Airport expansion and hitting environmental targets to slow down global warming are incompatible. But the current Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is continuing to support the expansion of Gatwick airport. While Heathrow expansion is being challenged in the courts, Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor, has criticised the current administration for only paying “lip […]
Creating A Better World After Covid
Covid-19 has exposed so many of the fault lines in our society – from the treatment of older people to an ever-growing mental health crisis. But the Green Party has a number of exciting initiatives that would help Londoners as part of a post-Covid world. These include… Building smarter homes More inclusive neighbourhoods And introducing […]
London Assembly kicks basic income into long grass
Londoners won’t be benefitting from a universal basic income any time soon as a call for a pilot in the city in a motion brought by Sian Berry AM and Caroline Pidgeon AM was kicked into the long grass by the other parties on the Assembly. [1] Sian Berry last week joined 520 other elected […]
Green “tsunami” continues to sweep Europe
The rising support for Green parties across Europe has led to many talking about a Green “tsunami” and a “quiet revolution” – that will shake up international politics. Greens had unprecedented success in the EU elections last May, with almost 10% of seats going to Green or allied parties. More recently, in France’s municipal elections […]
Green Party Recommit to Safeguarding London’s Vital Green Belt
Party reaffirms position on ‘gold-plating’ London’s Green Belt to protect land from housing development & untap it’s full potential At the recent Autumn Conference, Green Party Members came together to pass a new Food and Agricultural policy which ensures the sustainable use of Green Belt land in providing a wide range of environmental benefits including […]
Green Party call to end “high carbon” advertising
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 […]
Green Assembly Member Calls for Cancellation of Silvertown Tunnel
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 […]
Jonathan Bartley & Sian Berry Re-elected As Co-leaders
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 […]
Cuts to London’s youth services – just when they’re needed most
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 […]
Could London become a 15 minute city?
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 […]
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