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Category Archives: Sian Berry
‘No choice’: Khan accepts £3.6bn deal for London’s transport
Tories used threat of cuts to London’s bus routes to force London Mayor to accept pension ‘reforms’ and to move towards potentially dangerous driverless Tube trains The Conservative government has finally agreed a longer-term funding settlement for London’s buses, Tubes, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Department for Transport, DfT, Grant Shapps, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Tram passengers face 6.5% fare rise as TfL feels the squeeze
London’s Tube, bus and tram fares are to be increased by an average of almost 5per cent, the biggest annual jump in Transport for London fares since 2012, when Boris Johnson was London Mayor. The daily tram and bus cap … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Department for Transport, DfT, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Greens and LibDems team up with the Tories at City Hall
Less than a week since Assembly Members were elected to City Hall, a Labour party strop has left the London Assembly hobbled in its work of holding the capital’s devolved government to account, as the Greens and LibDems have forged … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Len Duvall, Leonie Cooper, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Susan Hall, Tory
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Khan wins second term as Tories claim Pyrrhic success
Sadiq Khan will serve a second term as Mayor of London, after beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey “quite comfortably”, according to the capital’s leading political pundit. The London Mayoral election result was declared late on Saturday night, with Khan requiring … Continue reading
Silvertown build costs Khan backing from Friends of the Earth
The hugely polluting Silvertown Tunnel scheme, backed by both Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Tories’ Shaun Bailey, could see both candidates in Thursday’s Mayor election lose the support of Londoners who are rightly concerned about the climate crisis and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Tory
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Greens’ Berry slams council: ‘This shouldn’t have happened’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Tenants of flooded and mouldy council flats fell through the gaps of a broken system, according to the Green Party’s candidate for London Mayor, Sian Berry. EXCLUSIVE by CLARA MURRAY Sian Berry has slammed the conditions in … Continue reading
Gammons and other chancers among 20 Mayor candidates
“Jeez.” That was the one-word reaction of Tim Donovan, the long-standing political editor of BBC London, when he saw the full horror of the 20 runners and riders in the race to be Mayor of London. Poor old Tim, who … Continue reading
Posted in London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Labour, Laurence Fox, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Peter Gammons, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey
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Greens’ Berry wants to end TfL’s unfair fares for outer London
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, wants to change the unfair fare zones in the capital which have seen bus, tram and Tube fares rise for Croydon commuters from Zones 5 and 6 by nearly £400 … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Commuting, Croydon Greens, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Transport
Tagged Green Party, London, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Transport for London
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Berry’s mayoral campaign goes for solar-powered bus stops
The Green Party has today unveiled plans for a vastly improved new bus stops for London’s streets. Sian Berry, the Greens’ candidate for Mayor in the London elections on May 6, has pledged that she will commission a full redesign … Continue reading
Time to reverse the damaging cuts to London’s youth services
CROYDON COMMENTARY: After a decade of austerity, it is long overdue for the government to fund properly the capital’s youth services, says Green Party Mayoral candidate SIAN BERRY London’s youth services are in crisis. Councils have been under pressure to … Continue reading
Posted in London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sian Berry
Tagged Green Party, Sian Berry, Youth Services
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LibDems finally reveal candidates to run for London Mayor
The human dynamos who run the Liberal Democrat party today finally got round to naming their candidates for selection to be the fourth-placed finisher in next May’s London Mayoral election – a mere six weeks after their original choice announced … Continue reading
Leaderless LibDems now lose their London Mayor candidate
The Liberal Democrats, without a party leader for more than six months, have now lost their London Mayoral candidate, too, after Siobhan Benita withdrew from the contest this morning. What is often regarded as a “two-horse race” between Labour and … Continue reading
It’s time to vote for someone who ‘gets’ the climate emergency
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Worried about flooding locally, and climate change globally? PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, a Green Party candidate, says that these issues should be a central in the London Assembly elections Families and businesses are yet again being left to … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Russell, Croydon Greens, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Climate emergency, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Extinction Rebellion, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Tony Newman
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Cummings wins Labour’s Assembly selection race by 25 votes
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on a close-run thing Patsy Cummings, the councillor for South Norwood, will be Labour’s candidate in Croydon and Sutton for the London Assembly elections in May after winning a ballot of party members in the two … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Rory Stewart, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Tory
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Croydon missing ‘affordable’ housing target by 1,400 homes
Since 2016, less than half of the number of affordable homes have been delivered by developers in Croydon than are required under the Mayor of London’s 40 per cent planning policy targets. That’s according to research carried out by Green … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Westfield
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Mayor hands residents power of veto over estate developments
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on a U-turn by the Mayor of London that comes complete with a bundle of questions Residents’ groups across the borough, and their lawyers, will be poring over the details of a policy change by … Continue reading
Labour-run Croydon sold-off 140 council homes in one year
Croydon’s Labour-run council saw the borough’s stock of council homes reduced by 140 in a single year, according to official figures, while neighbouring boroughs suffered no net change to their borough’s number of council houses. Thatcherite Right-to-Buy policies, with enhanced … Continue reading
London lost 3,620 council homes in one year, figures show
There are fewer council homes in London than there were in 2016. That’s according to figures provided at City Hall, based on the Government’s annual update for housing stock for the capital. There’s no breakdown (yet) for housing numbers by … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry
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Two-thirds of Londoners back ballots on redevelopment
A survey published today has found that nearly two-thirds of Londoners expect to be balloted on whether their homes are subjected to redevelopment. The survey, conducted by YouGov, was commissioned by London Assembly Member Sian Berry. It found that 64 … Continue reading
More questions than answers as Mayor ducks burning issue
JONNY BROGDALE reports on an unsatisfactory exercise organised by City Hall that was more about justification than any real accountability The People’s Question Time session with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, staged in Carshalton on Thursday night, offered a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Jessica Crowe, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Policing, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, TfL, Tim Crowley, Tramlink, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor
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Greens’ Berry seeks views on ‘crisis’ in private rental sector
Sian Berry, the Green Party London Assembly Member, has launched a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters. The short survey asks about problems with costs, contracts and letting agents, maintenance and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Sian Berry
Tagged Green Party, Housing, London, Mayor, private rental sector, Sian Berry
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500,000 young Londoners may have lost their right to vote
More than one-third of young Londoners have “fallen off” the electoral register in the past 12 months and so won’t be able to vote in tomorrow’s London elections, according to research published today. In some of the most deprived areas … Continue reading
O’Connell squeezed as Greens and LibDems go tactical
With two days to go until the London elections, and “Silent Steve” O’Connell, the London Assembly Member for Sutton and Croydon, has found himself in a double squeeze which could see him kicked off the City Hall gravy train where … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Steve O'Connell, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Mayor, Sian Berry, Steve O'Connell, Sutton, Tory
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Ahmad challenges ‘Silent Steve’ to condemn racist campaign
“Dog whistle politics” and allegations of racist campaigning by the Tories have seen this week’s London elections described as among the dirtiest ever fought. And it’s not just WALTER CRONXITE reporting that, but the Green Party, a Conservative peer and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, George Ayres, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Steve O'Connell, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged BackZacAndCrack, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Labour, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Zac Goldsmith MP
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Khan braced for Tory attacks as poll gives him 20% lead
In what is probably the final, meaningful opinion poll (oxymoron klaxon) before voting in the London elections next Thursday, Labour’s Sadiq Khan – “the council estate boy from south London” – appears on track to become the capital’s third mayor, … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tory, UKIP, Zac Goldsmith
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