The Brent Labour Party manifesto has a series of specific pledges on environmental issues, which I think sets us apart from all the other parties in Brent which appear to have no manifesto at all for what they would like to do if they controlled Brent Council. Bizarrely, that includes the Green Party!
Anyway, here are the Labour pleadges for Brent:
Once elected a Labour Council will: -
· Immediately abolish the Liberal Democrat /Tory £25 charge bulky refuse, as it has led to more fly tipping and less recycling.
· Make Brent a Fairtrade Borough.
· Seek to ensure that Brent recycles 60% of its waste by 2014, as part of a move to a minimum waste strategy.
· Consider a voucher scheme to provide discounts at local shops for those who reduce their waste levels, as part of a fundamental review of waste management.
· Investigate cutting Brent Council’s carbon emissions by at least 25% by 2014, thus reversing the growth in carbon emissions seen since 2006/7.
· Extend and improve the park warden service that we re-introduced after the Tory cuts of the 1990s.
· Review the Council’s own transport fleet (more than 140 vehicles) to see if more can be switched to alternative fuel use.
· Consider a Brent based scheme for Low Emissions zones.
· Convert existing, and new, Controlled Parking Zones to a permit system based on the “polluter pays” principle. This means that vehicles that produce less greenhouse gases and other emissions pay less.
· Put pressure on public transport providers, such as Transport for London and Train Operating Companies, to improve the environment in and around areas under their control.
· Meet regularly with water utilities to enable better liaison for the public during pipe renewal work and to seek long term solutions to flooding and other water-related problems.
· Continue our long standing policy of protecting public parks and open spaces.
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