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3 April 2021 / 3 April 2021 by London Green Party
We are spending billions on building new roads, but we are well short on funding for cycling, according to Jenny Jones, House of Lords Green Party peer. Jones states: ‘The evidence available shows that building more roads encourages greater vehicle use and a side effect of that is both pollution [what Jones refers to as […]
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31 March 2021 / 31 March 2021 by London Green Party
Eurostar has asked the UK government for a bail out having suffered huge losses during the Covid 19 pandemic. Annual revenues fell from £1billion in 2019 to around £180milllion in 2020 and services slashed from 50 a day to 2. But Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said last month that as the company is majority-owned by the French, and the UK sold their stake in 2015, it is ‘not our company […]
28 March 2021 / 28 March 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry has condemned the Metropolitan police mismanagement of the recent Clapham Common vigil for Sarah Everard. The Green Party co-leader said: “I can’t think of a more shameful way for an organisation to have handled this whole situation. “There was no chance of this being a violent event if it had been left in […]
26 March 2021 / 26 March 2021 by London Green Party
Even though it has been a long time coming, Sian Berry, London Assembly member and Green party candidate for Mayor, welcomed the news that hate crimes motivated by misogyny, will be recorded by the police from autumn 2021. Sian had called on the Mayor of London to make this a priority for the Met since […]
24 March 2021 / 24 March 2021 by London Green Party
The government’s airport expansion plans for Heathrow and Gatwick severely undermine efforts to cut air pollution and carbon emissions, and are completely at odds with the UK’s role as chair of this year’s COP, according to Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley. Bartley reiterated: ‘It makes no sense to talk about climate ambition as a priority […]
22 March 2021 / 22 March 2021 by London Green Party
Lambeth Greens have set out an ‘alternative budget’ for the London borough, after a disappointing budget by the ruling Labour group. The Greens are proposing trialling universal basic income in Lambeth as well as piloting a four-day work week. The existing budget makes no mention of the climate emergency, and the Green group are severely […]
20 March 2021 / 20 March 2021 by London Green Party
The Green candidate for the London Mayoral race has has attacked the treatment of key workers by the government during the Covid crisis. Sian Berry said that health secretary Matt Hancock left workers “exposed” to coronavirus and attacked chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak for “ignoring nurses who need a pay rise”. Berry made the […]
Fines for many traffic violations have not increased in over a decade in London. Fines for illegally parking in a bus lane or a red route, or for breaking loading restrictions, are still at 2011 levels. ‘This is effectively a ten year “fines freeze” for thoughtless driving in London,’ according to Caroline Russell, Green London […]
17 March 2021 / 17 March 2021 by London Green Party
Despite lockdown, almost 100 people died on London’s roads in 2020, and in recent years progress towards Sadiq Khan’s 2041 target of zero road deaths has slowed. Sian Berry, Green London Assembly member and mayoral candidate, is calling for a more radical target and approach, achieving ‘vision zero’ ahead of schedule with a 20mph speed […]
15 March 2021 / 15 March 2021 by London Green Party
The Greater London Assembly has backed a motion by Green Party Mayoral Candidate, Sian Berry, calling on the government to provide support and funding for a trial of Universal Basic Income (UBI). The Greater London Assembly joins 27 other local authorities across the UK in calling for trials to be implemented Sian Berry and fellow Green Party Assembly Member, Caroline Russell, have long campaigned for City Hall to back a UBI scheme in […]
13 March 2021 / 13 March 2021 by London Green Party
Green Party Co-leader, Jonathan Bartley, has condemned Lambeth Council’s decision to award a massive contract to Serco. Serco is controversial for its running of the Yarls’s Wood immigration detention centre, its involvement with NHS privatisation, the ‘hostile environment’ policies of the government and the failing test & trace programme. But the Labour-led council decided to […]
12 March 2021 / 12 March 2021 by London Green Party
The Green Party of England and Wales has voted overwhelmingly to back calls for a 15 percent pay-rise for NHS health and care workers. It was the result of a motion brought by Green Party candidate for Sheffield City Council Rebecca Mulvaney at the recent spring party conference. This was after the government announced its […]
