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21 January 2015 by sianberry
Lambeth’s cuts to Council Tax Support (CTS) is an “unbearable burden on those who can least afford it” says Lambeth Green Councillor Scott Ainslie, who calls their approach of issuing court summons to those with arrears involving CTS “self defeating”. The Green Party has called on Lambeth Council to stop using bailiffs in cases where […]
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19 January 2015 by sianberry
London Green Party’s membership booms inline with the rise of the National Party, with the Green Party surpassing UKIPs and Lib Dems membership count and YouGov placing Green Party third in the capital. Membership of the London Green Party grows by over 2000 in one week Greens polling ahead of UKIP and Liberal Democrats in […]
12 January 2015 by sianberry
As reports reveal a 400% increase in right-to-buy fraud in London, Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson speaks out against the policy calling it a “disaster for London” and for the Mayor to “lobby for it to be scrapped”. An investigation by the BBC London ‘Inside Out’ programme has raised concerns that fast rising prices in […]
“We want to empower schools” says Green Parliamentary Candidate for Vauxhall Gulnar Hasnain as Lambeth Green Party are awarded £1000 to support local schools and raise awareness of pollution levels, including installing monitors to counteract Labour’s cover up attempts. The move comes after Labour in Lambeth refused to provide monitors, deleted references to air pollution […]
9 January 2015 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson questions how the Mayor of London can reduce the pollution so drastically at one site, but not elsewhere. Results from the air pollution monitor station which the Government has previous described the most polluted hotspot in the UK has shown a sharp decline in the number of times it is […]
The Mayor’s proposed Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) needs to be “sooner, stronger and spread further” says Green MEP Jenny Jones, who calls for Boris Johnson to put funds raised by the existing Low Emission Zone towards expanding the proposed ULEZ. Responding to the Mayor of London’s public consultation on setting up the ULEZ, London […]
5 January 2015 by sianberry
As 2014 is set to go down as the hottest year in Central England in recorded history Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls upon the Mayor of London to stop “the buck passing” and to focus on transforming London into a low carbon economy. According to the Met Office provisional figures, 2014 is officially the […]
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls Oxford Street and Putney High Street “disgraceful examples of the Government and Mayor’s failure to take responsibility for air pollution” as they breach annual legal limits five days into the new year. Readings taken at Oxford Street and Putney High Street air quality monitoring station have shown that they […]
As railway ticket prices rise yet again Green Party Co-Chair Tom Chance speaks out against the way the network is run “purely for the benefit of private corporations”, explaining how the Green Party would cut fares by up to 12% and work to bring the railway back under public ownership. • New Green Party policy […]
17 December 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert welcomes the resolution of the European Parliament to support the recognition of the Palestinian state, saying “for too long Palestine has received mixed messages from Europe”. Jean Lambert talking at an ENAR event, calling for the election of progressive MEPs to deal with racism. The European Parliament today adopted a resolution […]