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17 October 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
A new Green Party policy calling for the end of “high carbon” advertising could restrict commercials for environmentally unfriendly products on London’s transport services. The pioneering plan to phase out all advertising for polluting goods and services, like long haul flights, became official policy on Sunday at online Party Conference. As London’s first Green Mayor Sian Berry would move Transport for London (TfL) to implement the policy […]
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19 September 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Green London Assembly member, Caroline Russell, revealed last week that the Mayor of London has committed Londoners to paying £65 million a year for a quarter of a century for the Silvertown Road Tunnel. Green Assembly Members have asked 102 questions about the Siltvertown Road Tunnel and it has taken sustained cross party work, community […]
11 September 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Green members have re-elected Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry as co-leaders of the party following an internal election this summer. Bartley and Berry have now begun their second term as co-leaders by setting out their vision to build a grassroots mass movement for a Green recovery from the economic, climate and health crises we are […]
17 August 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Councils are having to make further cuts to vital youth services budgets, according to a report by Sian Berry, the Green Mayoral candidate for London. Youth clubs and community centres have had to shut their doors during the coronavirus crisis, and more than ever, London’s young people need mentoring and moral support. But Sian’s data shows […]
12 August 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
The Green Party is presenting a vision for London as a ’15 minute city’ as the capital comes out of lockdown. An idea that has had huge success in Paris, the ’15 minute city’ means that Londoners would be able to get everything they need for daily life within a short walk or bike ride […]
Green Assembly Member Caroline Russell has said that the government’s promised £2 billion to boost cycling and walking is not enough to meet the UK’s needs – and that it leaves London starkly underfunded. Caroline compared London’s £25 million share of the funding to the £70 million requested by London boroughs, according to the Mayor’s […]
16 July 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
Lambeth council voted on 15 July to call on national government to examine reparations for enslaved people. The motion was initiated by Green Party councillor Scott Ainslie and prepared jointly by the ruling Labour and the opposition Green groups of Lambeth council. It is the first such motion to be passed by a UK local […]
13 July 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
The Green Party has been at the forefront of demanding action in support of the Black Lives Matters (BLM) campaign. In Kingston, councillor Sharon Sumner affirmed her support for BLM (against opposition from local Conservative councillors) with a powerful speech that spoke of “the reality of police brutality which happens on a regular basis here […]
29 January 2020 / 11 November 2020 by London Green Party
January 2020 saw the busiest week of the year in City Hall as our Assembly Members, Sian Berry and Caroline Russell, proposed Green budget amendments to the London Assembly. As usual they were full of good ideas the Mayor needs to take up. They lead on the climate emergency proposing to boost the solar panel fund, put extra […]
2 January 2020 by sianberry
Fares on London transport have risen by up to more than £300 since current Mayor Sadiq Khan came to power pledging a freeze. New fare increases today mean passengers are paying up to £317 more a year compared with 2016. Despite Mr Khan’s election pledge that “Londoners won’t pay a penny more for their travel” […]