A new on-line petition to double the number of public toilets in Dover town was launched 25th June 2020 by Keith Sansum and Sarah Gleave of Dover and Deal Green Party. The petition calls on the Mayor and Town Clerk of Dover Town Council to work with Dover District Council to put in more toilets. In […]
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Letter to press published in Dover Express 29-0ct-2020
So finally the penny drops. London Conservative Government cares so little for Dover District that it won’t tell District / County Conservative councillors about the land it plans to commandeer for a border post and lorry park for 1200 HGVs near Whitfield, and a junior minister can only spare 30 mins to stonewall and evade […]
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D+D Green Party says: Stop lies about migrants and migration
Residents of Dover District and Kent will be affected far more by Covid, Covid lockdown, by loss of income, poverty and by tax evasion, by power-grabbing plans to carve-up local govt, by new border regulations + lorry queues, by Conservative hi-jack of NHS and public health, by climate and wildlife crisis, by knock-on effects of corruption […]
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Universal Credit and Other Benefits
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 […]
Better Amenities – Especially For Young People
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 […]
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A Plastics Free Council
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 […]
Policies to Support Local Business
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 […]
Fab family afternoon gets us all thinking green
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, […]
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Labour group leader joins the Green Party
On Friday 2 November, the executive officers of our local party were delighted to welcome Cllr Mike Eddy on board as a fellow Green Party member. We know him to be very principled, knowledgeable and hardworking. Previously he was leader of the Labour opposition on Dover District Council for 10 years. He continues to be […]
Should more funding be made available for research and treatment of mental health issues?
MUCH more funding should be available for the treatment of mental health, not research. We know what the problems are, and what helps IF it is available, how many health service cuts there’ve been and how harsh austerity policies push more people to the edge. Caseloads are so high and staffing levels so low that […]
