DDC Archives - Dover & Deal

Local Green Party pushes new DDC team for action on Climate and Nature

Posted on 22nd October 2023 by Editorial Team

It is good news that the new DDC team heeded the request we Greens made on 19 July 2023 to support the Climate & Ecology Bill. On Wed 18 Oct 2023 eighteen DDC councillors voted to support the Bill, on behalf of our district, so the agenda item passed. The Bill was presented in Parliament, […]

New Dover District Council Leader Makes Commitments to Climate, Ecology and Fuel Poverty Campaigners

Posted on 25th July 2023 by Editorial Team

Green Party members push new DDC administration for action, accountability and collaboration on climate justice. At 5pm Wednesday 19th July, a couple of dozen campaigners gathered outside Dover District Council (DDC) Chamber before the full council meeting. With banners and a ‘die-in’ the campaigners (from East Kent Climate Action, from Transition Town Dover, Sandwich Environmental […]

What a Green group at Dover District Council would work to achieve

Posted on 19th April 2023 (19th April 2023) by Editorial Team

Green candidates are campaigning in 4 Dover District Council (DDC) wards, where we were top runner up in 2019. We are also campaigning in 5 other DDC wards, and for 11 town council seats too. You CAN #VoteGreen #GetGreensElected. If YOU elect Green candidates to Dover District Council on May 4th, Dover & Deal Green Party […]

Environmental Campaigners beg Dover District Council for protections

Posted on 23rd October 2022 (23rd October 2022) by Editorial Team

At 5pm on 19 Oct 2022, environmental campaigners representing Sandwich Environmental Conservation Group, East Kent Climate Action, Transition town Dover and East Kent Against Fracking gathered in front of DDC council chambers at Whitfield. Like many across England, they asked their local council to stand up with them against the betrayals by the central chaotic […]

The Mystery of the Disappearing Project Advisory Groups.

Posted on 11th November 2021 (20th March 2022) by Editorial Team

Two Project Advisory Groups have disappeared from DDC website this week, with the Conservative cabinet becoming more secretive on issues […]

Concern that reshuffled DDC Conservative Cabinet are side-lining climate commitments

Posted on 29th July 2021 (20th March 2022) by Editorial Team

There’s been quite a re-shuffle at Dover District Council, presented to full council on Wed 21 July 2021. Some of the Conservative Cabinet changes seem to downplay the work to adapt to, and mitigate, the fast-approaching Climate Crisis. The cross party DDC Climate Change Working Group was ended 2 June 2021 after 18 months of […]