City Hall Greens – the work of the Green Assembly Members in London

Sian Berry, Caroline Russell and ZackPolanski at Tower BridgeThere are three Green Assembly Members in City Hall – Sian Berry, Zack Polanski and Caroline Russell.

Sian and Caroline were elected in May 2016, taking over from Darren Johnson and Jenny Jones who had both represented Londoners on the Assembly since the very first elections in 2000. In 2021, a record Green vote also elected Zack Polanski as our newest Green AM to join the team.

Here you can read the latest news from Sian, Zack and Caroline about their work on behalf of Londoners.

 

Publications from the Green AMs:

(The Assembly Members publish reports independently and through the Assembly as chairs of committees – the list below indicates which are committee reports)

Transport:

Workplace Parking Levy must not be used to build more roads – Oct 2019

Rethink needed on Silvertown Tunnel – Oct 2019

Response to the Mayor’s proposals to alter the Congestion Charge scheme – Sep 2018

Hostile Streets – walking and cycling at outer London junctions – Dec 2017

Transport Strategy response coverResponse to the Mayor’s draft Transport Strategy – Oct 2017

Prioritising people – how to deliver healthy streets – November 2016

Housing and planning:

A right to co-op for London’s private renters – Nov 2018

No-show homes: finding London’s missing affordable housing – Sep 2018

Reponse to improve resident ballot proposals – March 2018

Response to the draft London Plan – March 2018

Response to the Mayor’s draft Housing Strategy – Dec 2017

Unfair letting agent fees must be scrapped – July 2017

Councils must release fire risk assessments – letter to ICO – July 2017

Call for ballots for residents in estate guidance – March 2017

Letting them get away with it – March 2017Letting them get away with it report cover

Engaging all Londoners in developing the next London Plan – Dec 2016

Towards a new London Plan – Dec 2016

What are London’s renters thinking? Survey results – Oct 2016

 

Environment and Health:

The Mayor must gold plate our Green Belt – Feb 2020

Research report: Climate change risks for London – May 2019

Cover of Climate Change Risks for London report

Sexual health funding cuts reach 16% – Oct 2018

Final response to the Mayor’s expanded ULEZ plans – March 2018

Draft response to the Mayor’s ULEZ plans – Jan 2018

Response to the Mayor’s draft Environment Strategy – Nov 2017

Response to the Mayor’s draft Health Inequalities Strategy – Nov 2017

A wider, more effective clean air zone for London – June 2017

Response to the Government’s National Policy Statement on Airport – June 2017

Letter to the Mayor on proposals for ‘Energy for Londoners’ – March 2017

 

Policing and safety:

London’s lost youth services 2019 – March 2019

Commuting cops 2018: half of London’s police still live outside the city – Oct 2018

London’s lost youth services 2018 – March 2018

Response to police station closure plans – Oct 2017

Youth services in London – what next? – June 2017

Response to police station closure plans – March 2017

Response to the Mayor’s draft Culture Strategy – June 2018

The Mayor’s Budget

(Each year the Green AMs put forward amendments to the Mayor’s budget for the Assembly to vote on. These make constructive proposals for investment and savings – read more about each year’s amendments at the links below)

2021 Green Group Budget Amendment

Proposing more funding for safer streets and updated carbon reduction tools, and

Supporting renters groups, young homeless people and investing in 2,000 key worker homes.

2020 Green Group Budget Amendment

Proposing tube toilets, warmer homes, and support for youth services and renters’ groups

2019 Green Group Budget Amendment

Including climate emergency funding and more for young Londoners

2018 Green Group Budget Amendment

Invest in young londoners, small businesses and community housing

Including plans to reinstate funding for walking and cycling

2017 Green Group Budget Amendment

Youth services and community-led housing boosts proposed

Invest in healthy streets and cancel Silvertown Tunnel

Increase the Congestion Charge to fund fare cuts for early morning workers