News in Richmond

The Green candidate for Mayor of London joined campaigners in South West London to see first hand the damage being caused by poor management of the River Thames.

The Drinkable Rivers campaigners Li An Phoa and Maarten van der Schaaf passed through Kingston and Richmond on their walk from the source of the River Thames.

Andree Frieze, the Green Party candidate for South West London in the London Assembly elections, gives her thoughts on reversing the decline of our town centres and high streets and her vision for making them a vibrant and varied place to visit; for shopping, working, entertainment and leisure and for just getting together.

Andree says, "Our high streets face huge challenges especially from on-line shopping. The pandemic has increased the problem with people still cautious about returning to them.

A new strategy for the Green Belt which surrounds London has been pledged by the Green Party's Mayor of London candidate Sian Berry.

It is aimed at making sure local people value and support this vital part of the city and protect it from development.

The elections for the London Assembly and the Mayor of London, which were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus crisis, will take place on Thursday May 6.

The Green Party's candidate for the South West London constituency, which covers the boroughs of Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow, is Richmond Councillor Andree Frieze.

Kew Bridge is no longer safe shared space for cyclists and pedestrians after recent works to lanes and the pavement, the Green Party has said.

The decision to remove the northbound shared cycle lane on Kew Bridge and the lack of connection between Cycleway 9 in Brentford as well as new segregated cycle lanes on Kew Road has been raised with London's Walking and Cycling Commissioner.

Only 30 per cent of London's local authority-collected waste is recycled or composted, according to official figures.

This is the worst rate in all of England and in the borough of Hounslow the rate is only 31%, in Kingston 49% and in Richmond 42%.