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9 May 2008 by sianberry
On Monday 12 May, Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London, will help launch the world’s largest fleet of battery-powered delivery vehicles. The electric vehicles will be rolled out in London and major towns in the UK, where they will help to reduce local air pollution, as part of TNT’s mail and express delivery service. […]
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7 May 2008 by sianberry
Responding to the report ‘Hard Work, Hidden Lives’, released today by the TUC’s Commission on Vulnerable Employment, Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, said: "The finding that more than two million people in Britain are forced to endure ‘intolerably poor working lives’, while being subjected to daily exploitation and abuse from employers, is appalling. Employment […]
5 May 2008 by sianberry
Defying a Labour/Tory squeeze that cost the Liberal Democrats two of their five seats, and wiped out UKIP, Green Assembly Members Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson have been re-elected to City Hall, and Green Mayoral candidate Siân Berry has moved the Greens up from 2004’s seventh place to fourth. Darren and Jenny increased their vote […]
2 May 2008 by sianberry
Alex Goodman has delivered a Green victory in the first result from London, taking the Conservatives’ last remaining seat in Highgate ward on Camden Borough Council. The Greens now hold all three seats in the ward. Alex, a planning and human right barrister, took just over 33% of the vote to win. The Conservatives, defending […]
1 May 2008 by sianberry
Today’s Independent newspaper has given Siân her strongest endorsement yet. After backing from the Federation of Small Businesses and The Observer, the Indy says: "Siân Berry, for the Greens, has been an articulate, imaginative and effective advocate for her cause. With her programme for a greener London, with more cycle-lanes, cheaper public transport, more small […]
29 April 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, will speak out against the forced deportation of Iraqi asylum seekers tonight in Westminster. She will be joined on the platform by John McDonnell MP and a coalition of refugee groups, all fighting to prevent further returns to Iraq. The event will take place from 7pm in the Boothroyd […]
A major event investigating the impact of climate change on mass migration will bring together key environment and population experts tomorrow, Tuesday 29 April, to discuss how climate change will affect migration patterns and how policy-makers should respond. The conference organised by the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) will take place from 9:00am-6:30pm at […]
Siân Berry is aiming to turn her strong Mayoral opinion polls into a seat on the Assembly, by using a giant peach to explain the voting system. To elect Siân to City Hall, voters need to vote Green on the peach-coloured London Assembly list ballot paper, so Siân is joined on the campaign trail for […]
27 April 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry has received the endorsement of The Observer newspaper as their recommended first vote in this Thursday’s Mayoral race. Following Siân’s own recommendation, they are also asking their readers to give their second vote to Ken Livingstone. This historic endorsement is the first from a national newspaper for any Green candidate, and comes after […]
24 April 2008 by sianberry
London Green MEP, Jean Lambert, will be calling for better representation of women in politics and equal opportunities in the workplace at the “Women of Europe – Towards equality” seminar, to be held in Maidenhead on Friday 25th April. The event is organised by the European Centre of the International Council of Women (ECICW) and […]
22 April 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, has condemned the European Commission’s apparent decision to end its plans to protect people against discrimination on grounds of age and sexual orientation. Having committed to bringing forward a comprehensive proposal on a range of discrimination grounds this year, the Commission now appears to be backtracking, suggesting that it […]
Watch the Launch video, above The Greens in London have pledged to bring in their flagship policy of providing freeinsulation to every London home through their influence on the London Assembly. The scheme – which is already working in Kirklees in Yorkshire thanks to Green Councillors – has an excellent chance of becoming a reality […]
21 April 2008 by sianberry
The Federation of Small Businesses’ London Policy Unit has praised Siân Berry’s policies as the most sympathetic to the needs of small enterprise in London. In a mailing to all of the FSB’s members in the capital, the Federation says: "There is a strong case for saying that the Green candidate Siân Berry is most […]
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate has promised that Greens will use their position on the London Assembly and Metropolitan Police Authority to defend the civil liberties of Londoners against government intrusion and the growth of the surveillance society. Siân is a long-time opponent of ID cards and set up the Census Alert campaign […]
18 April 2008 by sianberry
Six pupils from the City of London Academy in Southwark travelled to Brussels this week to present their research on the environment and youth crime to the European Parliament. The meeting was the culmination of a year-long project with the 15 and 16 year olds, identifying environmental issues which affect people’s quality of life. The […]
Siân Berry took a South-North tour of green businesses in London on Friday 18th April to talk to entrepreneurs about her plans to boost small, local and green businesses. The visits also mark the launch of the Greens’ new website www.greensmeanbusiness.co.uk, a directory of green businesses in London. As part of her manifesto, Siân has […]
17 April 2008 by sianberry
London MEP, Jean Lambert, will tonight be joining other politicians, faith leaders, trade unionists and community workers to encourage people to use their vote in the London elections to prevent the BNP from gaining a seat on the London Assembly. There is a clear threat that the party could gain 5 per cent of the […]
Denis Baupin, Green Deputy Mayor of Paris, joined Greens in London on Thursday to promote bringing a street bike hire scheme to London, along with other Parisian Green Party ideas. The street bike hire scheme in Paris has been a huge success since it was introduced in July 2007. In Paris, the Velib scheme started […]
16 April 2008 by sianberry
14 April 2008 by sianberry
Leading London Greens visited Crystal Palace Park on Monday 14 April as part of their pledge to protect green spaces in London. Green Assembly Member, Darren Johnson, played a leading role in defeating hugely controversial plans for a multiplex cinema there in 2001 and more recently has given strong support to local residents in fighting […]
13 April 2008 by sianberry
Everyone agrees that the West End is suffering from congestion and pollution. When asked to describe Oxford Street by the Living Streets campaign in December, the most frequent words chosen by visitors were ‘busy’, ‘congested/crowded’ and ‘dangerous’. Ironically, most of this congestion is caused by buses. Twenty-four bus routes pass down Oxford Street, but most […]
11 April 2008 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Member of the London Assembly, joined Cllr Sue Luxton, GLA candidate for Greenwich and Lewisham constituency, and Green Mayor candidate, Sian Berry at the Pepys Community Forum community composting project in Deptford on 11th April. They were there to launch the Green Party’s waste plan for London. Failure to provide proper recycling […]
10 April 2008 by sianberry
Caroline visited Marylebone Road, London’s most polluted street, with Jenny Jones AM on 10th April. The capital’s poor air quality is estimated to be responsible for the premature deaths of around 1000 Londoners a year. Greens on the London Assembly have pushed the current Mayor to set up the Low Emission Zone, which discourages the […]
Following the successful implementation of many of the policies from its 2004 manifesto, the Green Party launched its 2008 manifesto for London with a cutting edge set of ideas that Green Assembly members fully expect to see implemented in the next term. Under the banner "Change London for Good" the manifesto builds on the successes […]