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11 July 2011 by sianberry
Several British citizens, including Pippa Bartolotti, Deputy Leader of the Wales Green Party, and Haringey activist Anne Gray, have been detained in Israel this weekend while en route to Bethlehem for a human rights demonstration. The group was held at Ben Gurion airport and were then transferred to Givon Prison. It remains unclear under what […]
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7 July 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate and member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), Jenny Jones is to continue to question the police on the issue of illegal police payments from newspaper organisations following the revelations that News International have email confirmation that such payments have been made. Jenny Jones first brought this to the […]
5 July 2011 by sianberry
The UK’s Green MEPs have today criticised Conservative and centre-right Members of the European Parliament for failing to pass tougher measures on greenhouse gases which would have committed the EU to a more ambitious emissions reduction target of 30 per cent by 2020 Members of the European Parliament, including Britain’s Conservatives, voted against proposals in […]
4 July 2011 by sianberry
n response to a formal question from Brockley Ward Green Councillor, Darren Johnson, Lewisham’s Deputy Mayor has confirmed that the Council intends to strengthen its planning policies to protect back gardens from development. Cllr Johnson said, "I am pleased the Council has responded positively to my request. There is a lot of concern from local […]
27 June 2011 by sianberry
A group of Camden school children met with Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, on Saturday to hand over hundreds of letters bound for the European Parliament highlighting the dire situation faced by Palestinian child prisoners languishing in Israeli jails. The children were joined by twelve young people from Palestinian town, Abu Dis, as part […]
24 June 2011 by sianberry
Anti-war campaigner and longstanding supporter of recently deceased Brian Haw, Jenny Jones, has announced her backing for Early Day Motion 1945 [1] which calls for a permanent memorial to the man who many regarded as a leader of the peace movement, to be established in Parliament Square. Jenny Jones, who used her positions on the […]
23 June 2011 by sianberry
Nearly 15,000 people have had to be refunded charges made by Serco since the Barclays cycle hire scheme was launched in July 2010. In May 2011 almost 600 people in one week had money wrongly withdrawn from their bank accounts for journeys that they did not take. Serco have had £5million of payments held from […]
22 June 2011 by sianberry
New research by the Campaign for Clean Air has found that 1,148 schools in London are within 150 metres of roads carrying 10,000 or more vehicles per day and a total of 2,270 schools within 400 metres of such roads. This revelation comes at a time when new scientific research indicates that children exposed to […]
The Green Party has called on MPs to listen to the voices of their constituents tomorrow when they have an opportunity to vote on a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses and make the coalition act on this issue. Nearly 3 out of 4 British citizens favour a ban. As MPs prepare […]
16 June 2011 by sianberry
Over 90 per cent of Italian voters have rejected government plans for a return to nuclear power generation following a nation-wide referendum. Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert has welcomed the outcome of this historic vote and has urged Member States to make a complete switch to renewable energies. Despite abandoning its nuclear programme in […]