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8 April 2008 by sianberry
Car clubs, cycling/walking zones and personal consultants who talk people out of their cars, are just a few of the ways in which the greens aim to reduce traffic and pollution in Outer London. Siân Berry, the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor, visited Richmond with local Green Party member, Matthew Linden on 8th April. She […]
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7 April 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate launched the Green housing policies for London in Kings Cross, on the border of Camden and Islington, on Monday 7th April. Siân is a Camden resident and has spent several years campaigning for a development in Kings Cross which provides the affordable, family homes the people in the […]
4 April 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP is urging Londoners to register to vote for the Mayoral and London Assembly elections before it’s too late. London has the lowest voter registration in the country, with nearly 18 per cent of residents missing from the electoral role in inner London boroughs and 11 per cent in outer London. The average […]
Green candidate for Mayor of London, Sian Berry, joined Heather Finlay, Assembly candidate for City and East London, to visit Queen’s Market in Newham on Friday 4th April to meet with traders and shoppers. Siân also launched the Green Party’s pledge to protect and promote local shopping, not let London’s high streets and markets be […]
1 April 2008 by sianberry
Green Mayor candidate Siân Berry has responded to the comments of BNP candidate for the London Assembly, Nick Eriksen. Second on the BNP’s list, Eriksen wrote that the seriousness of rape is a "myth," that women who work are "unnatural and vile," and that "some women are like gongs – they need to be struck […]
27 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân has won the endorsement of Harry Bear, the first teddy bear to become an MP. Harry, the creation of author Richard Heller, works to make politics more accessible to children. His backing comes after Siân promised to ask London’s children to write her three new policies to make their lives better if she becomes […]
Green Assembly Members Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson have delivered this letter to Liberal Democrat headquarters in Westminster. Dear Nick, We are writing this open letter because we are concerned that your voters are about to go into a London election with no Liberal Democrat candidate. Although we do not always agree with the Liberal […]
26 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry visited the Regent Street Lush store on Tuesday 25 March to receive the endorsement of Mark Constantine, the co-founder and MD of the Lush cosmetics chain. Mark is backing Siân as his choice for Mayor of London, and has backed up his announcement with a £10,000 donation to her campaign. Mark Constantine said:"I’m […]
25 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate, visited Brixton on Tuesday to launch the campaign of Lambeth and Southwark London Assembly candidate, and well-known local campaigner, Shane Collins. Siân and Shane highlighted crime issues affecting the area, and presented some of the Green Party’s policies for London that will help solve these problems, including: Extra […]
19 March 2008 by sianberry
In a joint press conference with Ken Livingstone this morning, Siân urged Green supporters to vote "Siân 1, Ken 2" as insurance against a Boris Johnson mayoralty. At the same press conference, Livingstone asked his voters to back Siân second. London Green Party members voted at a meeting on Monday night (17th March) to issue […]
14 March 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP has criticized the Government’s decision to return or leave destitute 1,400 Iraqi asylum-seekers, whilst Jordan and Syria have been left to cope with the exodus of millions of Iraqi citizens since the conflict began. Ms Lambert was speaking ahead of a Stop The War demonstration taking place on Saturday 15 March at […]
11 March 2008 by sianberry
London is a great city but a tough place to live and work. Every day is budget day for Londoners. Here’s what I would do to make our city a greener, more affordable place for all of us. Other cities can provide reasonably priced transport, why can’t London? Never mind a fares freeze, I’d cut […]
7 March 2008 by sianberry
Women across London will find true inspiration this weekend at the annual Capital Woman conference, where London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert, will be chairing a debate on health and tackling inequality across the city. The event, which is taking place on Saturday 8th March, marks International Women’s Day. Having been London’s Green MEP since 1999, […]
3 March 2008 by sianberry
The annual Ealing Animal Welfare Bazaar took place at Ealing Town Hall this weekend, on Saturday 1st March 2008. It was a great success with a wide range of animal welfare organisations represented. Jean Lambert, the Green Party Member of the European Parliament for London, who attended the event said: "I’m very happy to give […]
28 February 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry has welcomed Ken Livingstone’s concern over the growing gender pay gap in London, but added that the exploitation of women on poverty wages was an even bigger concern than the lack of women in top City jobs. Women are 58% more likely than men to be paid less than the London Living Wage. […]
As the Government consultation on Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport closes, Darren Johnson, a Green Party Member of the London Assembly, has today published his response. The Government is proposing to add a third runway and sixth terminal to the airport, thereby increasing the number of take-offs and landings to over 700,000 a year – […]
25 February 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry has launched the new Fair Pay Network coalition, of which she is a Patron, at the House of Commons. Siân addressed the coalition of organisations including the NUS, Unite, UNISON, the Fawcett Society, and Oxfam on the subject of low pay and gender. Siân said: "We are a wealthy country, and yet hundreds […]
23 February 2008 by sianberry
The petition, created by the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s campaign of which Siân was a founder, and signed by Tony Juniper of Friends of the Earth, Doug Parr of Greenpeace and London Assembly Members, is addressed to Andy Goss, the Managing Directorof Porsche GB. It calls on the firm to drop its legal action and […]
22 February 2008 by sianberry
In the wake of the life sentence handed to the murderer Steve Wright for the killing of 5 prostitutes in Ipswich, Siân Berry, Green Party Mayor of London Candidate, calls for the complete decriminalisation of sex work so that the focus of police efforts can be redirected to protecting the most basic human rights of […]
21 February 2008 by sianberry
The European Parliament today voted in favour of an all-party resolution calling on the Israeli Government to lift restrictions on movement across the Israel-Gaza border. Commenting on the result, Jean Lambert MEP, who recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Israel and Gaza, said: "I am pleased that parliament has taken such as strong stance […]
Next week the Government will close its public consultation on the proposed expansion of Heathrow airport amid widespread scepticism over the value of the exercise. Speaking ahead of a Westminster rally taking place on Monday 25 February, Jean Lambert Green MEP for London, said: "By pressing ahead with a third runway at Heathrow, the Government […]
The Green Mayor candidate spoke of her plans after Boris Johnson’s announcement that he wants London to rely more on voluntary donations from financial institutions in the City of London for funding youth services. The Conservative mayoral candidate said City firm should give more money to voluntary groups through philanthropic donations, and says he will […]
Green MEP, Jean Lambert, has called on Londoners to heed the message of Work Your Proper Hours Day on Friday 22nd February. On this day, an initiative from the TUC, employees are encouraged to take a proper lunchbreak and leave work on time to enjoy the evening. Nearly five million people in the UK regularly […]
London residents could see their fuels bills slashed under a Green Mayor with Siân Berry’s plan to provide free insulation for all homes that need it. Siân Berry, the Green Party’s candidate for London Mayor, visited Croydon on Friday 22nd February to launch the London Assembly campaign of Green Party candidate for Croydon and Sutton, […]