Recent News from Maidstone Green Party
Lib Dem backing of corporal punishment for children is immoral
18 March 2010
Local Greens have condemned Lib Dem Peter Carroll's backing for corporal punishment for children.
Greens welcome 20mph questions in Council meeting
08 March 2010
Maidstone Greens have welcomed the questions raised at Wednesday's council meeting on the introduction of 20mph speed limits by Councillor Sams.
Maidstone
18 February 2010
After a huge jump in unemployment of over 8% (202 people) in Maidstone in just one month, Maidstone Greens have again called on local and national government to invest in jobs rather than making job cuts. They have condemned the 260 planned job cuts at Kent County Council and have called for urgent investment in public transport jobs and jobs to improve the housing stock, such as plumbing and insulating. The jobless total has risen by 126% in Maidstone since September 2008 with almost 1500 more people now claiming benefits.
Robin Hood Tax
16 February 2010
Stuart Jeffery, Green Party candidate for Maidstone and the Weald in the coming general election, will this week propose to the Green Party’s spring conference that the Greens should support the Robin Hood tax campaign fronted by actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean) and supported by a large number of charities.
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