Barnet Greens are calling for a 20 mph default speed limit on residential and shopping streets across the borough, using as a “case study” the problems in East Finchley’s Church Lane. As well as cutting the number of accidents, a 20 mph limit would be “good for children, cyclists and the planet,” said Andrew Newby, [...]

Barnet Green Party is urging local people to write in the next seven days to Communities Secretary John Denham to demand a public inquiry into the the 4.5 billion pounds Brent Cross Cricklewood redevelopment. Objectors have only until March 12th to make their views known to Denham, who will then decide whether to over-rule Barnet [...]

A new bus route serving part of Barnet borough has been announced, to the pleasure of local Green Party members. Route 324 will link Brent Cross Tesco to Stanmore via Hendon, Colindale and Kingsbury every 20 minutes during the day time. The new service will use a stop within the Tesco grounds, providing new links [...]

The Green Party Conference is coming to Finchley. The Arts Depot in North Finchley will host the 2010 Spring conference from this Thursday, February 18th, to Sunday 21st. It’s a fabulous opportunity for local people to find out more about the policies and values of the party in what will be council and general election [...]

Barnet Green Party is calling on Barnet Council to sell its pension fund’s shares in BAe Systems after the weapons maker last Friday finally admitted misconduct in several export deals. BAe agreed to pay penalties totalling nearly 300 million pounds for the crimes, which related to the huge 43 billion pounds al-Yamamah sale of fighter [...]

Barnet Planning Committee’s approval of the Brent Cross Cricklewood development is bad for the borough of Barnet, awful for surrounding areas and sets a terrible example for the whole of Britain, say Barnet Greens. Even supposing the developers fulfill their pledges of high standards for all aspects of their monstrous proposals, there are two overwhelming [...]