SERA at Labour Party Conference Brighton 2013
Join us in Brighton later this month for Labour Party Conference where SERA will have a series of events. We will be marking our 40th anniversary, joined by the Shadow Frontbench team and some of the people who have helped SERA campaign over the last 40 years.
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Ben Bradshaw MP: Cycling has come a long way since 1997
Keen supporter of cycling and former Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group Ben Bradshaw MP reflects on Monday’s Get Britain Cycling debate in Parliament.
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Maria Eagle’s plan for cycling
While thousands of cyclists, including SERA members, cycled past Parliament on Monday night, Maria Eagle, Shadow Transport Secretary, set out a detailed Labour manifesto for cycling at the landmark debate on cycling in the House of Commons.
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Sign our petition on air quality
Air Quality has been a long-standing issue for SERA campaigners. But in our 40th Anniversary year, when the air we breathe has become the biggest public health risk after smoking, action on the matter has become more pressing than ever.
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Cllr Lesley Hinds: Edinburgh looking to go 20mph
Labour Councillor and Convenor of Edinburgh’s Transport, Infrastructure & Environment Committee Lesley Hinds outlines how Edinburgh is moving towards a 20mph city across its residential roads.
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London Labour says Mayor must adopt London Cycling Campaign HGV plan
Today the Department for Transport and Mayor of London announced plans to improve the safety of HGVs to make the roads safer for cyclists. Following the announcement, the London Assembly Labour Group Transport spokeswoman, Val Shawcross AM, has supported the moves and called on the Mayor to follow through on the demands of the London Cycling Campaign.
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Tracey Hill: Caroline Lucas – mainstreaming or attention seeking?
Tracey Hill of Brighton & Hove SERA considers Caroline Lucas MP’s recent arrest and ask if she really shows a path Labour should follow.
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SERA launches Labour for Cycling campaign
Tomorrow evening MPs will debate the ‘Get Britain Cycling‘ report in the House of Commons. And outside Parliament, cyclists including SERA members and Labour activists will be cycling through Parliament Square, showing support for the MPs and calling for space for cyclists.
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Tom Hayes: Give bees a chance
Oxford-based campaigner Tom Hayes says the Government must learn from Labour councils and Labour Wales in the fight to save the bee.
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Tom Hayes: Why spinning the same old record isn’t music to cyclists’ ears
Following the announcement by the Prime Minister of large sums of money for cycling in England, Tom Hayes looks at whether it represents real new money and just how deep the Government’s commitment to cycling really is.
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Thames Water are having a bubble bath
As Thames Water announces a ‘one-off’ extra levy on millions of customers to pay for infrastructure, Co-Chair Martin Tiedemann considers the future of the water industry.
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What would make London Transport Better?
SERA are supporting the Campaign Launch for Better London Transport on 15 August 2013. Trade union TSSA’s campaign to unite all Londoners to defend public transport in the capital will launch next Thursday.
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