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1 February 2008 by sianberry
Labour made a manifesto commitment to reviewing the electoral system in 2001 and there have been many failed attempts to start the ball rolling. Seven years later we are presented with the review and the response from campaigners has generally been quite positive. It’s seen as being a fairly even-handed, comprehensive review of the voting […]
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31 January 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP, will address the AGE UK event at the UK European Parliament office on Friday 1 February to explore why the 2009 elections will be important for the well-being of older people. Many organizations representing older people are intending to attend the event including Age Concern England, The Greater London Forum […]
Most car dealerships are breaking the law by failing to display fuel economy and carbon emissions data, spot “citizen’s inspections” by the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s have found. The campaign, founded by Blake Ludwig and Green Mayor candidate Siân Berry, has given the offending showrooms a week to comply with the law or face a […]
30 January 2008 by sianberry
London MEP, Jean Lambert, was in Hillingdon this week for an interview with Year 7 pupils at Mellow Lane School (photo attached). The students are taking part in the Newsday 2008 competition from the Guardian as part of a project to teach young people about working in the media. The contest intends to give students […]
29 January 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, will be taking part in a fact-finding mission to Israel and Palestine from 2-7 February 2008, with a cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament. The purpose of the visit is to assess the current situation in the region and look at steps that might be taken to […]
27 January 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP will be interviewed by school children from the City of London Academy in Bermondsey in a unique Question Time event as part of their project on the urban environment. The youngsters will be grilling the London Green parliamentarian about Europe, the environment and how young people can help change the world at […]
22 January 2008 by sianberry
A new poll commissioned by the GLA has shown that Siân Berry’s priority of making city life more affordable is Londoners’ number one demand. More than eight out of ten say that the cost of housing is a problem affecting their quality of life. As Mayor, Siân will use planning rules to increase the availability […]
Responding to today’s announcement by the Government that a new generation of nuclear power stations has been given the go-ahead, Darren Johnson, a Green Party Member of the London Assembly, commented:”This was an unfair consultation, which has come to the wrong conclusion by assuming that nuclear power is the solution to the problem of climate […]
The Green campaign for this May’s GLA elections is celebrating Mayor of London candidate Siân Berry’s strong showing in today’s YouGov/Evening Standard poll of 533 influential Londoners, which ends any suggestion that Siân can be considered a fringe candidate. Siân won the second votes of over a quarter of the opinion-formers, beating both Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson, and leaving "Others" trailing […]
The International Olympic Committee is being called on to investigate whether London is failing on a key condition of hosting the Olympics.The Host City Contract requires London to comply with environmental law as it prepares for and hosts the 2012 Games. However, London has exceeded EU limits on air pollution since air quality measurements began […]