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13 April 2008 by sianberry
Everyone agrees that the West End is suffering from congestion and pollution. When asked to describe Oxford Street by the Living Streets campaign in December, the most frequent words chosen by visitors were ‘busy’, ‘congested/crowded’ and ‘dangerous’. Ironically, most of this congestion is caused by buses. Twenty-four bus routes pass down Oxford Street, but most […]
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11 April 2008 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Member of the London Assembly, joined Cllr Sue Luxton, GLA candidate for Greenwich and Lewisham constituency, and Green Mayor candidate, Sian Berry at the Pepys Community Forum community composting project in Deptford on 11th April. They were there to launch the Green Party’s waste plan for London. Failure to provide proper recycling […]
10 April 2008 by sianberry
Caroline visited Marylebone Road, London’s most polluted street, with Jenny Jones AM on 10th April. The capital’s poor air quality is estimated to be responsible for the premature deaths of around 1000 Londoners a year. Greens on the London Assembly have pushed the current Mayor to set up the Low Emission Zone, which discourages the […]
Following the successful implementation of many of the policies from its 2004 manifesto, the Green Party launched its 2008 manifesto for London with a cutting edge set of ideas that Green Assembly members fully expect to see implemented in the next term. Under the banner "Change London for Good" the manifesto builds on the successes […]
8 April 2008 by sianberry
Car clubs, cycling/walking zones and personal consultants who talk people out of their cars, are just a few of the ways in which the greens aim to reduce traffic and pollution in Outer London. Siân Berry, the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor, visited Richmond with local Green Party member, Matthew Linden on 8th April. She […]
7 April 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate launched the Green housing policies for London in Kings Cross, on the border of Camden and Islington, on Monday 7th April. Siân is a Camden resident and has spent several years campaigning for a development in Kings Cross which provides the affordable, family homes the people in the […]
4 April 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP is urging Londoners to register to vote for the Mayoral and London Assembly elections before it’s too late. London has the lowest voter registration in the country, with nearly 18 per cent of residents missing from the electoral role in inner London boroughs and 11 per cent in outer London. The average […]
Green candidate for Mayor of London, Sian Berry, joined Heather Finlay, Assembly candidate for City and East London, to visit Queen’s Market in Newham on Friday 4th April to meet with traders and shoppers. Siân also launched the Green Party’s pledge to protect and promote local shopping, not let London’s high streets and markets be […]
1 April 2008 by sianberry
Green Mayor candidate Siân Berry has responded to the comments of BNP candidate for the London Assembly, Nick Eriksen. Second on the BNP’s list, Eriksen wrote that the seriousness of rape is a "myth," that women who work are "unnatural and vile," and that "some women are like gongs – they need to be struck […]
27 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân has won the endorsement of Harry Bear, the first teddy bear to become an MP. Harry, the creation of author Richard Heller, works to make politics more accessible to children. His backing comes after Siân promised to ask London’s children to write her three new policies to make their lives better if she becomes […]