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3 March 2021 / 3 March 2021 by London Green Party
Green Party Mayoral Candidate Sian Berry has said she will end hostile environment policies in London if elected Mayor. “Services under my remit will refuse to share data on migrants with the Home Office Immigration Enforcement”, she said. Berry has long campaigned on the issue in the London Assembly. Sian said, “As Mayor, I will […]
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28 February 2021 / 28 February 2021 by London Green Party
London doctors are reporting that some people are being invited twice for coronavirus vaccine appointments – by different systems for the same injection – by their local GPs and the national vaccination scheme. Dr Farah Jameel, a GP in Camden, has said that too many patients were receiving two invites, with clinician’s time ‘being wasted’ […]
26 February 2021 / 26 February 2021 by London Green Party
Despite the declarations of climate emergency, the UK’s tax system rewards carbon-intensive new-build while penalising carbon-efficient refurbishment and retrofit. Molly Scott Cato, Green Party finance spokesperson, has urged the government to put this right and remove VAT on refurbishment projects. Scott Cato’s parliamentary petition, which has amassed 2,500 signatures since launching, calls for VAT on new-build […]
24 February 2021 / 24 February 2021 by London Green Party
Last week, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed. The decision entitles drivers to the minimum wage, holiday and sick pay, with wider implications across the deregulated gig economy. Caroline Russell, Green London Assembly member and list candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections, has been a […]
London Underground’s green infrastructure amounts to 10 per cent of all green spaces in the city. Yet Emma Wallace, Green London Assembly candidate, has highlighted that TFL contractors have been repeatedly reported removing miles of trees and vegetation running along London’s Underground tracks – most recently along the Metropolitan and Chiltern Lines. Wallace states: “These […]
21 February 2021 / 21 February 2021 by London Green Party
Zack Polanski believes racial discrimination in policing is a problem – especially when it comes to drugs. Along with Sian Berry, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate, he would deprioritise police wasting time on cannabis possession, allowing them to focus on serious and violent crime. Zack’s eyes were opened when he and a friend were stopped […]
19 February 2021 / 19 February 2021 by London Green Party
Sian Berry, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has said she will improve trans rights and protect LGBT+ spaces in the capital if elected in May. Sian plans to remove barriers to healthcare, employment and housing for trans and non-binary Londoners if elected.She has pledged to make London the most “trans-inclusive city in the […]
Caroline Russell calls on Mayor to work for all-party parliamentary commission on atonement and compensation for African enslavement In February, the London Assembly debated a motion to mark the United Nations International Decade for Peoples of African Descent 2015-2024, committing City Hall to eradicating racial injustice and anti-Black racism in the capital. Welcoming the motion, […]
18 February 2021 / 18 February 2021 by London Green Party
Londoners not benefitting from vital cash says Green Mayor Candidate Green Mayoral Candidate Sian Berry has made an urgent plea to the Transport Secretary to allow TfL to retain Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) raised in the capital to stabilise its finances, decimated by the pandemic. The Green Party joined other London Assembly political groups in […]
LGBT+ people face serious disadvantage in housing Green Party Co-leader, Sian Berry, will provide housing for disadvantaged LGBTQ+ people if elected Mayor of London, citing the community’s high levels of homelessness. Her strategy includes creating co-operative housing out of disused buildings in the capital, as well as ‘co-housing’ – where residents live in a self-contained […]