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21 May 2009 by sianberry
50,000 target remains a sticking point for Mayor’s housing plans The Assembly’s Planning and Housing Committee has given the Mayor’s draft housing strategy – published today – a cautious welcome. Chair of the Committee Jenny Jones AM said: "We are pleased the strategy includes specific proposals that address some of the concerns raised in our […]
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The Chair of the London Assembly, Darren Johnson AM, has today written to the Chief Executive of the Greater London Authority (GLA) asking him to take action to prevent the GLA’s nominations for Buckingham Palace Garden Party invitations being exploited for political purposes. Darren Johnson AM said: "Assembly Members are entitled to be nominated for […]
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, will speak at a national demonstration this weekend calling for an end to police violence. Jean will join the United Campaign Against Police Violence (UCAPV), a new coalition which includes civil rights groups, trade unions, justice campaigns and political parties, on their demonstration this Saturday 23 May. [1] […]
In the first of a series of election videos, Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP for the last 10 years, talks about privatisation and public services. If Britain is one of the richest nations in the world, why can’t we run our public transport properly? Investment in public transport infrastructure would help […]
Over the past three decades, and last few months in particular, hundreds of thousands of people in Sri Lanka have been caught up in fighting between the LTTE and government forces. The United Nations has reported that 6,500 civilians have been killed and 14,000 wounded in the fighting from January to the end of April […]
20 May 2009 by sianberry
The UK faces an embarrassing legal wrangle during the 2012 Olympics over its failure to act on air pollution, Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, has warned. The European Commission has already launched legal action against the UK over breaching standards on particulate matter (PM10), the tiny airborne particles emitted by industry, vehicles and domestic […]
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, has welcomed a report which names and shames countries around the world where state-sponsored homophobic laws exist. Homosexuality is illegal in 80 countries around the world, and in five countries it is a crime punishable by death, according to State Sponsored Homophobia, the third annual report from ILGA, the […]
19 May 2009 by sianberry
The London Green Party launched its European elections campaign this morning, 19th May, at 10am. The launch took place at the air quality monitoring station on Marylebone Road, near Baker Street. This air quality monitoring station records some of the worst air quality in Greater London — for both N02 pollution and PM10 particulates.(1) Jean […]
18 May 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party member of the London Assembly, has joined the growing calls for the Speaker of the House of the Commons, Michael Martin, to go. "Michael Martin’s handling of the whole expenses issue has been a disgrace. London Assembly members would never in a million years be allowed to get away with the […]
In response to reports that next week Boris Johnson will travel to Seoul for the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit, stay for one day and use an airline that flies via Dubai, Jenny Jones is calling on the Mayor to think more carefully about his own use of resources. "If London is going to pay […]
Responding to reports that Metropolitan Police officers are earning tens of thousands of pounds from overtime duties, Jenny Jones has called on the Mayor and Met Commissioner to get a grip on the issue. "When the police budget was voted on by the Assembly earlier this year I called for a large reduction in overtime […]
Darren Johnson has responded to the London Mayor’s claim that he will make London a cleaner and greener city by 2012 Darren Johnson said: "The London Mayor might say he wants a cleaner, greener city, but his policies are actually making London dirtier and more polluted. He cancelled the £25 charge on gas guzzlers, suspended […]
17 May 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, chair of the London Assembly, today spoke out on the expenses row that has rocked British politics. He said: "The MPs’ expenses debacle has really undermined the public’s faith in the political process and in politicians. And I can’t say I blame people for losing faith. As a councillor and London Assembly Member […]
15 May 2009 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP will join the call to remember Gaza at a national demonstration in London tomorrow [Saturday 16 May]. Jean will be among speakers at the demonstration, organised by groups including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Stop the War Coalition, the British Muslim Initiative and CND. Campaigners will use the Remember Gaza – Free […]
14 May 2009 by sianberry
The decision by Boris Johnson to turn down the planning application submitted by Newham Council to redevelop Queens Market in Newham has been applauded by Jenny Jones, a long standing supporter of this market and opponent of the proposed development. Queens Market is one of London’s most multicultural markets and was a recent runner up […]
13 May 2009 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, has condemned the decision by the Riga authorities to cancel the Baltic Pride event this weekend. The annual gay pride march was scheduled to take place in the Latvian capital on Saturday, to coincide with a weekend of events marking IDAHO, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia […]
Darren Johnson has called for the Olympic Village to be zero carbon and built to the highest environmental standards. Darren was responding to the news that the London 2012 Olympic Village is now publicly owned after the Government confirmed that a further GBP324 million of public money has had to be pumped into the project. […]
11 May 2009 by sianberry
As part of the annual Dulwich Festival, the local Trade Justice Campaign hosted a discussion on Saturday 9 May entitled Righting Trade Injustices: What we’ve done and what’s still to do [1]. The meeting attracted over 60 participants and Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, joined other prominent politicians, and representatives from Traidcraft and the […]
Jenny Jones has welcomed the announcement that the Transport for London trial of Intelligent Speed Adaptation in a bus and black cab is going ahead. Plans for the trial were originally agreed in January 2008 in a letter outlining budget proposals from previous London Mayor, Ken Livingstone to Jenny Jones, which included this commitment: Conduct […]
7 May 2009 by sianberry
Today the European Parliament adopted four legislative reports on asylum relating to the reception of asylum seekers, the Dublin regulation (determining which Member State is responsible for an asylum application), the EURODAC database and the creation of a European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to support EU-wide cooperation on asylum matters. (1) UK Green MEP Jean […]
Transport for London’s annual Travel Report shows that the proportion of journeys made by private motorized transport has fallen from 44% to 38%, as a growing number of people go by tube, bus and bike. Car ownership in London has risen more slowly than the growing population, with 40% of households still not owning a […]
6 May 2009 by sianberry
London Green MEP Jean Lambert, author of a report on "active inclusion in society", commented on its adoption by the European Parliament plenary today: "The effects of an economic recession go far beyond unemployment and exclusion from the labour market. This is about people at the risk of falling into poverty, about those at risk […]
Originally published at www.mayorwatch.co.uk Ahead of the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the London Assembly, MayorWatch spoke to Darren Johnson about the Assembly’s relevance to Londoners, it’s role in shaping Mayoral policies, and holding the Mayor to account. Darren Johnson is one of the UK’s most successful and recognisable Green politicians, one of the original […]
5 May 2009 by sianberry
The European Parliament has today voted on two critical pieces on legislation on animals. An overwhelming majority of Euro-MPs voted in favour of a ban on the commercial trade of seal products in the EU (1). London’s Green Party MEP, Jean Lambert, who voted in favour said: "This vote is a victory for the global […]