5 August 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised the Mayor of London for forcing London’s Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) to close ten fire stations, remove fourteen fire engines and axe 552 firefighter jobs. The Authority voted against these proposals on the 18th July. The stations earmarked for closure are Belsize in Camden, Bow in Tower Hamlets, […]
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3 August 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised the Mayor of London’s new London Rental Standard, published yesterday, which sets out standards for landlord and letting agent accreditation schemes. Darren commented, “It’s amazing that the Mayor of London’s standard doesn’t make clear requirements on annual rent hikes, insecurity or extortionate letting agent fees. He needs to […]
24 July 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor of London told Darren Johnson, London Green Party Assembly Member, today that his plans to build social housing are “not enough” to meet the need, when asked about his 2020 Vision. The Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research estimates that, on current plans, there will be a shortfall of 186,333 social homes […]
18 July 2013 by sianberry
The annual figures (2012) on plastic bag use show a 4% increase in their use in England, but a 76% fall in Wales, where a charge was introduced in October 2011. The mayor has lobbied the Government to act, but has refused to publicly criticize the government for their long standing refusal to enact reserve […]
17 July 2013 by sianberry
From London Green Party European elections candidate, Caroline Allen: Last weekend I joined other Greens at a vigil on the Hornsey Lane Bridge calling for anti-suicide measures to be put in place there. Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett, and London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert were also at the Bridge, right on the border between Islington […]
16 July 2013 by sianberry
Today Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, will participate in the London Cycling Campaign’s second ‘space4cycling’ ride which begins at 6.30pm in Russell Square, London. The ride has been organised in response to the death of a male cyclist involved in a collision with a tipper truck in Holborn yesterday morning. Ahead […]
9 July 2013 by sianberry
Four people in City Hall were paid more than £150,000 in 2012/13, roughly ten times the London Living Wage, figures published in the Greater London Authority’s unaudited annual accounts show. This is an increase from one person in the previous year, and in each of the other years since the Mayor came into office there […]
4 July 2013 by sianberry
Responding to the Mayor of London’s decision to approve plans to demolish the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centres in redevelopment plans that include the Lille Bridge Rail Depot and West Kensington and Gibbs Green Housing Estates, London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson said: “Boris Johnson claims to be a champion of the London economy and […]
1 July 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green Party Euro-MP Jean Lambert has demanded an immediate investigation into claims that the US has routinely spied on top EU officials. German news magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ reported claims made by US whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been routinely spying on EU officials and institutions. Ms Lambert will […]
27 June 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has called on the Mayor to reverse road safety budget cuts in light of figures, published today, showing that the number of people seriously injured on London’s roads increased by 9 per cent between 2011 and 2012. Pedestrian injuries were up 17 per cent, cyclist injuries were up […]