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Open letter to Helen Grant
stuartjefferyUncategorizedJuly 7, 2022 Open letter to Helen Grant MP – sent 08:00 7th July 2022 Dear Helen There is a national crisis of confidence in government, a crisis that is destroying trust between the electorate and those elected, a crisis that has made the UK an international laughing stock, a crisis that has been manufactured […]
Maidstone Greens support rail workers strike
Maidstone Greens have showed their solidarity with local rail workers at the picket line at Maidstone East. Meeting the team on the picket line, Cllr Stuart Jeffery said, “This is a fight that must be won. The RMT are not asking for anything outrageous, just a reasonable pay rise and for their jobs, conditions and […]
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Outrage at Council Pay Rises
Maidstone’s new Green councillor has expressed outrage at an ‘obscene’ rise in councillor’s allowances pushed through at the Council’s Annual Meeting. The huge increases in special allowances and a basic 8% rise will cost Maidstone £124,000, money that now cannot be spent on services for local people. Cllr Stuart Jeffery: “At a time when people […]
Breakthrough in Maidstone
Maidstone Greens have broken through onto Maidstone Borough Council with the election of Stuart Jeffery in Bridge Ward with just over 50% of the vote. Green Cllr Stuart Jeffery said: “It is a historic day. Maidstone Borough Council has its first ever Green councillor. I am honoured and thrilled to have been elected by the […]
Maidstone Borough Council are planning a huge number of very large houses on farmland around the town.
These are unnecessary and do not meet the real housing need for affordable and social housing.
They are not close to jobs and transport and will just increase traffic on the already choked roads.
We face chaos: worsening air pollution, not enough homes for those in need and destruction of much needed farmland.
But there is an alternative...
The Green Party are demanding a new approach to strategic planning which truly involves local people. An approach that protects green spaces, reduce pollution and that will meet local housing need.
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