Success as Mayor changes policy on met recruitment and diversity 6 July 2016 by sianberry The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has agreed to press the Government to adjust the law on equality to allow for positive action in recruiting more women and BAME officers to the Met Police. The Mayor was responding to questions from Sian Berry AM in the London Assembly, and this action on recruitment was a […] Read more »
Get Caroline Russell’s help to measure your local air pollution 6 July 2016 by sianberry Do you live on a main road in outer London? Do you want to know how polluted your air is? Almost 10,000 Londoners die prematurely each year as a result of long term exposure to nitrogen dioxide, mainly from diesel vehicle emissions. Many more Londoners find their existing heart and lung conditions are worsened by […] Read more »
Mayor promises Green AM he will cut traffic in London 28 June 2016 by sianberry Caroline Russell AM has been pushing the Mayor of London to learn the lessons of the Olympics and use smart methods to help people reduce their car travel. Her work, including asking questions of the Mayor in a London Assembly meeting, and helping to bring a group of experts into City Hall to meet the […] Read more »
Big win for Caroline Russell as Mayor pledges a proper energy company for London 22 June 2016 by sianberry Caroline Russell AM has won a pledge from the Mayor of London that ‘Energy for Londoners’ will be a fully licensed energy company that is able to sell electricity to residents and businesses. This goes further than Sadiq Khan’s manifesto, which only promised a company that would buy electricity not provide it to Londoners as […] Read more »
AM finds police officers struggling to live in London 17 June 2016 by sianberry Sian Berry’s new report shows that, despite new initiatives, half of London’s borough police officers live outside London. Borough-by-borough data, obtained by our Assembly Member through questions to the Mayor, show where London’s local police officers live, and only 49 per live anywhere within Greater London. The report also reveals that, in many inner London […] Read more »
Assembly backs Green call for more refugee children for London 8 June 2016 by sianberry The London Assembly today agreed a motion proposed by Sian Berry AM calling on the Mayor to help councils take in more refugees. The motion urges the Mayor to work with London’s local authorities to ensure that they can support more people fleeing war, persecution or natural disasters, and particularly child refugees in Calais and […] Read more »
Success as Mayor agrees to look at living rents for women and students 25 May 2016 by sianberry The Mayor of London today agreed to Sian Berry AM’s request that he consider the lower incomes of women when calculating a ‘living rent’ for London, and that he looks at a separate ‘Student Living Rent’ figure. But at Mayor’s Question Time he rejected her suggestion that the calculations for family-sized homes should consider the […] Read more »
Mayor’s review of east London river crossings is a sham 25 May 2016 by sianberry Caroline Russell AM has criticised the Mayor of London’s failure to stop work on the Silvertown Tunnel while he conducts a ‘joined-up review’ of river crossings in east London. At the Mayor’s Question Time meeting this morning, the Green Party Member of the London Assembly urged the Mayor to withdraw an application for powers to […] Read more »
Brexit would threaten bankers bonus cap in London 17 May 2016 by sianberry Leaving the European Union could lead to the removal of the cap on bankers’ bonuses, and end hopes of establishing a financial transaction tax on London’s banks, according to a new report by Sian Berry, Green Party Member of the London Assembly. The report also suggests the Mayor should be campaigning to remain in the […] Read more »
Thank you from your new Green Assembly Members! 10 May 2016 by sianberry Very late on Friday 6 May we found out that Sian Berry and Caroline Russell had been elected as new Green London Assembly Members. Across London, Greens had record-breaking results. One hundred and fifty thousand people voted first choice for a Green Mayor, and we came third overall for the second time. Nearly half a […] Read more »