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7 October 2020 / 6 October 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have criticised lacklustre proposals to tackle air pollution on Upper Stone Street. The proposals were discussed by Maidstone Borough Council on Wednesday evening and involve removing a tree, planting a hedge and preventing vehicles unloading on the street. Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone Green Party: “We welcome the long awaited focus on Upper Stone Street’s […]
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5 October 2020 / 5 October 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have slammed their local council on the lack of action against the continued nuisance pavement parking. Donna Greenan of Maidstone Greens asked the Full Council meeting last week about what they are currently doing to tackle the deep seated problem of pavement parking and was told nothing. The Greens have asked for concerted […]
11 September 2020 / 13 September 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have sent a petition with over a thousand signatures to KCC’s environment chief, Cllr Carey, calling for an end to glyphosate use by the council. The petition comes just a day after the latest WWF report showed that two thirds of the animal population has been lost over the past 50 years. Despite […]
8 September 2020 / 14 September 2020 by
Maidstone Greens have reacted angrily to a short-sighted attempt by Maidstone Borough Council to introduce temporary cycling lanes in King Street. The plan for two cycle routes was instigated by Maidstone Borough Council but to be implemented by Kent County Council Steve Cheeseman of Maidstone Green Party: “Although we obviously welcome new cycle routes, this […]
19 August 2020 / 8 September 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have reacted angrily at the destruction of hundreds of healthy trees in the woodland wetland area alongside the River Medway. The wetland area between the town centre and Allington lock was home to water rails, woodpeckers, owls and kingfishers. Reports of a few ash trees with chalara or ash die back disease had […]
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17 August 2020 / 17 August 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have brandished the council’s £1 million revamp of the bus station as “an expensive lick of paint “ and “a wasted opportunity”. Maidstone Borough Council are consulting on plans to give the station a “new look” but the Greens have said that the money would be better spent elsewhere. Steve Cheeseman, Maidstone Green […]
1 August 2020 / 8 September 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Local Greens have warmly welcomed proposals for a 20mph zone to be created in the Buckland Road / St Peters Street / Buckland Hill area but we want the rest of the town to be 20mph on all residential streets. Donna Greenan, Bridge Ward campaigner: “This scheme is very welcome and I hope that KCC […]
29 July 2020 / 29 July 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have reacted angrily to the silent release by Maidstone Borough Council of its Air Quality Annual Status Report and have criticised its self-congratulatory claims. The report shows that the significant problems in Upper and Lower Stone Street remain with almost double the legal limit for pollution being recorded. Donna Greenan of Maidstone Green […]
16 July 2020 / 8 September 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
At July’s Maidstone Borough Council meeting local Green campaigner, Stuart Jeffery, asked whether the Council had adopted powers to enforce the switching off of engines while cars are stationary as other councils such as Newcastle, Haringey and Nottingham have done. The Council responded that the legislation was ‘impractical’. Maidstone Greens have called on them to end their complacency and to […]
19 June 2020 / 19 June 2020 by
Following news that 200 ash trees are to be felled on the river side, Maidstone Greens have branded KCC’s plans as draconian and out of line with KCC’s own guidance and national best practice. They have warned that the effective removal of the woodland would open the area to developers. Steve Cheeseman, Maidstone Green Party: […]
6 June 2020 / 17 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Green Party has spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Members of the local party were at the protest in Maidstone on Saturday. Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone Green Party: “We stand with our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic friends and relatives against the […]
28 May 2020 / 17 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Kent County Council have started spraying the weed killer, glyphosate, along Maidstone’s roads just days after ‘World Bee Day’. Glyphosate has been shown to harm bees, making them less resistant to disease, and has been linked to an increased risk of cancer in people. Maidstone Greens have called on KCC to switch to alternative methods […]
30 April 2020 / 17 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have welcomed the significant reduction in air pollution in the town’s most polluted road with NO2 pollution falling from 70ug/m3 in April 2019 to 38ug/m3 in April 2020. Research from across the UK and Europe has revealed the significant health benefit this is having and could continue to have. Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone Green […]
28 April 2020 / 10 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
6 February 2020 / 10 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Green Party launches rival transport plan in face of Kent County Council plans to increase traffic in Maidstone through a series of junction “improvements”. The Greens were dismayed to learn that KCC’s proposals to reduce congestion only include improvements to road junctions and make no mention of other methods of transport. Donna Greenan, lead […]
21 November 2019 / 14 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
The Green Party MP Candidate for Maidstone and the Weald has reacted with shock at the latest increase in the use of foodbanks which are up 32% since last year. He has called for the introduction of a universal basic income for everyone in order to tackle the benefits problems that are driving people to […]
30 September 2019 / 14 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
News of thousands of expensive houses to be built on much needed farmland and woodland has prompted calls by both Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidates in Maidstone for a moratorium on house building on greenfield sites around the town. Stuart Jeffery, Green Party PPC for Maidstone and the Weald: “Nothing is more important than land […]
25 September 2019 / 14 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Borough Council’s refusal to answer questions in public has been branded as undemocratic by local Greens Donna Greenan has been refused the opportunity to ask the council how it is delivering on part of its Strategic Plan to make streets usable by all and to encourage walking. She asked to put the question to […]
12 September 2019 / 14 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
Maidstone Greens have selected Stuart Jeffery as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone and the Weald in the likely General Election later this year. Stuart, who is a well-known green activist in Maidstone and involved in Extinction Rebellion, will also be campaigning on social justice and for a final say on Brexit, a second referendum. […]
6 May 2019 / 14 June 2020 by Stuart Jeffery
First the Green Surge now the beginnings of the Green Wave. Maidstone Greens had its best local election ever despite missing out on one seat by just 7%. The local Greens polled an average of 12% across the borough, a higher vote share than Labour, and the third biggest vote share of any party in Maidstone. Across […]
