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10 April 2011 by sianberry
The Transport Minister, Norman Baker has launched a consultation on ideas for dealing with congestion on the transport system. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper he is reported to have warned of the need to fast-track changes to the rush hour because of the Olympics, warning that it would be "impossible" for the capital […]
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The Mayor has re-announced a series of environmental projects with a reduced year-on-year budget. Some projects have been seriously delayed and some cut back following cuts to the London Development Agency. The Mayor risks missing a key target to insulate homes and not completing a network of new green spaces in east London. Darren Johnson […]
8 April 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, has attacked proposals to make squatting a criminal act. London currently has 360,000 households on housing waiting lists and 83,000 properties which have been empty for more than six months. But instead of getting more council homes they can actually afford, Londoners are getting hit by a […]
25 March 2011 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert will take to the streets tomorrow to join the hundreds of thousands of people using their feet to protest against the Government’s reckless public spending cuts. The March for the Alternative, led by the TUC, will unite people from across the country opposed to the package of austerity measures which […]
20 March 2011 by sianberry
London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has been selected as the party’s London Mayoral candidate, after a ballot of party members in the capital showed she had won a comfortable 67% of the vote. For her campaign website, please see: www.jennyforlondon.org.uk Jenny Jones said: "At this time of savage cuts to essential services, London needs a […]
17 March 2011 by sianberry
Boris Johnson today won a High Court ruling that will see Brian Haw removed from Parliament Square. The eviction is pending an appeal which must be lodged by March 28. Jenny Jones, Green member of the London Assembly, said: "Boris seems keen on liberty and freedom of speech if he agrees with it, but not […]
16 March 2011 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP, London’s Green Party Member of the European Parliament, today expressed her disappointment that the EU Commission had accepted the UK’s application to be given more time to meet EU air pollution standards. The Government’s revised proposals have to be with the Commission by November this year[1]. However, the Commission has demanded short-term […]
9 March 2011 by sianberry
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, stated that he did not believe it would be "appropriate" for him to lobby the Government against their proposal to close the Accident and Emergency unit at King George Hospital in Redbridge. This statement was made by the Mayor in response to London Assembly member, Darren Johnson’s question at […]
The decision by the Secretary of State for Environment to turn down Thames Wate’s proposal to build a massive 5000 acres water reservoir on productive farmland has been welcomed by London Assembly Member Darren Johnson. The proposal would have cost Thames Water’s customers £1bn and taken approximately 10 years to build (1). In 2008/9 London […]
4 March 2011 by sianberry
The Green Party today announced the names of its candidates seeking nomination for the London Mayoral elections 2011 at a press launch outside City Hall, marking the start of serious campaigning among the three hopefuls. Shahrar Ali [1], Farid Bakht [2] and Jenny Jones [3], are all experienced campaigners and considered strong candidates within party […]