The Green Party is the party of social and environmental justice, and represents genuine change from the two-party system we currently have.

Full statement

I was born and brought up in East Kent and love it here. I campaigned alongside Green Councillor Abi Smith during last year’s local election campaign in the Thanet Villages and learned a lot by talking to residents on their doorsteps. I’m looking forward to meeting many more residents across the constituency and hearing their views – and if elected I will seek to reflect those views and will work hard for residents. My priorities will include: * Protecting our natural environment and, in particular, conserving our few most precious areas of wildlife habitat, including the Minster Marshes and Ash Levels; *Supporting residents struggling with the cost of living, through a range of Green Party measures from mass home insulation to reduce energy bills to Universal Basic Income to simplify benefits and keep people out of poverty; *Holding Southern Water to account for their ongoing pollution of our seas & rivers. The Green Party is the only party with a policy to take the water companies, along with other public services, back into public ownership so their profits don’t get siphoned off to shareholders and can be spent on improving services; *Improving public transport, particularly bus services to our villages and towns, to help people get out & about easily without clogging our roads up with yet more cars.

Promoted by Henry Stanton on behalf of Thea Barrett, Green Party, c/o 1 Harvest Cottages, Sole Street, Crundale, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7ER