Greens mean business: Jenny Jones launches policies to provoke ‘renaissance’ in small and micro-businesses 1 March 2012 by sianberry Green Party mayoral candidate Jenny Jones has launched an online 10-point manifesto highlighting how as Mayor she would support London’s small businesses. The site, available at https://london.greenparty.org.uk/business, outlines 10 reasons why those working with small businesses should vote Green in the forthcoming Mayoral and London Assembly elections. Jones said: "The Green Party means business in […] Read more »
Jenny Jones: Educational Maintenance Allowance cuts damaged education and reduced London children’s aspirations 1 March 2012 by sianberry Commenting on Labour candidate Ken Livingstone’s proposals to reinstate the Educational Maintenance Allowance if elected, Green Party candidate Jenny Jones said: "By cutting the Education Maintenance Allowance, the government essentially told thousands of disadvantaged children in London to forget about education and their aspirations. "Restoring the EMA would open the door for many young Londoners […] Read more »
Green Party back emergency motion at conference for tighter regulation of the cosmetic surgery industry 29 February 2012 by sianberry The Green Party spring conference in Liverpool unanimously supported an emergency motion moved by the Green Party Women group backing calls by the British Association of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons for tighter regulation of the cosmetic surgery industry. Jenny Jones, Green Party Mayoral Candidate said: "The PIP breast implant scandal has not only exposed the […] Read more »
Jenny Jones asks for urgent clarification as St Paul’s denies police’s claims of permission for clearing steps during Occupy eviction 29 February 2012 by sianberry A video has been circulated online that seemingly shows police claiming they have St Paul’s permission to clear the cathedral’s steps under section 14 of the Public Order Act during the eviction of Occupy protestors early Tuesday morning. The police’s claims seem to contradict the cathedral’s assertion that no such permission was granted. Jenny Jones, […] Read more »
Green Party backs campaign for stricter liability on the roads 28 February 2012 by sianberry At the national Green Party conference in Liverpool last weekend, the Green Party agreed to back the campaign for stricter liability (also known as proportional liability) to be applied on British roads. The legal change would acknowledge that the duty of care for one’s actions when using the road should be proportional to the degree of danger that you impose […] Read more »
Jenny Jones: Occupy protests did not need to end in conflict 28 February 2012 by sianberry In response to the overnight eviction of the Occupy London protests outside St Paul’s cathedral, Green Party Mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, said: "The fact that the Occupy London protests ended with conflict of any kind in this way was avoidable and unnecessary. "The episode represents a missed opportunity for the authorities to engage with a […] Read more »
The Green Party could finish in top-three in London Mayoral elections, Jenny Jones tells party’s Spring Conference 25 February 2012 by sianberry The Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones has told the party’s Spring Conference that they could finish in the top-three in the forthcoming election. Reports over the last fortnight in both national and regional newspapers, including the Evening Standard, have stated that 2012 may be the year that the Greens overtake the Liberal […] Read more »
London households could be £1,500 better off by voting Green 23 February 2012 by sianberry The Green Party has announced plans that could save London households £1,500 by lowering transport fares and cutting energy bills. A range of additional Green proposals would leave Londoners with even more money in their pockets as a result of lower food prices, rents and increased wages for the lowest paid (1). Over the last […] Read more »
Met interest in ‘military-spec’ armoured vehicles will raise concerns 22 February 2012 by sianberry Commenting on reports of the Met’s interest in acquiring ‘military-spec’ armoured cars, Green Party member of the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee, Jenny Jones, said: "The Met’s interest in equipment designed predominantly for military deployment is bound to raise concerns. "Unfortunately, as last year’s revelations over the Met’s secret purchase of a spy plane […] Read more »
Camden Green Party open new ‘pop-up’ shop in Tufnell Park for London election 22 February 2012 by sianberry The Green Party’s London mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, last weekend officially opened Camden Green Party’s exciting new election pop-up shop. She said: "It’s great to see Camden Green Party taking this ambitious step forward. Camden voters will now be able to pop in to ask any questions they might like about Green Party policies, […] Read more »