The sweeping changes to Kent Councils: why 2025 KCC elections are so important 22nd April 2025 / 23rd April 2025 by Editorial Team Late last year Labour central government, ministers Ms Rayner, and Mr McMahon (constituencies Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham West) offered all English county councils the option to go for a fast end to county councils; to be replaced with ‘mayoral statutory authorities’. The change that they labelled ‘devolution’, proposes a single elected mayor for Kent & Medway, […] Read more »
Overdevelopment makes East Kent less resilient, we demand better 5th March 2025 / 5th March 2025 by Editorial Team Let’s rejoice that there are so many CAMBYs in Dover district! CAMBYs are people who Care About My Back Yard, who do not deserve to be scapegoated, as nimbys, by ministers of older, lobby-laden governments seeking to please the property development lobby. We need the right sort of housing and planning policies to resolve the […] Read more »
Natalie Bennett, Green Peer, cheers Dover and Deal with her book Change Everything 22nd February 2025 / 26th February 2025 by Editorial Team On Sunday 16th February much warm green cheer was on offer at the Art Club, in Dover and at the Port Arms, in Deal. The two venues hosted two book-signing events by Natalie Bennett, a Green life peer, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, and author of ‘Change Everything’ an easily readable introduction to Green Party policies. […] Read more »
Easing fuel poverty and promoting energy security in East Kent communities 28th January 2025 / 28th January 2025 by Editorial Team Our team are staffing information points to help residents access free professional advice to cut energy and other utility bills this winter. The information drop-ins are: Free professional services by Groundwork South Green Doctors can be contacted on 0800 233 5255 And KentMoneyAdviceHub.com can be contacted on www.kentmoneyadvicehub.com phone 0800 8085622 The people most in need of […] Read more »
DOVER Tower Hamlets Ward Election 27th January 2025 / 28th January 2025 by Editorial Team Christine Norman has decided to withdraw as a Green Party candidate at the forthcoming election of a Town Councillor for Dover Tower Hamlets Ward. As the decision comes after nominations have closed, their name will still appear on the ballot paper. However, Dover & Deal Green Party is not supporting them. Read more »
No Fake Devolution – Green Party alone stand up for Democracy in Kent. 10th January 2025 / 11th January 2025 by Editorial Team On Thursday 9th January 2025, 39 Kent County Council (KCC) councillors out of 58 present voted to kill off Kent County Council and replace it with a mayoral authority; to kill off also 13 Kent Local Planning Authorities – district, borough and Medway councils – and replace them with 3 giant mega unitary councils within 2 […] Read more »
Green Party campaigners behind launch of new clean water campaign group SOSDAW 4th January 2025 / 11th January 2025 by Editorial Team Around 150 local residents crowded into Walmer Parish Hall for the launch of Save Our Seas Deal and Walmer, SOSDAW, on Fri 3rd January, a new community campaign group open to all. Two keen environmental campaigners, Jonathan and Emily Groves, and two volunteer organisers of the local Green Party, Christine Oliver and Sarah Waite-Gleave, worked hard […] Read more »
Speaking up for cleaner seawater in Dover District 7th September 2024 / 29th September 2024 by Editorial Team On 25th July 2024 Green Party councillor Sarah Waite-Gleave was on the BBC local news speaking out about how worried local swimmers are that the seawater at Deal Castle Beach has been down-graded from ‘excellent’ in 2019, to ‘good’ in 2021 and to ‘sufficient’ in 2023. The week earlier this story was on the front page […] Read more »
Raising funds for a great Dover cause 1st September 2024 / 29th September 2024 by Editorial Team Earlier this summer we had a great turn out to our local Green Party fundraising quiz for Dover Pantry. A great location in St Radigund’s ward at the Old Endeavour pub, 124 London Rd, Dover and a great team of organisers, Steph O’Connor, Christine Oliver, Zachary Cooke and Simon Phillips, meant that we raised close to […] Read more »
Standing up to developers in Elms Vale and Maxton 31st August 2024 / 29th September 2024 by Editorial Team Oh Dear ! The developers constructing on the steep area by the allotments on Folkestone Road have decided to go way beyond the planning application conditions. This is a development by Enzo’s Homes. Why would these developer get the idea that planning conditions don’t matter ? Is it due to the announcements about pleasing developers […] Read more »