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ELECTION COUNTDOWN By RICHARD OSLEY
 


Go Green this election day

Each week in the run-up to the May 4 council elections the New Journal will be offering parties a platform to put their case to voters. This week: Sian Berry (pictured) of The Green Party.
You can help elect Camden’s first Green Party councillors on May 4.
Under a fairer voting system, we would already have seven Green councillors, but Green support has been growing steadily over the past four years and, even with first-past-the-post, we now have a real chance of taking seats in several wards. All three seats in Kentish Town and Highgate are likely to fall to Green candidates.
Our priorities will be to improve public services, help independent businesses to thrive, and to make Camden the greenest borough in London.
We will work to reinstate and improve community facilities, including public toilets, playgrounds and youth centres.
We can’t just punish the young for spending time on the streets when they have little else to do. Camden’s huge number of anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) is astounding when leisure facilities are being closed.
We also believe that affordable and secure housing is a right, oppose the privatisation of council homes and would insist on 50 per cent affordable housing in all new developments.
Local businesses would see action on unfair rents and rates, and improved parking policies.
Locally owned, independent shops are essential to the economy and character of our borough, but for years they have been neglected in favour of supermarkets and big retail developments. Green councillors would help ensure we don’t end up living in a clone town.
We would focus on making Camden a flagship green borough that leads the way on the environment.
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