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19 November 2015 by sianberry
Sian Berry, the Green candidate for Mayor of London, has written to George Osborne in advance of his Autumn Statement on 25 November calling on him to scrap the tax relief which landlords can currently claim on mortgage interest. Berry says in her letter: “Using the proceeds from the cut in tax relief for landlords […]
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18 November 2015 by sianberry
This week Caroline Russell, the Green Party’s No 2 candidate for the London-wide section of the London Assembly, visited Newham in advance of her election campaign. She issued this statement after seeing the double concrete wall cutting through Silvertown to create the route of the new Crossrail line. “This ugly, impassable barrier runs right through […]
17 November 2015 by sianberry
Caroline Russell, the Green Party’s local transport spokesperson and No.2 on the party’s London-wide list of candidates for the London Assembly, was one of several London politicians at a meeting organised by the No To Silvertown campaign in Greenwich last week. She issued this statement after the meeting: “I came to listen to residents and […]
The London Green Party today issued the following statement on the amendment to the order of its list of candidates for the London-wide section of the London Assembly. The Green Party uses Electoral Reform Services, an independent organisation, to conduct internal elections. On reviewing the result of our London Assembly list election it emerged that […]
11 November 2015 by sianberry
Reacting to today’s announcement by the Halifax that the value of homes in London is now almost double that of all the properties in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry said: “It’s no surprise that London’s housing stock is worth the same as all the properties in vast areas of […]
10 November 2015 by sianberry
“If we fail to leave space in our city for creativity to flourish there will be no designers or artists left in London” Commenting on the news that Southwark Council has rejected plans to turn the old Peckham multi-storey car park into 800 artists’ studios in favour of a rival proposal from a Mayfair-based property […]
9 November 2015 by sianberry
Responding to Zac Goldsmith’s announcement that he wants to make it harder for Tube workers to go on strike, Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry said: “My Conservative rival for Mayor of London says he wants to ‘protect Londoners from Tube strikes’. But Tube workers are Londoners too and threatening them is not the answer. […]
The Green Party’s candidate for the Mayor of London elections next year, Sian Berry, pledged to make City Hall drop its top-down grand projects, and set-up a unit to support community trusts trying to run the park and sports centre, library and housing estates. She met with representatives of the Crystal Palace Park Community Stakeholder […]
This morning Sian Berry, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, issued the following pledges to mark Equal Pay Day, the day when women effectively start working for free for the rest of the year: “Half of part-time working women earn less than the living wage. London needs a Mayor who’ll stand up for women […]
6 November 2015 by sianberry
The Green Party’s local transport spokesperson Caroline Russell today expressed her support for the £42 million “Mini Holland” scheme in Enfield, known locally as Cycle Enfield, following the decision by the borough’s Conservative opposition to oppose the project. “Mini Holland has benefits for all residents and people working in the area who stand to gain […]