28 February 2012 by sianberry
At the national Green Party conference in Liverpool last weekend, the Green Party agreed to back the campaign for stricter liability (also known as proportional liability) to be applied on British roads. The legal change would acknowledge that the duty of care for one’s actions when using the road should be proportional to the degree of danger that you impose […]
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In response to the overnight eviction of the Occupy London protests outside St Paul’s cathedral, Green Party Mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, said: "The fact that the Occupy London protests ended with conflict of any kind in this way was avoidable and unnecessary. "The episode represents a missed opportunity for the authorities to engage with a […]
25 February 2012 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones has told the party’s Spring Conference that they could finish in the top-three in the forthcoming election. Reports over the last fortnight in both national and regional newspapers, including the Evening Standard, have stated that 2012 may be the year that the Greens overtake the Liberal […]
23 February 2012 by sianberry
The Green Party has announced plans that could save London households £1,500 by lowering transport fares and cutting energy bills. A range of additional Green proposals would leave Londoners with even more money in their pockets as a result of lower food prices, rents and increased wages for the lowest paid (1). Over the last […]
22 February 2012 by sianberry
Commenting on reports of the Met’s interest in acquiring ‘military-spec’ armoured cars, Green Party member of the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee, Jenny Jones, said: "The Met’s interest in equipment designed predominantly for military deployment is bound to raise concerns. "Unfortunately, as last year’s revelations over the Met’s secret purchase of a spy plane […]
The Green Party’s London mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, last weekend officially opened Camden Green Party’s exciting new election pop-up shop. She said: "It’s great to see Camden Green Party taking this ambitious step forward. Camden voters will now be able to pop in to ask any questions they might like about Green Party policies, […]
14 February 2012 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has accused the Mayor of London of "hypocrisy" after the Mayor announced his home insulation programme had reached 40,000 homes, saving an estimated £4m on their energy bills. The Mayor has backed away from his target of reaching 1.2 million homes by 2015, and has no funding after he reaches 75,000. The combined […]
9 February 2012 by sianberry
In response to the launch of London Cycling Campaign’s Love London, Go Dutch petition, Green Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: "I support this brilliant campaign. "We need Dutch road design and Dutch rules, which give legal priority to vulnerable road users. That means standing the current Mayor’s policy on its head and giving priority to […]
7 February 2012 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has called for Locog to review their purchasing policies after it was revealed that the 11 million tickets will be flown across to the UK from Arkansa, USA. All contracts are supposed to be assessed against Locog’s procurement code, which includes consideration of climate change impacts. Jenny Jones commented: "I cannot believe this […]
Jenny Jones has responded to the Mayor’s review of ‘challenging’ junctions for cyclists, by calling for the Mayor to reinstate the principle that priority should be given to vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, the less able bodied and cyclists. This approach was abandoned by the current Mayor when he rewrote the London Plan. The […]