Greens promise to protect social housing at local election launch 5 April 2018 by sianberry * Greens promise to repair social homes, give residents a say in their future and stand up against unwanted demolition of estates * Jonathan Bartley, co-leader, calls on Government to “treat social housing with the value it deserves” and end Right to Buy * Bartley: “Greens value social housing and will fight to protect it” […] Read more »
Fairer Votes for Lewisham 24 February 2018 by sianberry The Green Councillor John Coughlin, the only councillor who is not Labour on Lewisham Council, put forward a motion at Lewisham Council on Proportional Representation in local elections. This would make the local voting system fairer and allow the views of all residents to be represented on the council. At present, there are 54 councillors, 53 of whom […] Read more »
Haringey Green Party members join protest against social cleansing 25 September 2017 by sianberry On Saturday, hundreds of Haringey residents marched through the streets from Tottenham Green to Finsbury Park in protest against social cleansing and Haringey Council’s plans to privatise billions of pounds worth of public assets. The protest, which was organised by local campaign group Stop Haringey Development Vehicle, brought together many allies from across the political spectrum, […] Read more »
Our candidates – launching our campaign for London 14 May 2017 by sianberry On Sunday 14th May, London Green Party launched its candidates and its General Election campaign. The party has selected 67 candidates to stand in constituencies across London and campaigning is already underway. The launch took place in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency where Green Assembly Member Sian Berry is challenging Labour’s Kier Starmer for […] Read more »
Women’s manifesto will end the detention of asylum seekers 13 May 2017 by sianberry Deputy leader Amelia Womack: “The detention of asylum seekers in centres such as Yarl’s Wood is inhumane, costly and totally unnecessary” The Green Party launched our women’s manifesto outside Yarl’s Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire today. The manifesto’s three key policies all relate to providing safety for all, regardless of gender. The party is calling […] Read more »
Our Environment Manifesto – Caroline Lucas in London 11 May 2017 by sianberry Caroline Lucas has announced the Green Party’s environment promises, with pledges to protect the natural world in the wake of the EU referendum, introduce locally owned energy companies, and end plastic waste Caroline set out how the Green Party will put the environment at the heart of its politics at the launch of the party’s […] Read more »
Jean Lambert MEP calls for a cleaner rhetoric 18 April 2017 by sianberry 18th April 2017 Last month Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50, signalling the start of the UK’s exit from the European Union. Within just a matter of days, former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard managed to spark a diplomatic row with Spain by threatening the use of military force to protect British sovereignty over […] Read more »
Jean Lambert MEP and expert panel Answer Question about George Osborne 27 March 2017 by sianberry Jean Lambert MEP opened a joint meeting organised by Phil Fletcher with Barnet Friends of the Earth, Barnet Green Party, and air pollution economics and legal experts. London Green Party’s Unsung Hero award-winner of 2014, Edelgard Vaswani, raised the issue of living without a car. Barnet Council tends to plan 800 underground parking spaces per […] Read more »
Stanmore Society hosted successful public meeting on air pollution 19 March 2017 by sianberry Caroline Russell came to Stanmore, as promised, to meet with a community group the Stanmore Society concerned with the state of their local town centre. The step-free access has no lift at the station despite a hospital nearby. A new school in the area has a lot of parents dropping off kids by car. Caroline […] Read more »
Our Member of European Parliament for Healthy Workplaces 5 March 2017 by sianberry Jean backs European Parliament report aimed at protecting workers from exposure to carcinogens 1st March 2017 The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs committee has today backed the draft report which seeks to amend a directive in order to better protect workers from risks of exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work. Commenting after the […] Read more »