26 June 2013 by sianberry
Transport for London’s draft annual report for 2012/13, published today, shows that83 employees were remunerated more than ten times the London Living Wage (over £150,000), down from 98 in 2011/12. The Commissioner was remunerated £652,452 including Olympics bonuses, a sum 40 times the London Living Wage, up from a remuneration packet that was 20 times […]
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24 June 2013 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert has waned that Government plans to shave £220m off the UK’s Legal Aid bill will leave refugees abandoned by the courts – for the second time. In a statement to mark World Refugee Day 2013, she said many of those fleeing persecution by foreign legal systems would find their access […]
London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has called on the Mayor of London and the Government to change the Affordable Rent programme in light of a report published by the Future of London think tank. The report shows that the model, brought in to compensate for 66% cuts to the housing capital budget, is […]
20 June 2013 by sianberry
Redevelopment plans for Earls Court will see an extra 1,977 parking spaces being made available – despite the fact the area exceeded it legal Nitrogen Dioxide limits last year. According to Transport for London, the total number of car park spaces planned for the Earl’s Court redevelopment proposals will be 5,124. This is 1,977 more […]
Figures published today show that 6,437 people were seen rough sleeping by outreach workers in 2012/13, up 13% from last year and up 113% from 2007/08, the year before the current Mayor of London was elected. He pledged to ensure that nobody slept rough for a second night by the end of 2012, but missed […]
19 June 2013 by sianberry
The Viridor Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) incinerator granted planning permission by Sutton Council for the burning of four London council’s (Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton and Sutton) waste is expected to be imminently referred back to the Mayor of London for his decision. London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has submitted a Mayors Question, […]
17 June 2013 by sianberry
THE UK risks missing the chance to create thousands of jobs and enjoy the economic boost from servicing Europe’s burgeoning offshore wind energy sector, according to a London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert. Speaking to mark Global Wind Day, marked each year on June 15th, she cited a recent study by RenewableUK and The Crown Estate […]
Jenny Jones AM will question the Mayor of London to introduce compulsory youth engagement training for all new police recruits at Mayor’s Question Time at City Hall on Wednesday 19th June at 10am. Jenny has tabled the following question: Youth engagement training for police recruits Question No: 1879 / 2013 Jenny Jones Will you introduce […]
13 June 2013 by sianberry
Responding to news that Hammersmith and Fulham Council has been encouraging traffic wardens to increase revenue from motorist fines, the London Green Party has called on the council to ditch it’s short-term vision and develop a far more progerssive and positive transport policy. Findings from a Freedom of Information request sent to the Council by […]
The London Green Party has welcomed the news announced last Friday (7th June) that almost all residential roads and high streets in London will have 20 mph speed limits by 2020. The party is calling on Mayor Johnson to take the proposals forward as speedily and comprehensively as possible. The announcement was made by Isabel […]