MEP Acuses Russia of Double Standards Over International Law 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 […] Read more »
London MEP calls for an end to “disgraceful” London Arms Fair 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 […] Read more »
Mayor’s affordable housing policies for £150k families should be dropped 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 […] Read more »
Majority of outer London to miss out on ‘mini Holland’ revolution 4 September 2013 by sianberry 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 […] Read more »
Bromley is only borough with fewer than half of its main roads below the legal limit for air pollution 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 […] Read more »
Jenny Jones AM to take part in ‘spaceforcycling’ ride 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 […] Read more »
20mph needed around all schools, says Jenny Jones 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 […] Read more »
Mayor’s office will make Sutton Incinerator decision, tomorrow 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 […] Read more »
London Green Party Slams “Sadistic” Benefit Cap 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 […] Read more »
New London house building figures not enough to stabilise prices 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. […] Read more »