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13 June 2013 by sianberry
Responding to news that Hammersmith and Fulham Council has been encouraging traffic wardens to increase revenue from motorist fines, the London Green Party has called on the council to ditch it’s short-term vision and develop a far more progerssive and positive transport policy. Findings from a Freedom of Information request sent to the Council by […]
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The London Green Party has welcomed the news announced last Friday (7th June) that almost all residential roads and high streets in London will have 20 mph speed limits by 2020. The party is calling on Mayor Johnson to take the proposals forward as speedily and comprehensively as possible. The announcement was made by Isabel […]
Latest research from Imperial College reveal a fourfold rise in obese children cases with complications occurring at a younger age. The cost to London’s NHS of overweight and obese children is estimated to be £2.3 annually and to the wider London economy a further £2bn. London Assembly Member Jenny Jones’ unanimously agreed Assembly motion, in […]
12 June 2013 by sianberry
Make the Living Wage mandatory, says London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones Ahead of a London Assembly Economy Committee discussion about the minimum and living wage in London, Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has welcomed the Mayor’s aspiration for “the London Living Wage to become the norm” in his 2020 vision, and called […]
11 June 2013 by sianberry
Mayor has so far built 25% of the affordable houses he promised for his second term in office. Figures released by the Greater London Authority show that there were 10,092 affordable homes started in 2012/13, taking the Mayor’s total for this investment round to 14,383. The Mayor pledged to fund 55,000 homes in the four […]
7 June 2013 by sianberry
Green MEPs ensure that the ongoing police brutality in Turkey is raised as an urgent matter for next week’s European Parliament debates. Growing protests and police brutality in Turkey will be debated in the European Parliament next week after Green MEPs asked for the issue to be placed on the parliament’s agenda. Representatives of the […]
6 June 2013 by sianberry
Mayor’s new “Safe Streets for London” plan seeks to undo the damage caused by the £46m pound cut he introduced to the road safety budget last year. The Mayor of London and TfL today launched a new road safety plan “Safe Streets for London”. The plan aims to reduce the number of people killed and […]
Figures published today show that weak tenancy protections for private renters caused 1,180 people to become homeless in London from 1 January to 31 March 2013, up 58% from the equivalent period in 2012. Overall, homelessness acceptances by local authorities in London rose 6%. Private tenants in the UK have among the weakest protections in […]
30 May 2013 by sianberry
According to latest DVLA figures, the total number of electric cars, light and heavy goods vehicles registered in London is 1,632. The Mayor’s aspiration is for a 100,000 electric vehicles in London by 2020. London Assembly Member Jenny Jones said: “These figures show that Mayor is a long way from achieving his ambition to make […]
Darren Johnson has renewed his call for rent controls and more security as official statistics published today show that the median private rent in London rose 11% in the year to March 2013. Rents rose by a £132 on average in London and now stand at £1,250pcm. That is more than double the national median […]