Chuka Umunna MP

Brixton has been announced as one of ten low-carbon areas across London. It will pioneer a number of groundbreaking green projects and become a showcase for how London can become a low-carbon city.

The resulting projects include low-carbon heating for King’s College Hospital and improvements to Brixton’s community buildings to make them more energy efficient.

Brixton will aim to reduce its carbon emissions by over 20% by 2012, with residents, community organisations, businesses and Lambeth working together. The area will receive £200,000 of funding from the London Development Agency.

Brixton was selected by an expert panel following an application by Lambeth’s Labour council.

Check out these videos of Chuka and friends at Notting Hill Carnival last weekend, London’s premier open-air event. Many local residents attend annually, including Levi Roots who has been selling his sauce there for almost twenty years, this year also performing his music live on stage.

Chuka appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight yesterday, discussing the need for international co-operation to regulate financial markets.

To watch Chuka’s appearance on iPlayer, follow this link.

The discussion starts at 21 minutes into the programme.