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3 February 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for affordable homes for Londoners as two thirds of new homes are now sold to investors. Graffiti of ‘Homes For Locals’ down a British street, photograph courtesy of CGP Grey. The ITEM club has published a report stating that new homes being built in London are “expensive” and that […]
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28 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones publishes an amendment to be tabled at the London Assembly proposing increasing the cycling budget to 2% of TfL’s total budget. Jenny Jones wants more of the TfL’s main budget to be put into the cycling schemes, stating it is necessary to meet the Mayor’s “ambitious cycling vision”. Photograph courtesy […]
27 January 2014 by sianberry
“The real year of the bus will be when the Mayor’s term comes to an end” says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. The New Bus for London in operation on the 38 route to Victoria, photograph courtesy of Tom Page. The Mayor of London is today launching ‘The Year of the Bus’ at City Hall […]
24 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones criticises the Mayor on London’s “hopeless” solar record with less than one percent of London’s homes having solar panels installed. Sheffield leads the way in solar panel installations as London trails behind in 9th, photograph courtesy of Pujanak. New figures published by the Government show that London is ninth out […]
22 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for an “urgent overhaul” of the cable car’s ticketing policy. Photograph of the Thames Cable Car service, courtesy of Nick Cooper. Transport for London has revealed that the Thames cable car’s income from fares in the second quarter of 2013/14 was 35% lower than predicted. TfL’s had assumed that […]
Climate change targets must go further and must also include a target on improving energy efficiency says Green Party MEP Jean Lambert. Air pollution from a production plant, photograph courtesy of Alfred Palmer. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has criticised proposals for new climate change targets published by the the European Commission has today, saying […]
21 January 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson praises the prioritisation of the homes for Londoners as a “welcome commitment”. The Olympic Park in 2012, picture courtesy of EG Focus. The London Legacy Development Corporation has pledged to work with developers to market homes sold on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London and the UK before marketing […]
20 January 2014 by sianberry
“The human, and economic, costs are just too high” responds Green MEP Jean Lambert to European wide cutting in “crucial” care services. The Ladywell Unit of Lewisham Hospital, which until recently was at threat of losing both it’s emergency and maternity units. Cuts in Government spending must preserve health and social care, London MEP Jean […]
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones releases a new report called The Bankers’ Mayor revealing the Mayor’s defence and close work with the bankers. The Canary Wharf skyline as viewed from Wapping in East London, photograph courtesy of David Iliff. 2,500 UK bankers who received bonuses of over a million euros received enough in bonuses to […]
17 January 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert is delighted with the progress of withdrawing “outdated” single-use plastic bags. EU agrees to phase out the most harmful types of plastics, photograph courtesy of Zainub Razvi. Euro-MPs have voted to ban plastic bags across the EU by 2020 – and introduce mandatory plastic recycling targets. Introducing alternatives, and recycling more […]