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Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP, recently branded the Green Party the true opposition. It could not be more true than in this area where the councils are now made up almost entirely of the ruling coalition.

Here are some of the issues Chiltern Green Party is campaigning on:-

• Opposing HS2 - do not wreck our Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Opposing the closure of Day Centres and keeping our libraries and post offices
• Improving public transport for rural areas and keeping free school transport for all
• Championing a WarmZone insulation scheme for the district
• Campaigning against the cuts and for improved services
• A Zero Waste strategy to ease landfill pressure - no to the Calvert incinerator
• Supporting and promoting Transition Town initiatives throughout the county
• Spreading the Fairtrade message - let’s have more Chiltern Fairtrade Towns

We believe there is an alternative to cuts which we fear will have a devastating effect on the lives of people in this area. Austerity measures rarely bring economic recovery; growth strategies are far more successful. We do not advocate growth for its own sake since it often creates more pressure on dwindling resources, however our Green New Deal strategy promises something different:-

The Green New Deal consists of a large-scale investment in renewable technologies and energy-saving programmes that will equip us to take on the twin challenges of climate change and future oil scarcity. Only this way can we stimulate the economy in a sustainable way, create meaningful new jobs and raise extra tax revenue (rather than cut services). Locally, weneed a transition to a low-carbon localised economy and greater self-reliance.

Local Elections 2011

Thank you to everyone who voted Green in the elections on 5th May – your vote is appreciated. We are of limited resources and are pleased that in our target ward Jem Bailey (Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow) got 670 votes out of 2800 – a significant near 25% of the vote; and Dave Hampton got 9% of the vote in Marlow South East contesting his first election for the Green Party. Jem is now a local councillor in his parish - an uncontested ward but will enable Jem to continue his hard work on the local issues he has been championing, and his results in the district election are also encouraging for the future.

Nationally the Green Party made significant gains – notably now the largest party on Brighton and Hove City council, and continuing to build on strengths in Norwich, Solihull and Redhill among others, and also more locally to us in Watford and St. Albans.

Here is our local Chiltern Green Party manifesto 2011 (pdf).

Click here for more information on our candidates

Please call 020 8144 0671 if you would like to talk to your Green candidate, and you will be put in touch.

Our Chiltern Green Party policies in brief:

Our policies make sense!

The Chiltern Green Party believes in:

• The environment and the future
• People before profit
• Human rights for people of every race and for asylum seekers
• Safe, reliable, cheap public transport
• Free, properly-funded education and health services
• Decent housing for all
• Peace and global justice
• Protection of animals
• Democratic and accountable government

We will oppose any plans for the high-speed rail link (HS2) which threaten to wreck the Chiltern AONB, and have been active in researching this issue and talking with concerned constituents..

Overview of the Chiltern Green Party

The Chiltern Green Party represents all of South Buckinghamshire and is formed from the local Green Parties of Chesham & Amersham, High Wycombe and Marlow.We are part of the national Green Party, and member of the Confederation of South East England Green Parties.

Published and promoted by Phil Folly, Chiltern Green Party, 16 Essex Road, Chesham, Bucks

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