I’ll never stop pushing defeatist Mayor on rent controls

Nov 22, 2018Dec 28, 2018 Sian Berry 7609 Views

Today I vowed to never stop pushing the Mayor to fight for rent control powers, when I went head-to-head with

Housing

Co-ops from house shares – a new right to create community housing

Nov 10, 2018Nov 10, 2018 Sian Berry 6255 Views

Anyone who has shared a rented house will have sat down at some point and worked out how much they

Visiting West Kensington andGibbs Green residents

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Residents need more power over their homes

Nov 6, 2018Jan 3, 2019 Sian Berry 3394 Views

Today, the London Assembly Housing Committee, which I chair, released our major new report on how to hear resident voices

Sian Berry speaking at estate demolition demonstration at City Hall

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Demonstrators call for ballots for all estates at City Hall protest

Nov 5, 2018Jan 13, 2019 Sian Berry 2265 Views

I was the only London politician to speak at this demonstration on 3 November 2018, supporting residents on estates who

Your London

Sexual health spending cuts bite across London

Oct 31, 2018Nov 10, 2018 Sian Berry 2303 Views

Sexual health funding has plummeted across London over the past five years, with one borough cutting spending by almost half,

Sian Berry questions the Mayor about Vote Leave met investigation

Your London

Met backtracks and says it is looking at Vote Leave

Oct 20, 2018Dec 9, 2018 Sian Berry 14866 Views

The Mayor has said that the Met Police are looking through 2,000 documents received as evidence against the two leave

Housing

Old Tidemill plans should go back to the drawing board

Sep 23, 2018Sep 24, 2018 Sian Berry 5921 Views

This week, I visited the Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden and Reginald House in Deptford, to show support for campaigners who

Housing

No-show homes: 33,000 London affordable homes lost in two years

Sep 14, 2018Oct 15, 2018 Sian Berry 3483 Views

Missed planning targets have led to a shortfall of more than 33,000 affordable homes across London in two years, according

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We must have a People’s Vote on Brexit

Sep 8, 2018Dec 28, 2018 Jessica Badger 7260 Views

Brexit was always going to be bad for London. But now that it looks likely that the UK is going

Pipeline of net loss/gain in the London Development Database Apr 2018

Housing

Loss of council homes in ‘regeneration’ speeds up under Mayor Khan

Sep 3, 2018Jul 25, 2019 Sian Berry 11307 Views

Thousands of social rented homes have been lost in the ‘regeneration’ of London’s council estates over the past 15 years,

Your London

Cats matter – winning progress on scans for cats killed on the road

Aug 25, 2018 Sian Berry 4303 Views

A new bill in Parliament adds to the movement for cats to be treated the same as dogs when they

Safety

Young Londoners hit by summer youth service postcode lottery

Aug 23, 2018Aug 25, 2018 Sian Berry 3872 Views

My new data shows that funding for youth summer programmes has been cut by 17 per cent since 2013 and

Stop and Search - photo by Eye DJ on flickr CC-BY-SA

Safety

Policing by consent? Sharp rise in London borough-wide stop and search orders

Aug 22, 2018Oct 15, 2018 Sian Berry 4834 Views

Police are issuing record numbers of Section 60 orders that put residents in whole boroughs under blanket stop and search

Sian Berry at Police and Crime Committee

Safety

Let’s reduce reoffending – more young people in custody should get a second chance

Aug 20, 2018 Sian Berry 2945 Views

Expanding the successful Divert scheme will mean that more young people in custody get a second chance in life and

Sian Berry speaks to police during trials of facial recognition technology

Safety

Watching the watchers – keeping up pressure on police over facial recognition trials

Jul 27, 2018Jan 3, 2019 Sian Berry 2822 Views

Yesterday I went to watch the watchers, as the police continued using facial recognition technology on unsuspecting Londoners at Westfield.