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18 January 2016 by sianberry
Sian Berry today pledges that, if elected Mayor of London, she will form a consortium between City Hall, local councils and businesses to buy City Airport in East London and turn it into a new housing and business quarter. The airport is currently on the market for an estimated £2 billion and Sian Berry is […]
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12 January 2016 by sianberry
Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry will join other leading Green Party politicians to support junior doctors on the picket line at St Thomas’ Hospital on Tuesday morning. Sian Berry, Caroline Lucas MP, party leader Natalie Bennett and London Assembly member Baroness Jenny Jones will join doctors who are taking industrial action over proposed changes to […]
11 January 2016 by sianberry
Responding to news that the government wants to bulldoze so-called sink estates in London, including Broadwater Farm in Tottenham, Green mayoral candidate Sian Berry today condemned this policy of “social cleansing” and pledged to oppose estate demolitions in the capital. “In the great majority of cases, demolition is not the right thing to do. Unless […]
3 January 2016 by sianberry
Abolish the zones and close the gaps with a one-hour ticket across all modes to give London fairer fares, says Green candidate Sian Berry, as our plans for bus, rail and tube fares are announced today. “We’ll level the playing field to make everyone’s journey to work cost the same, removing the hidden penalties if […]
16 December 2015 by sianberry
Small businesses should get discounted advertising space at their nearest Tube station to help support the local economy, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate said today. Sian Berry also said only firms paying the London Living Wage should be permitted to advertise on London’s transport network. She denied the plans would reduce income as extra space […]
11 December 2015 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, will today visit the site of the South London Incinerator near Croydon and pledge to do whatever she can to halt the scheme if elected to City Hall. She will be accompanied by Shasha Khan, the Green parliamentary candidate for Croydon North since 2005, and a […]
10 December 2015 by sianberry
Shahrar Ali, the Green Party deputy leader and one of the party’s top three candidates for the London-wide section of the London Assembly, will tonight call on the Metropolitan Police to improve diversity among their officers to give them a better understanding of both extremism and Islamophobia. He will make the pledge at a public […]
5 December 2015 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, will today announce a plan to help local authorities create town centre rejuvenation funds to be financed by large retail developers. With the backing of City Hall, the fund would be managed by the local authority and in collaboration with existing Business Improvement Districts. The work […]
3 December 2015 by sianberry
As Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, said on BBC News last night: “It’s a bit cynical to lump in things that are already planned like Crossrail and good things like cycle crossings and the Overground, which people have campaigned hard for, with road crossings that a lot of people don’t want […]
1 December 2015 by sianberry
“I’m amazed that London, which bore the brunt of the early Aids epidemic, still doesn’t have a memorial to the thousands who died” Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, has pledged her backing for a London Aids Memorial if she is elected to City Hall. She made the promise before a […]