London Green Party

10 May 2021 / 10 May 2021 by London Green Party

Sian Berry, Green candidate for Mayor, has promised to protect the Green Belt as it is ‘under threat’ according to a report by The London Green Belt Council.  ‘My plan to gold plate our Green Belt means working with surrounding councils to improve and protect it’ explained Sian.   The report’s findings show the ring of protected […]

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8 May 2021 / 8 May 2021 by London Green Party

Retrofitting homes and switching to renewables would make a major contribution towards achieving net zero, according to Andree Frieze, Green Councillor for Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside. With domestic housing accounting for around 20 per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions, Frieze believes that in order to achieve net zero ‘we need to switch all […]

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5 May 2021 / 5 May 2021 by London Green Party

Green Party Mayoral candidate, Sian Berry, has condemned conditions in Croydon council flats, saying that the scandal shows why London’s housing system needs a revolution.  Tenants of flooded and mouldy council flats have fallen through the gaps of a broken system, she said. Berry remains the only Mayoral candidate to visit the flats, which were […]

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2 May 2021 / 2 May 2021 by London Green Party

Sian Berry, the Green candidate to be Mayor of London, has promised two ambitious schemes aimed at the young people of the capital if she is elected. One is a new three year pilot of Universal Basic Income in London, working with at least 1,000 Londoners who would be guaranteed a basic income without conditions, […]

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30 April 2021 / 30 April 2021 by London Green Party

Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley has pledged a ‘revolution from the bottom up’ through a Green Recovery plan.   Speaking at the socially-distanced launch of the Green’s local election campaign in London’s Battersea Park, Bartley asserted that ‘we need a transformation across every single sector of the economy’ in a way that will ‘share the prosperity […]

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27 April 2021 / 27 April 2021 by London Green Party

Sian Berry has made a campaign promise to set goals for “zero murders” in the city by 2031 if she is voted in as London mayor on 6 May.  The Green party candidate believes that focusing on crime prevention is the way to achieve her vision. “I’ll fund the schemes which create an environment where violence […]

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25 April 2021 / 25 April 2021 by London Green Party

London’s millions of renters need better protection, according to the Green Party’s candidate for London Mayor, Sian Berry. Sian has promised that if elected, she will champion the rights of renters by reducing rents and raising the standard of housing in the capital. Sian says: ‘As Mayor, I will stand alongside millions of renters like […]

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23 April 2021 / 23 April 2021 by London Green Party

Sian Berry launched her election manifesto as she outlined plans to make London “the greenest city in the world”. Speaking at a council estate in Lambeth, Sian launched the manifesto saying “Londoners are crying out for a new start, and Greens are ready to roll up our sleeves and transform this city. London should be […]

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21 April 2021 / 21 April 2021 by London Green Party

London needs repair centres on every high street to help cut landfill waste and incineration, according to Sian Berry, Green London Assembly member and Mayoral candidate. Among her election pledges, Sian wants to publish a waste reduction strategy that would include a new fund to help councils and local enterprises turn empty high street shops […]

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18 April 2021 / 18 April 2021 by London Green Party

Sian Berry has pledged to set up a habitat crime unit to protect London’s wild spaces if she is elected mayor of London in May. Berry said: “We are in a climate and ecological emergency. We need a unit that specialises in crimes relating to pollution, harms to habitat and damage to animals. I think that’s really important to have, and it […]

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