Welcome to West Kent Green Party
Our branch covers the towns and local authority districts of Tunbridge Wells, Tonbride & Malling and Sevenoaks.
In the recent elections, the Green Party has continued to make steady progress nationally and locally. In London, we are now the third party, having beaten the Lib Dems into fourth place.
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First they tried to flog off our forests, then they introduced a developers dream of a planning system and now they've sabotaged the solar energy industry.
Once again, what promised to be the "greenest government ever" has shown its true colours by undermined efforts to de-carbonise our economy and build a sustainable industrial infrastructure. What's more, it has shown an astonishing degree of irresponsibility by putting thousands of jobs at risk and doing all it can to kill off a fledgling industry. READ MORE>>
The self-proclaimed "greenest government ever" proposes to re-write the planning framework that has protected out green spaces for a generation.
West Kent Greens are bitterly opposed to the way the government is planning to capitulate to greedy developers when alternatives are clearly available. READ MORE>
Irresponsible and short sighted cuts will hit some of the most vulnerable young people in the county the hardest.
KCC's planned cuts of 60% to Youth Service funding will take £1.7m out of the budget leaving just £1.2 for the whole county. In addition, 65 jobs will be lost and youth centres will be closed and sold off. READ MORE>>
Keith Taylor, the Green Party MEP for the South East of England has launched a campaign to fight air pollution.
Each year in the UK, air pollution causes 29,000 deaths and contributes to over 200,000 premature deaths, yet public awareness of this killer is very low. READ MORE>>
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