Take part in the Big Renters Survey 1 August 2016 by sianberry Sian Berry AM is launching a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters. The short survey asks about problems with costs, contracts and letting agents, maintenance and repairs and how renters think a union of tenants working together could help improve their rights and situation. Sian says: […] Read more »
Win for private renters on council estates at Mayor’s Question Time 20 July 2016 by sianberry At today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Sian Berry AM won valuable promises for the rights of private renters on council estates. On estate regeneration across London, we’ve seen serious problems with residents not being listened to when councils make development plans. Private renters – many of whom rent relatively cheaply in former right-to-buy homes on estates […] Read more »
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 »