20 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Party candidate Andrew Child has thanked volunteers for their support after taking second place in Brixton Hill’s local council by-election. The by-election was called after the resignation of Labour’s Steve Reed, who left the post after winning a parliamentary by-election in Croydon North. The seat was won by Labour’s Martin Tiedemann, with Green Party candidate […]
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16 January 2013 by sianberry
The Green Party has called for the Observer to drastically change its approach to trans writing after an article by Julie Burchill first published in the paper caused outrage across its readership and the wider world. The article, Transsexuals should cut it out, written by the freelance journalist and published as a comment piece […]
11 January 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor of London has told Darren Johnson AM that he won’t support a campaign based at Save the Children to halve the number of children growing up in overcrowded housing by 2020. 24% of children in London are growing up in overcrowded housing The 4in10 “No Space at Home” campaign have called upon the […]
9 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett visited Brixton today to give her backing to the Save George IV pub campaign. She spoke to shopkeepers threatened by plans to turn the historic pub and music venue on Brixton Hill into another Tesco. Natalie also heard from shop customers as well as locals concerned about the loss of pubs in […]
7 January 2013 by sianberry
Against the backdrop of the launch of the European Commission’s 2013 ‘Year of Air’ on Tuesday 8th January and its review of key European pollution legislation, London still has the worst Nitrogen Dioxide pollution of any major city in Europe. Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones and Green MP Caroline Lucas out campaigning for improved air […]
4 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones has released a report advising Mayor Boris Johnson to disband the Met’s Riot Police, in a push to improve trust in the police among young people. Green AM Jenny Jones has called for all public facing police officers to receive greater training for working with young people “The Kids are […]
2 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett has given her support to nationwide protests against a 10th successive above-inflation fare rise. In London, Tube and Bus fares have risen by an average 4.2%, with a number of season tickets for those commuting between London and cities such as Norwich and Plymouth having risen by between 8 and […]
16 December 2012 by sianberry
The Met Police have issued an average of 7-9 Fixed Penalty Notices per year for car dooring during the last seven years. This is despite a Transport for London study finding that drivers opening doors accounted for 8% of the cyclists killed and seriously injured in 2007. This would be the equivalent of 46 cyclists […]
13 December 2012 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has renewed his call for rent controls and more security as official statistics published today show that the median private rent in London rose 5% in the year to September 2012, compared to inflation (RPI) which was at 2.6%. Darren Johnson’s rent map of London. For the full report, click here. The figures […]
11 December 2012 by sianberry
London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has criticised the Mayor of London for appointing the former Chief Economist of Standard Chartered Gerard Lyons, an expert in the financial services and international forecasting, as his new Chief Economic Adviser. She believes the Mayor needs to focus his energy on helping small businesses and other sectors of the […]