News
23rd March 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
The recent introduction of Universal Credit in the DDC area saw a rise in the use of food banks – as in other parts of the country. DDGP will continue to work closely with Kent Unite Community and Disability rights groups to campaign for support for the many local people affected. DDC should do what […]
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Here a little spending can go a long way. DDC should spend more on youth clubs etc. Young people need buses to visit friends attend after school clubs in our area and this should be subsidised. This is especially true for the new state of the art leisure facility at Whitefield, supposedly for the entire […]
Transport
The 2017 Bus Services Act would allow KCC to franchise routes (with the agreement of the Transport Minister). We will lobby for this. KCC needs an integrated transport policy and research on bus need to back up their route franchises. KCC also needs to abolish the Dover Quality Bus Partnership (DBQP) and replace it with […]
Air Quality
Our Green Councillor – Mike Eddy is working with local schools to stop engine idling – damaging children’s health – within 100 meters of any school. We need to raise public awareness as ‘unnecessary engine idling’ is already unlawful. We will also get DDC to adopt the ‘Kent and Medway Air Quality Partnership’ so that […]
Live Animal Exports
23rd March 2019 / 4th February 2022 by Editorial Team
New Zealand has banned the export of live animals for slaughter since 2003 without any problems. We can do the same. We support KAALE and other groups campaigning to stop this terrible trade passing through our port of Dover. The Conservatives have taken the view that nothing can be done because it is against EU […]
There is a general awareness across the country that plastics are damaging our environment – especially our oceans. Groups like ‘Deal With It’ are showing a brilliant example with cleaning our local beaches. How can DDC help? Deal and Dover Green Party will do what we can. As a start we will make DDC a […]
DDC needs a clear policy on electric charging facilities. There needs to be more public charging points. In residential streets no-one should be more than a few hundred yards from a charger. A franchised bus service could ensure that when old buses are withdrawn they are replaced with electric buses. This article covered one of the […]
Action Plan Environment
Theme 1 of our Action Plan 2019 Dover District Council needs to take steps to ensure our district is carbon neutral by 2030. On current trends, world temperatures will overshoot the global target of restricting temperate rises to 2 degrees centigrade, which will already have extremely serious effects. Not enough is being done. Kent County […]
Development
Dover District Council (DDC) should use all its planning powers to ensure: more trees are planted there are electric car points for all new houses buildings are as far as possible insulated to the highest standards buildings are carbon neutral. DDC should resist any pressure from developers to build fast to lower standards. We will take […]
Action Plan
Theme 2 of our Action Plan 2019 We at Deal and Dover Green Party (DDGP) want Dover District Council (DDC) to work more openly. Local people need to be empowered so they can know what is really going on and become empowered to make a real change. All council meetings should be videoed and published […]
Theme 3 of our 2019 Action Plan In the UK, for local government, each elected member represents 2,605 people compared to 250 in Germany. Our system of government is too complex and distant. We think DDC should work with local community groups and concerns – ‘open government’. Deal and Dover Green Party would work for an […]
Theme 4 of our 2019 Action Plan Value for money is a Green issue – too many resources are wasted by our current distant and opaque local government. It is value for money to use planning powers to make sure new housing is Carbon neutral. Spend a bit more today to save a lot tomorrow. The […]
The Green Party thinks Dover District Council (DDC) should support our great local medium and small businesses, start-ups and co-operatives like Thanet Community Transport. The Conservatives may talk a lot about the free market but really use it as a cover to defend excessive profit extraction by a few large corporations. They always seem to […]
Environment
On fracking our view is very simple – not in Eastry, Timanstone, Guston, Shepherdswell or anywhere else. Fracking is unnecessary. We should stop creating greenhouse gasses and move to renewables. Fracking is dangerous. We live on chalk lands and the noxious chemicals will probably get into our water table. It causes earthquakes which result in large […]
19th March 2019 by Editorial Team
A great time was had by all at the Green Thinking Fair on Mill Hill on Saturday 23 February. Held at St Richard’s Church Hall, the Green Thinking fair was a really upbeat and inspiring event. Mike Eddy said, “Thanks to all who joined us in Mill Hill especially the fantastic local stallholders (Anne’s reflexology, […]
Mental Health
15th March 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
Talking point: What can be done to reduce the waiting time for access to mental health services in the region of Kent? By Mike Eddy, Green Party Councillor for Mill Hill, Deal Mind the mental health charity said in 2018 that NHS England should introduce a maximum four-week waiting time for Psychological Therapies (IAPT) care. […]
14th March 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
Deal Town Council’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee Chair, Councillor Mike Eddy, hosted a talk by local activist Christine Oliver at the Town Hall on Tuesday 12 March on the issue of air pollution. Deal Town Council recently passed a motion to address the issue of engine idling around schools at pick up and drop off times, which contributes to […]
6th March 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
On 6 March, John Lonsdale and Sarah Gleave of Dover district’s Green Party put in a formal question to the Dover District Council (DDC) Conservative Cabinet, appealing for them to act now on the Climate Emergency in the interests of young Dovorians. As Sir David Attenborough and the IPCC say, we have only 12 years […]