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21 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson accuses the Mayor of “looking the other way while hundreds of children are moved away, their parents separated from local support networks and possibly made to lose their job”. Children are being forced to leave their London schools as parents can no longer afford to stay, photograph courtesy of Chris […]
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19 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones welcomes Mayor’s discussion with inner London boroughs to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Smog in New York, photograph courtesy of Cham. The Mayor of London has said he is in ‘conversation’ with inner London boroughs like Islington and Hackney about joining the Ultra-Low Emission Zone which is being […]
18 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones praises the Met for “it’s progress in tackling the problem of ‘hit and run'”, but calls for stricter actions against illegal drivers. The latest figures available for hit and runs in London show that over 74 people per week were injured in collisions involving “hit and run” drivers in London […]
17 March 2014 by sianberry
THIS week thousands of students across the country will be taking party in demonstrations against the shocking levels of pay inequality at UK universities. Research by the Young Greens, the youth branch of the Green Party, has found that, on average, the lowest paid workers in the UK’s publically funded higher education sector would have […]
14 March 2014 by sianberry
A report released today by the London Green Party has revealed that air pollution levels in the capital are consistently illegal and dangerous to health. In November and December, the Camden Green Party conducted a ‘citizen science’ study of air pollution levels at 21 locations in Highgate Ward, and the results were truly shocking. At […]
It’s now three years since Fukushima hit the headlines and time to ask: has Britain learned any lessons from the disaster? In Germany nuclear energy is being phased out. Its government has realised that nuclear is not the panacea they thought it was. The country tried very hard to make the nuclear dream come true: […]
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones calls for Mayor Boris Johnson to “think big” to deal with air pollution problems and protect Londoners. The Metro amongst other public transport services were made free this weekend in Paris, photograph courtesy of Fabio Venni. Paris transport authorities are making public transport free over the weekend due to […]
11 March 2014 by sianberry
Fearless union leader will be sorely missed WINSTON Churchill was never one to shy away from controversy – or from a good turn of phrase. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life”. This quotation well applies to the huge role in British public life played by […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson accuses Mayor Boris Johnson of “trying to have it both ways” and calls his pledge “effectively meaningless” as MIPIM approaches. London MIPIM 2012 in London stand cafe, photography courtesy of EG Focus. Darren Johnson AM has criticised the Mayor of London for his approach to wooing investors at MIPIM, the […]
10 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Party: Toxic air is killing Londoners LONDONERS deserve better than a smog alert when the weather warms up, says the Green Party, which is calling for more to be done to meet clean air targets and tackle the rising public health problem of air pollution. Warm spring weather this weekend triggered a smog […]