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29th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
After years of pushing from Greens on the London Assembly, the Mayor has finally started to look at ways to get London rents under control. Since being elected to the London Assembly, Siân Berry has pushed and questioned Sadiq Khan again and again, asking him to campaign for powers over housing in the capital so […]
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22nd October 2019 by Islington Green Party
London‛s Green MEP Scott Ainslie has launched a new campaign to show solidarity with EU citizens living here, after ’shameful‛ treatment by the Conservative government. He said: “It‛s been three years since the referendum. The Conservative government continues to deny certainty to the one million EU citizens living in London – and to the disgrace […]
15th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
With Westminster in meltdown, London has been the focal point as thousands marched against the Conservative government‛s undemocratic decision to suspend Parliament. Green Party candidate for London Mayor, Siân Berry spoke out about the crisis: “It‛s an outrage that BorisJohnson was willing to shut down Parliament to try and force through a crashout Brexit. It‛s […]
10th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
Current mayor Sadiq Khan is cutting nearly one in ten of inner London bus miles at the same time as failing to fix outer London‛s transport. Green Assembly Member and Islington Councillor Caroline Russell says the Mayor claimed he would open new routes in outer London to make up for the losses to services – […]
8th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
London‛s children became climate leaders, as the school climate strikes saw 100,000 people take to the streets to demand immediate action to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown. Greens stood side-by-side with them. Young Green, and London Assembly candidate Hannah Graham said: “It was a wonderful and inspiring day in Parliament Square, joining the global climate strike. […]
5th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
Councils across London are demolishing estates for new developments, breaking up communities and not delivering much needed homes. Over 4,000 council homes have been demolished by councils and not replaced in the past 15 years, with thousands more losses in the pipeline. Thanks to Greens working with tenants to change the Mayor‛s policies, estate plans […]
1st October 2019 by Islington Green Party
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has admitted that the Metropolitan Police has been secretly sharing private data for facial recognition cameras with the company behind the King‛s Cross development – something the Met had initially denied. The revelation came after questions from Green candidate for London Mayor, Siân Berry, forced the truth to come out. The […]