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9 January 2009 by sianberry
This Sunday, Jean Lambert, will mark the seventh anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility with the London Guantanamo campaign at a demonstration outside the US Embassy. The Green Party MEP for London, who was previously named MEP of the Year for her work on Justice and Human Rights and has campaigned […]
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7 January 2009 by sianberry
The London Mayor today confirmed his support for two existing schemes intended to improve the energy efficiency of commercial and public buildings: the Green 500 schemes aimed at occupiers of buildings and the Better Buildings partnership targeted at owners/landlords of commercial buildings. However, the flagship London Green Homes Service has been dropped. This service was […]
6 January 2009 by sianberry
A year ago the flagship London Green Homes Service was launched by the previous Mayor of London and the London Development Agency. The service was designed to help Londoners cut climate emissions and fuel costs by making their homes more energy efficient. Now the London Development Agency has axed the Green Homes Service from its […]
5 January 2009 by sianberry
The drivers of foreign-registered cars continue to break and evade UK traffic law. Since it was revealed last September that only 25% of foreign-registered drivers who were sent a penalty notice in the first six months of 2008 paid their fines, the Metropolitan police have set up Operation Tripper to tackle traffic offenders who drive […]
Responding to job losses in London and a flurry of economic recovery proposals, Darren Johnson, Green Party London Assembly Member, is calling on the Mayor and Government to invest immediately in schemes which will both tackle climate change and create jobs. "A London wide programme to improve the energy efficiency of all homes could create […]
19 December 2008 by sianberry
Responding to the mayor of London’s announcement of the winner for a new generation of Routemasters to replace articulated buses, Darren Johnson said: "The key problem with these bus designs is that fewer people will be able to get on them than the current double deckers and far fewer people than currently use a bendy […]
17 December 2008 by sianberry
Members of the European Parliament today voted, by a significant majority, to end the UK’s opt-out from the Working Time Directive. The recommendation from Parliament is to phase out the opt-out within three years. Jean Lambert MEP, who has been a long-time advocate of ending the opt-out and who has published a report on […]
Jenny Jones today challenged the London Mayor for re-announcing existing funding and repackaging previous measures in his Economic Recovery Action Plan. The Plan announces £33 million of new money for business support but £23 million of this was already announced a week ago. Similarly, the Plan claims "the £130 million Targeted Funding Stream" will be […]
16 December 2008 by sianberry
If you would like to hear Jean speaking during the Working Time Directive debate in the European Parliament yesterday evening, go here. (Scroll down to the Working Time debate under Subjects and scroll down to Jean under Speakers. You may need to download the speech if it doesn’t run directly from this page.) New figures […]
Jenny Jones will ask the Mayor of London at tomorrows Mayor’s Question Time to explain his motives behind cuts to the London Cycle Network Plus’s (LCN+) funding. Over two-thirds of the LCN+’s schemes to make roads safer for cyclists will have to be dropped or postponed as a result of reducing the budget to £10 […]