Local Tories promised Swanley residents they would do everything to protect the Green Belt around Swanley. At the very first opportunity they broke that promise when they voted in favour of building 2500 new homes on the controversial Pelham Place Development. Continue reading Tory Betrayal
We cannot say it often enough – everything is connected. Poverty in our district and our communities is, as the UN reprimanded the Tory national government, “a political choice”. If Sevenoaks District Council cannot provide the basic services vulnerable people in our district need, that is a political choice by the national government, and it is a political choice we will never support. Continue reading An Economy that works for Local People and Businesses
Climate breakdown is already wreaking havoc across the globe. And contrary to what you’ve been told, it isn’t being caused by ordinary people, but by oil barons, fossil fuel executives – and the banks that fund them. Continue reading Stop Funding Climate Change
Join Swanley Momentum protest on Saturday 30th March, at 2.30pm outside Barclays Bank, 30 Swanley Centre, Swanley BR8 7TH. Continue reading Bankrupt Climate Change
“It was Labour which founded the NHS in 1948, and Labour which can develop a transformational Green New Deal Now. ” Continue reading LABOUR FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL
An inspirational selection of speakers joined forces for the Labour Assembly Against Austerity on Wednesday evening. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell rose onto the podium to thunderous applause from the packed hall as he spoke in depth about the real issues facing our local communities due to a failed austerity Tory agenda. Continue reading Labour Assembly Against Austerity
Here in Sevenoaks we have the good fortune to live in a beautiful, green environment. We want to keep it that way.Here’s what your local party, and the Labour councillors you vote for on May 2nd, will do to protect our environment. Continue reading A New Green Deal for Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks Labour offers a positive vision of change for our communities. Continue reading Introduction – Time for Change in Sevenoaks
Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year, according to national statistics. Continue reading The Non-Awareness Spectre
By taking to the streets today to make their voices heard, young people are educating us about how important tackling climate change is to their generation. They are right to be worried about what kind of planet they will inherit and right to demand far-reaching action. Continue reading The Importance of Climate Change
