London's Green Party
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19 May 2014 by sianberry
Highlighting the work of Green MEPs to cap bankers bonuses, London Green MEP Jean Lambert called for fair pay for all Londoners, and the largely publicly-owned RBS to introduce a maximum top-to-bottom pay ratio of 10:1 for its employees. The move comes as new government statistics show rising income inequality in the UK – with […]
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17 May 2014 by sianberry
Designer Katharine Hamnett created this t-shirt for Green Party MP Caroline Lucas KATHARINE Hamnett CBE, the pioneer of ethical and environmental clothing, has pledged her support for the Green Party ahead of the May 22 European and Local Elections. “It’s going to be Ukip or the Greens at the European elections. We don’t want any […]
16 May 2014 by sianberry
The Green Party is the only party in London to have given its full support to a campaign run by the pedestrians’ organisation Living Streets to protect the city’s high streets. The “Speak up for High Streets” campaign is calling on all council candidates in London to pledge to speak up for their neighbourhood high […]
15 May 2014 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones at last year’s Space for Cycling rally The Green Party is the only party in London to have given its full support to the London Cycling Campaign’s list of ward-by-ward asks for the upcoming local council elections. The “Space for Cycling” campaign, which aims to improve quality of […]
LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert called for a full and transparent investigation into the mining accident that has taken at least 280 lives in Soma, Turkey, with many still missing. Lambert is a member of the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs committee and said it highlights the importance of health and safety regulations to […]
LONDON’S Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert has said EU migration is ‘good for London’. Speaking at a debate with the only female candidate for EU Commission President Ska Keller, a German Green MEP, Ms Lambert said the economic and cultural case for free movement within the EU was ‘overwhelming’. She said: “There are more than a […]
14 May 2014 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has visited a potential site for fracking in Croydon with MP and anti-fracking activist Caroline Lucas. Dr Lucas is a leading voice in the campaign against fracking who was arrested during a peaceful protest at the exploratory drilling site in Balcombe (and later cleared of all charges). Croydon is one […]
13 May 2014 by sianberry
German Green MEP Ska Keller (middle) joins London Green MEP Jean Lambert (third from right), London MEP candidate Caroline Allen (second from right), Green Party leader Natalie Bennett (third from left) and members of the Young Greens at the launch of the Green Youth Manifesto. LONDON Euro-MP Jean Lambert has joined forces with the only […]
LONDON Green Party MEP Jean Lambert has called for urgent action to clean up South London’s polluted air. She made her comments during a visit to Crystal Palace to see for herself one of the capital’s many smog ‘hotspots’ that breach EU health limits. The visit came hot on the heels of latest opinion polling […]
London Green MEP Jean Lambert today (Tue) joined the campaign to save historic parkland at Crystal Palace from commercial development. The hilltop public park, on which crystal palace stood from 1852 until it was relocated, is proposed as a site for a large scale multi-storey project from a Chinese developer, which has received the backing […]