Hackney to Tottenham cycling scheme “great quietway, but not superhighway” 17 February 2015 by sianberry “Many cyclists will enjoy a quieter, less polluted route, but many others want the directness and speed of the main roads” says Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones as the planned ‘superhighway’ route 1 from Tottenham to Liverpool will result in no safety improvement on main roads. Jenny Jones has questioned whether the Mayor’s new cycling […] Read more »
Mayor of London’s workfare scheme halved likelihood of young people finding work 17 February 2015 by sianberry “Boris Johnson has spent £12m forcing thousands of young people to undertake pointless and unpaid work” says Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones after findings showed that young people that completed the ‘workfare’ scheme were half as likely to be in paid employment at the end as those who did not. Young people should not be […] Read more »
Membership of the London Green Party hits 10,000 17 February 2015 by sianberry Co-chair of the London Green Party Caroline Allen says it’s “thrilling to be a part of this major milestone” as London Green Party membership hits 10,000 and the Green Party polls third in the capital. Membership of the London Green Party has doubled in the last 3 months A new member is joining the party […] Read more »
Unsafe lorries ‘banned’ from London to protect cyclists 6 February 2015 by sianberry Caroline Russell, Islington Green Party Councillor, welcomes the ban but warns that “we should not assume that lorry danger will be fixed (alone) by these new measures” and calls for the removal of incentives to drive fast, such as piece work rates for lorry drivers. From 1st September any vehicle weighing more than 3.5 tonnes […] Read more »
Staff will be ‘stretched to the limit’ by tube ticket office closures – Darren Johnson AM 3 February 2015 by sianberry Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson questions the decision to remove several hundred staff from the frontline of the ticket office, warning that “many station staff are going to be stretched to the limit”. Darren Johnson, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, has responded to the first tube ticket office closures today. South Wimbledon and […] Read more »
Green MEP: US trade deal challenges NHS and democracy 30 January 2015 by sianberry “This trade deal is not about free trade, it’s a free-for-all, slashing regulations in favour of big business” says Green MEP Jean Lambert, who warns that the only way to protect the NHS from further privatisation is to stop the agreement. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert will warn that a secret trade deal between the […] Read more »
Green Party joins mass “March for Homes” demonstration against London housing crisis 30 January 2015 by sianberry “The Green Party believes a house should be a home to live in, not an asset for investors” says Co-Chair of the London Green Party Tom Chance, as the Green Party announce they will join protesters this Saturday against the soaring housing prices in London. The Green Party will be joining thousands of protesters across […] Read more »
Green Party wins review of Council’s policy on use of bailiffs in Council Tax Support cases 29 January 2015 by sianberry “The Council should set a clear timetable for the review which must take place as soon as possible” calls Green Councillor Scott Ainslie, as in light of previous calls the Lambeth Council agree to review it’s policy. A review of Lambeth Council’s policy of sending in bailiffs when residents in receipt of Council Tax Support (CTS) […] Read more »
Cycling flagship welcome, but rest of London needs “swift action” 27 January 2015 by sianberry “There are hundreds of dangerous junctions across all areas of London, but this Mayor will manage to finish ten by the time he leaves” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson, who welcomes the green light for the East-West Cycling Superhighway and calls for more similar projects to progress. Darren Johnson has welcomed the go ahead for the […] Read more »
All other northern regions leave London in the dark, as London drops even further behind on solar panels 26 January 2015 by sianberry Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones calls for the Mayor of London to support her draft ‘Mayoral Decision’ to support wider solar energy implementation in London, as a clean renewable alternative to proposed fracking plans. New Feed-in-Tariff statistics published (23rd Jan 2014) on installed solar photovoltaics (PV) by the Department of Energy & Climate Change have […] Read more »