Maidstone Weald Labour Party

Here is the manifesto for our Local Elections:


SOCIAL INCLUSION

Access for all to create an inclusive society, development of an anti-poverty strategy for homeless, children and those on benefits. Entitlement to free ESOL courses and help for new workers from the EU.

COMMUNITY SAFETY

Implement the Community Safety Plan, rate of crime, fear of crime and youth offenders.

TRANSPORT

Traffic reduction schemes including car sharing, safe walking and cycling routes, improved public transport.

ENVIRONMENT QUALITY

Promoting awarness of local environmental issues, ensuring adequate public open spaces within new developments.
Monitor and prevent air,water,land and noise pollution, lobby for vehicles powered by cleaner technology.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Improve energy efficiency in all homes, and local renewable sources.
Achieve CO2 reduction targets for Council buildings, towards government climate change targets.

WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING

Encouraging people to buy reusable products, home composting and recycling collection schemes.
Bottle washing facilities to enable bottle re-use.

DEVELOPMENT

Ensuring new housing is built on agricultural land, where possible, and developers follow environmentally friendly guidelines in their designs.
Speed up the planning process, so that more homes can be built, where they are needed.

FOOD

Promote fairly traded produce. Support for rural and local shops. Increase total allotment area.

EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

Establish an ECO-CENTRE for alternative technologies and lifestyles.
Community economic initiatives such as co-operatives, credit unions, home and teleworking via Internet.

WORK AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR

Lifetime learning opportunities for those in and out of work. Find new ways of valuing all work, including unpaid domestic, caring and voluntary work. Encourage ethical employment, flexible and job sharing.