North Finchley is due to acquire a new Cultural Quarter, courtesy of the Mayor’s regeneration funding. Barnet Green Party chair Andrew Newby had a letter published in the Barnet Times (26-1-12, p20), What About the Pollution? Here it is. Below that are Poppy’s reflections on the proposed plans. What about the pollution? The Mayor of [...]

Join Barnet Green Party’s day of action on Saturday when we will be campaigning in Coppetts Ward to highlight the threat posed by the North London Waste Authority’s plans for a mammoth rubbish squashing plant at Pinkham Way in Friern Barnet. In you can help, come to our stall outside the Co-op in Woodhouse Road, [...]

Barnet Green Party were out on Tuesday to hand morning commuters ‘Bank of Boris £250,000 notes’, highlighting the Mayor’s unwavering support for the City of London at the expense of ordinary Londoners. London’s Green Party is calling on banks to be more supportive of small businesses by seeking to require the Greater London Authority group—including [...]

NB: Child poverty 21% in Barnet, 37% in Camden. Reacting to figures released this week that show child poverty stands at 21% in Barnet and 37% in Camden, AM Poppy, Green Party London Assembly candidate for the area, said: “I was shocked to hear such high numbers of children are living in poverty, often in [...]

Photo call – do join us! What: London Assembly candidate launch Who: Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones, London Assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden A M Poppy When: 11am, 5 December 2011 Where: Hendon Town Hall,NW4 4BG The Green Party’s AM Poppy will on Monday launch her campaign to become London Assembly member for Barnet and [...]

We are keeping an eye on the council’s improvements to the Dollis Valley environment. Poppy sent this letter, and the reply is pasted below it. Dear Dollis Valley Greenwalk team I am writing as a resident who walks and runs along Whetstone Stray and beyond (behind the school playing fields) most days of the year. [...]

A month or so ago we launched our 20mph speed limit on residential streets campaign.                                                        

Poppy had this letter published in the Barnet Times this week (p20): Barnet shares with Wandsworth the dubious distinction of having the greatest number of council employees earning over £150,000 pa (nine of them) according to figures analysed this week by the Green Party. The chief executive’s pay is 12 times more than the London [...]

We are not resting in our pursuit of Barnet’s dodgy investment policies. This week we’ll be writing to them for an update on their investments in tobacco – last year it was announced they had £8million carcinogenic investments. For a long time now we have been pressing the council on its lethal investments in weapons [...]

If can help in the campaign contact Alexis at alexis.rowell@greenparty.org.uk The Green Party has chosen former Liberal Democrat councillor and Camden Eco Champion, Alexis Rowell, as their candidate for the Highgate by-election on Thursday 15th September. The Green Party’s Maya de Souza topped the poll in Highgate ward in last year’s council elections and the [...]