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27 March 2008 by sianberry
Green Assembly Members Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson have delivered this letter to Liberal Democrat headquarters in Westminster. Dear Nick, We are writing this open letter because we are concerned that your voters are about to go into a London election with no Liberal Democrat candidate. Although we do not always agree with the Liberal […]
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26 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry visited the Regent Street Lush store on Tuesday 25 March to receive the endorsement of Mark Constantine, the co-founder and MD of the Lush cosmetics chain. Mark is backing Siân as his choice for Mayor of London, and has backed up his announcement with a £10,000 donation to her campaign. Mark Constantine said:"I’m […]
25 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate, visited Brixton on Tuesday to launch the campaign of Lambeth and Southwark London Assembly candidate, and well-known local campaigner, Shane Collins. Siân and Shane highlighted crime issues affecting the area, and presented some of the Green Party’s policies for London that will help solve these problems, including: Extra […]
19 March 2008 by sianberry
In a joint press conference with Ken Livingstone this morning, Siân urged Green supporters to vote "Siân 1, Ken 2" as insurance against a Boris Johnson mayoralty. At the same press conference, Livingstone asked his voters to back Siân second. London Green Party members voted at a meeting on Monday night (17th March) to issue […]
14 March 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP has criticized the Government’s decision to return or leave destitute 1,400 Iraqi asylum-seekers, whilst Jordan and Syria have been left to cope with the exodus of millions of Iraqi citizens since the conflict began. Ms Lambert was speaking ahead of a Stop The War demonstration taking place on Saturday 15 March at […]
11 March 2008 by sianberry
London is a great city but a tough place to live and work. Every day is budget day for Londoners. Here’s what I would do to make our city a greener, more affordable place for all of us. Other cities can provide reasonably priced transport, why can’t London? Never mind a fares freeze, I’d cut […]
7 March 2008 by sianberry
Women across London will find true inspiration this weekend at the annual Capital Woman conference, where London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert, will be chairing a debate on health and tackling inequality across the city. The event, which is taking place on Saturday 8th March, marks International Women’s Day. Having been London’s Green MEP since 1999, […]
3 March 2008 by sianberry
The annual Ealing Animal Welfare Bazaar took place at Ealing Town Hall this weekend, on Saturday 1st March 2008. It was a great success with a wide range of animal welfare organisations represented. Jean Lambert, the Green Party Member of the European Parliament for London, who attended the event said: "I’m very happy to give […]
28 February 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry has welcomed Ken Livingstone’s concern over the growing gender pay gap in London, but added that the exploitation of women on poverty wages was an even bigger concern than the lack of women in top City jobs. Women are 58% more likely than men to be paid less than the London Living Wage. […]
As the Government consultation on Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport closes, Darren Johnson, a Green Party Member of the London Assembly, has today published his response. The Government is proposing to add a third runway and sixth terminal to the airport, thereby increasing the number of take-offs and landings to over 700,000 a year – […]