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10 September 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party MEP Jean Lambert has accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of hypocrisy over International Law by defending Syria’s territorial integrity while presiding over recent human rights abuses and the erosion of the rule of law, both of which breach the Council of Europe Charter. Making her comments as world leaders met for this […]
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6 September 2013 by sianberry
Green Party MEP Jean Lambert has given her full support to the campaigners protesting against the London Arms Fair and has called on the government to scrap the “disgraceful” event. A week of protests against the DSEI Arms Fair, hosted by the Excel Centre in East London, have been planned by the action group “Stop […]
4 September 2013 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones questioned the Mayor of London yesterday on his revisions to the London Plan at the London Assembly’s Extraordinary Plenary meeting at City Hall. The Assembly and nine London boroughs have previously objected to the Mayor’s affordable rent policies, which would prevent boroughs from setting their own rent levels […]
The Mayor has announced a shortlist of seven boroughs who are competing for a £100m pot to fund ‘mini-Holland’ cycling schemes in outer London. Three or four boroughs will then be funded to begin work in early 2014. The money is due to be spent over the next five years and the £100m has been […]
3 September 2013 by sianberry
All of Camden’s main roads break the European legal limits for NO2 air pollution, along with the City of London and Kensington and Chelsea. 78% of London’s main road network is over the legal limit for NO2. Bromley has 45% of its main roads in breach of the NO2 pollution limit. Green Party Assembly Member […]
2 September 2013 by sianberry
Today Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, will participate in the London Cycling Campaign’s ‘space4cycling’ ride which begins at 6.00pm in Jubilee Gardens, London. The ride has been organised in response to the rapid rise in the number of London cyclists who have died or been seriously injured in the last few […]
30 August 2013 by sianberry
A detailed analysis of five years of casualty figures has revealed sharp variations in the risks faced by pupils across London. The top region in the country for collisions was London, which accounted for 13% of total child casualties and 22% of collisions. Axa Insurance examined 85,814 child casualties between 2006 and 2011. It then […]
20 August 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor’s office is due to make a final decision on the Viridor Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) incinerator in Sutton tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday 21stAugust. The proposed incinerator if given the go ahead will burn waste from four London boroughs (Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton and Sutton). Green Party London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has strongly […]
16 August 2013 by sianberry
The London Green Party has slammed the government’s benefit cap being rolled out across London on Monday as “sadistic” and has called upon London’s Councillors to show compassion in implementing the policy. The cap, which has already been trialled in Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, and Haringey, means that the amount of benefit couples and single parents […]
15 August 2013 by sianberry
Figures released by the Government today show that only 8,600 homes have been built in London so far in 2013. The figures for the three months to June show completions fell 3 per cent, and starts rose 6 per cent, compared to the equivalent period in 2012 but both remained far below the Mayor’s target. […]