use London City Airport. Fight The Flights, which is backed by Greenwich Green Party, says Newham Council should have taken into account long-term government plans to cut aviation emissions, and had failed to consult neighbouring councils before […]
New figures show that a total of 2,898 black cabs failed their mid year pollution test prior to the London Mayor abolishing the tests in November last year. A further 1,452 cabs were temporarily taken off the road for failures relating to the brakes. The mid year inspections operated for thirteen months between the 1st […]
25 September 2009 by sianberry
At September’s full Council meeting, the Labour group in Hackney proposed a motion congratulating the Labour government on its investment in the Building Schools for the Future programme, and berating the likely cuts in education spending by a future Tory government. Hackney Green Cllr Mischa Borris abstained in the vote. She commented, "Of course the Green […]
23 September 2009 by sianberry
Following a less-than-transparent South London Waste Partnership workshop on the 7th September, frustrated local residents, environmentalists and politicians are pressing ahead with an anti-incinerator campaign. The official launch will be on 23rd September, 7.30pm at Ruskin House, Coombe Road, Croydon. The campaign calls for an immediate end to the South London Waste Partnership in its […]
18 September 2009 by sianberry
Pictured: Cllr Darren Johnson AM and Cllr Romayne Phoenix outside the Department for Energy and Climate Change. Darren Johnson, parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford, spoke a rally last night against the closure of the Vestas wind turbine factory. Cllr Darren Johnson addressed the rally on 17 September outside the Department for Energy and Climate Change […]
17 September 2009 by sianberry
Unemployment has soared across Lewisham, with new government figures this week showing 62% more jobseekers in the borough last month compared with a year earlier. Lewisham’s Green Party Group leader, Cllr Darren Johnson, said the worsening picture showed the need for a shake-up at Westminster, with money spent on job creation, housing and vital services […]
15 September 2009 by sianberry
Last night, Camden Green Party councillor Maya de Souza (Highgate Green ward) proposed a motion that the London Borough of Camden sign up to reduce its carbon emmissions by 10 per cent by the end of 1010. In a rare show of cross-party unity, every council member present voted in favour of the Greens’ motion. […]
9 September 2009 by sianberry
Green Party candidates Anna Bragga, Sarah Cope and Pete McAskie will join members of the Lap Off! campaign at Haringey’s Civic Centre on Thursday September 10 when a final decision on the planning application to transform the Music Palace into a gentlemen’s club will take place. With Rokesley School just a few yards down the […]
7 September 2009 by sianberry
As London prepares to host the DESi Arms Fair tomorrow, Jenny Jones, Green Party home affairs spokesperson (and member of the London Met Police Authority) has called on the organisers to pay for the cost of policing the event. Jones said: "I can’t think of anything more wasteful than the London police using their precious […]
26 August 2009 by sianberry
Lewisham’s Green Party councillors have welcomed news that the 2009 Climate Camp has chosen Blackheath, the borough’s famous green space, as its temporary home. The venue was announced at the last minute this afternoon in a text message sent to activists around the country. Lewisham is the Green Party’s stronghold in London, with the largest group […]
13 August 2009 by sianberry
A Green Party idea for lending energy-monitoring "smart meters" through Lewisham’s libraries has proven a hit with library users – and spread across the globe. New figures show almost 200 of the devices have been borrowed for free in the scheme’s first six months. The scheme has also inspired copycat projects in other areas, with […]
The Camden Green Party’s annual survey of shops in Highgate ward has been released. It found that vacancy rates in this area have almost doubled from 4% in 2006, when the survey first started, to 7.4% in 2009. The local survey covers 175 shops in five local shopping streets: Highgate Road, York Rise, Chester Road, Swains […]
10 August 2009 by sianberry
Hackney Greens today praised their Labour-run council for supporting a Green Party campaign to use the Sustainable Communities Act to combat the growth of bookmakers throughout the borough. The Gambling Act 2005 – which came into force in 2007 – removed the need for bookmakers to show there was demand for yet another bookies […]
8 August 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson (London Assembly member, and parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford) is calling on the organisers of London 2012 to set higher goals for green transport, affordable housing, and low-carbon energy. In particular Darren wants to see: – The target for the number of people arriving at the Games on foot or by bike doubled […]
6 August 2009 by sianberry
Hiroshima Day is observed all over the world every year on 6 August, in commemoration of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War. It is estimated that 140 000 people were killed in Hiroshima, and 74 000 people in Nagasaki, where the […]
28 July 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has written to the London Mayor responding to the Transport Statement of Intent. Jenny said: "Most of the Mayor’s key goals will only be achieved with bold new ideas and a large increase in investment. For example, the expansion of cycling and walking in outer London is completely under-funded, yet that is where […]