10 March 2021 / 10 March 2021 by London Green Party
London’s new rules for developers of new public spaces must ban the use of facial recognition cameras, according to Sian Berry, Green London Assembly member and mayoral candidate. Since 2016, Sian has worked with campaigners to win new policies from the mayor to stop arbitrary rules being imposed in new public squares. “The freedom to sit, […]
9 March 2021 / 9 March 2021 by London Green Party
Barnet Sage nursing home workers and members of the trade union United Voices of the World recently prepared to take strike action to protest against being underpaid, undervalued and exploited by their employer. Earning between £8.72 and £9.60 per hour (£8.72 is the legal minimum for a worker over 25 years old), these workers, largely […]
7 March 2021 / 7 March 2021 by London Green Party
London Assembly member Caroline Russell has been leading action on HGV emissions across the capital. New data from City Hall shows that over 85 per cent of vehicles in London, and 90 per cent of cars, meet the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) minimum requirements – a huge increase from 39 per cent of vehicles in […]
6 March 2021 / 6 March 2021 by London Green Party
Fare rises are back, and again costing people in outer boroughs much more in travel costs. But Green Party candidate for Mayor Sian Berry has pledged to flatten fares and move towards a single fare zone for all Londoners. Extra costs are being charged to people living in outer London for their travel with each increase – […]
5 March 2021 / 5 March 2021 by London Green Party
Green Mayoral candidate, Sian Berry, promises to empower Londoners by setting up Land Commissions enabling people to make the best use of land in their areas. Bringing together residents, experts, and community groups, they would transform under-used buildings and plots of land, creating new homes, green spaces, community infrastructure and businesses. City Hall would support […]
3 March 2021 / 3 March 2021 by London Green Party
After the last 12 months – dominated by the pandemic and Brexit – London, according to Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry, is in need of a new plan, a fresh start, and a serious response to the climate emergency. “Only a Green mayor”, asserts Berry, “will act with the urgency these extraordinary times demand.” But only […]
Green Party Mayoral Candidate Sian Berry has said she will end hostile environment policies in London if elected Mayor. “Services under my remit will refuse to share data on migrants with the Home Office Immigration Enforcement”, she said. Berry has long campaigned on the issue in the London Assembly. Sian said, “As Mayor, I will […]
28 February 2021 / 28 February 2021 by London Green Party
London doctors are reporting that some people are being invited twice for coronavirus vaccine appointments – by different systems for the same injection – by their local GPs and the national vaccination scheme. Dr Farah Jameel, a GP in Camden, has said that too many patients were receiving two invites, with clinician’s time ‘being wasted’ […]
26 February 2021 / 26 February 2021 by London Green Party
Despite the declarations of climate emergency, the UK’s tax system rewards carbon-intensive new-build while penalising carbon-efficient refurbishment and retrofit. Molly Scott Cato, Green Party finance spokesperson, has urged the government to put this right and remove VAT on refurbishment projects. Scott Cato’s parliamentary petition, which has amassed 2,500 signatures since launching, calls for VAT on new-build […]
24 February 2021 / 24 February 2021 by London Green Party
Last week, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed. The decision entitles drivers to the minimum wage, holiday and sick pay, with wider implications across the deregulated gig economy. Caroline Russell, Green London Assembly member and list candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections, has been a […]
London Underground’s green infrastructure amounts to 10 per cent of all green spaces in the city. Yet Emma Wallace, Green London Assembly candidate, has highlighted that TFL contractors have been repeatedly reported removing miles of trees and vegetation running along London’s Underground tracks – most recently along the Metropolitan and Chiltern Lines. Wallace states: “These […]
21 February 2021 / 21 February 2021 by London Green Party
Zack Polanski believes racial discrimination in policing is a problem – especially when it comes to drugs. Along with Sian Berry, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate, he would deprioritise police wasting time on cannabis possession, allowing them to focus on serious and violent crime. Zack’s eyes were opened when he and a friend were stopped […]