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28 October 2012 by sianberry
This weekend over 1000 campaigners joined together in Walthamstow to show opposition to the views of the English Defence League and to celebrate the muliticulturalism of the area. Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London and local Walthamstow resident was one of a number of prominent members of the community asked to speak at the event. […]
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26 October 2012 by sianberry
The Government suffered an embarrassing defeat last night over its controversial plans to cull badgers as MPs voted for the policy to be scrapped in a debate led by Green MP. Green Party Animal Spokesperson Caroline Allen supporting the lobby of Parliament before the vote (Image: Caroline Allen) Green MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas had tabled […]
24 October 2012 by sianberry
Today Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, spoke at a demonstration in Westminster which saw hundereds of women and men descend on Parliament to demand equal rights for women. Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, joined the 21st century suffragettes saying “We are not going away until we make sure gender inequality is […]
22 October 2012 by sianberry
Green London Assembly Member Darren Johnson has today criticised the Mayor’s housing policy after it emerged that despite austerity measures aimed to contain public debt, London’s housing benefit bill is rising. Over the last two years the number of working Londeners who need housing benefit to pay their rent has increased by 52,000. According to […]
21 October 2012 by sianberry
Today there were celebrations at Leyton Marshes as work to restore the marsh after its use during the Olympics as a basketball practice site draws to an end. Islington Green Caroline Allen with Save Leyton Marsh campaigners today celebrating return of the marsh to the community (Image: http://carolineallengreenlondon.blogspot.co.uk/) Green Party members today joined campaign group “Save […]
On October 20th Green Parties across London came together to demand a better future for everyone. Party Leader Natalie Bennett, Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas and Green Party members from London and across the country joined over 100,000 marchers to demand A Future That Works. The event was organised by the Trades Union Congress to […]
19 October 2012 by sianberry
Yesterday Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett joined representatives from Oxfam, Greenpeace UK, Friends of the Earth and even green Dragon Deborah Meaden in a Stop Climate Chaos event to raise awareness of the economic benefits of green business. Natalie Bennett, Green Party Leader (centre), joined over 200 representatives of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition to send the […]
17 October 2012 by sianberry
London Green Party is set join with Green Party Members across the country to take its place in a national anti-austerity march this weekend to call for a better future for everyone – with two of its highest-profile members leading from the front. Noel Lynch, London Green Party co-Coordinator preparing placards for this Saturday’s march […]
Police in Lancashire have Tasered a 61 year old blind man with a white stick after mistaking it for a samurai sword. Jenny Jones has called for a halt to Met Commissioner’s plans to increase police use of Tasers in London The Metropolitan Police Authority, before its abolition, had opposed the wider roll out of […]
16 October 2012 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones has questioned the Mayor over the Government’s proposal to relax planning laws on garden extensions, raising concerns about the threat to London’s green space this may pose. Green AM Jenny Jones has raised concerns over the impact of Government proposals on Londoners’ gardens Jenny Jones asked the Mayor if he was […]