Greens launch LGBTIQ manifesto 2 May 2015 by sianberry Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, has launched the party’s LGBTIQ Manifesto in Soho today. The manifesto contains pledges to • Review the discriminatory blood ban • Introduce LGBTIQ-inclusive sex education • Protect LGBTIQ asylum seekers • Improve services for trans people • Promote LGBTIQ rights abroad Bennett gave a speech in Soho Square alongside Peter […] Read more »
Green Party announce plans to introduce rent caps and end Right to Buy 27 April 2015 by sianberry Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett pledges an end to Right to Buy and calls for a ‘Living Rent Commission’ * Greens calling for a ‘Living Rent Commission’. * ‘Right to Buy’ would end under Greens who would build 500,000 homes for ‘social rent’. Green Party leader Natalie Bennett today announced plans to introduce smart rent […] Read more »
Green Party Selects Marie James as Prince’s Ward Council Candidate to Address Housing and Libraries for the Community 22 April 2015 by sianberry Marie James has been selected as the Green Party’s candidate for Prince’s Ward in Lambeth. This follows the resignation of Labour councillor Chris Marsh and the announcement that a by-electon will take place on May 7. Following consultations with the local electorate, Marie James will dedicate herself to bringing accountability back to this long time Labour dominated ward by […] Read more »
Lambeth Green Party renews call for end to housing co-op evictions 21 April 2015 by sianberry “It turns my stomach to see how profit is being put before people in this way, and the terrible cost that others are being forced to pay” says Green Party Councillor Scott Ainslie as Lambeth’s Labour council prepares to evict another wave of people from their residencies. The Lambeth Green Party has renewed calls for […] Read more »
“Register today to influence the politics of tomorrow”: London Greens urge everyone to register to vote 19 April 2015 by sianberry On the final day for voter registration (Monday 20th April), Caroline Allen and Tom Chance, Co-Chairs of the London Green Party said: “Today is the last day to register to vote before May’s general election. On behalf of the Green Party in London we urge everyone to make sure you’re registered and ready to have […] Read more »
Dying for Freedom 15 April 2015 by sianberry Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, calls for “greater search and rescue” efforts to “prevent catastrophe” as well as introducing “safe access routes” to avoid migrants taking riskier routes to “avoid increasingly restrictive land borders”. With 8000 desperate people being picked up in the Mediterranean in under a week, it is clear that we have […] Read more »
Affordable housing percentage crashes to 8 year low in London 13 April 2015 by sianberry The Green Party has called for tougher planning enforcement and an extra £6bn social housing grant for London up to 2020, in light of figures published by the Mayor of London showing that just 28% of new homes built in 2013/14 in London were affordable, the lowest proportion since 2005/06. This is down from 35% […] Read more »
Green MEP calls for day of ‘free public transport’ to combat air pollution 10 April 2015 by sianberry “Measures such as making public transport free for the day should be considered during serious smog episodes in Britain” calls Green MEP Keith Taylor who also calls for the government to follow France’s example. Keith Taylor, Green MEP for South East England, is calling for public transport across South East England and London to be […] Read more »
Former Vice-Chair of Transport for London leaves Labour for the Green Party 7 April 2015 by sianberry “The Green Party’s policies are at the cutting edge of what we need in this society” says Former Vice-Chair of TfL Dave Wetzel, who has left Labour to be a Green Party Parliamentary candidate for Hounslow, where he was the leader of the Labour council in the 90s. Dave Wetzel, former Vice-Chair of Transport for […] Read more »
Green Party urges Lambeth Council to clean up its act 1 April 2015 by sianberry Jonathan Bartley, Green Parliamentary candidate for Streatham, hits out at the Lambeth Council saying “it is a scandal that Lambeth Council is happy to blame everyone else rather than get its own house in order” and urging the Labour-led council to clean up its act and follow its own transport plan. Lambeth Green Party has […] Read more »