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Dear Editor,

The Kent Green Party has launched it's manifesto 'Greening Kent' for the Kent County Council elections to be held on 4th June 2009.

The party will be supporting:

· New allotments and organic farming throughout Kent.

· Abolition of the County Council and its replacement by Unitary Authorities, with boundaries decided by local referenda.

· The creation of a road user hierarchy for Kent and Medway putting pedestrians and walking first in terms of spending, then cyclists, then buses, coaches, taxis, light goods vans and HGVs. This would be funded in part by charging foreign vehicles for using Kent’s roads.

· Expansion of sustainable forms of tourism, and conversion of Kent’s airport to all-weather leisure facilities and other uses

· Abolishing the eleven plus (Kent Test) for secondary education.

· Energy Conservation, renewable energy and particularly solar installations on homes all offer significant employment potential, as does promoting the move of the Civil Service out of London to brownfield sites in Kent.

· Reviewing disaster planning in the light of climate change, the limited provision for nuclear accidents, the many flood-prone areas, under-protected coastlines and the very poor provision for severe winters.

· Promoting a shift in spending on policing in Kent towards crime prevention, giving more resources to community crime prevention schemes and Neighbourhood Watch.

· Using available resources to promote healthy diets and the use of organic foods, in co-operation with Health Promotion Teams.

· Closure of Dungeness B, prevention of a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth and major expansion of energy efficiency and renewables.

Steve Dawe
Kent Green Party

Copies of the manifesto can be obtained by emailing greenparty@gn.apc.org or ringing 0845 257 4236