Isle of Wight Green Party MP candidates, Vix Lowthion and Cameron Palin, have laid out their plan to address poverty and inequality across the Isle of Wight if elected on 4th July. The Island has incredibly high levels of poverty and deprivation, with 12 areas in the top 20% most deprived in England and recently released End Child Poverty Coalition figures state that 35.9% of Island children live in poverty. Both Vix and Cameron work in Island schools and directly see the effect of the insecurity of food, housing and employment on families as well as the impact on physical and mental health and well-being of tens of thousands of Islanders. A Green MP for either Isle of Wight seat would push the next government to be bolder and braver when it comes to tackling poverty. Measures that the Greens would push to introduce include increasing the minimum wage, especially for younger workers, upping Universal Credit by £40 a week, free school meals for all primary school children and £1.4 billion investment in Sure Start centres. Vix Lowthion, Green candidate for Isle of Wight East is being supported by the East Wight Primary initiative as their best tactical choice to beat the Conservatives. She said:
“Urban areas in Ryde and Ventnor are some of the most deprived in the country. A Green MP for IW East would prioritise measures to raise people out of poverty and ensure that families could afford food on the table and a roof over their heads. I would push a Labour government to change their plans and remove the 2 child benefit cap – research states that this would take 300,000 children out of poverty around the country. “The next Parliament could be really transformative for the Island. A Green MP would be determined to reduce poverty levels here. There’s serious momentum behind our campaign right now – please vote to reduce deprivation on the Island on 4th July.”
The Isle of Wight Council is currently developing an Anti-Poverty Strategy for the Island. The Residents Survey is live until the end of June. https://forms.office.com/e/u40K7Ywhva
Is Lowthion going to donate some of her stash? Didn’t think so.
Why should she? Theses children should have got better parents! Vote Reform to sort this mess!
Alternatively the parents could use free contraception IF they are deliberately bringing a child into their so called impoverished life.
Yet as we know they aren’t stupid just selfish. Easy to be sat down the beach all day whilst others swelter working hard to pay taxes to fund the state which looks after your child, educates it , funds and feeds it and ALL you have to do is the fun part of creating it and whinge for more.
Naivety which used to called stupidity
Free tattoos, free vapes, free caterpillar eyebrows, free fake tan, free trackie bottoms, free road tax on old BMW’s, etc.
I can see where their priorities lay….
Labour have also pledged to tackle poverty and inequality, so don’t waste your votes on these Green clowns. Given that there will over 500 Labour MPs in the next government, the needs of islanders will obviously be better looked after by the party in charge.
Vote for Labour to win and change this country into a fairer and kinder place.
You keep taking the meds, just as long as they continue to numb the realities of the world….
Well it didn’t work the last time Labour were in power did it. They actually brought the country to a standstill.
The world financial crisis brought the world to its knees. That was American hedge fund bankers being greedy. It was just unfortunate we had a labour government at that time. At least get your facts right Overner.
Fact, there is very little evidence to suggest that hedge funds caused the financial crisis or that they contributed to its severity in any significant way. You have obviously been reading the wrong propaganda .
The global financial crisis was primarily due to banks lending to fund excessive and silly mortgages and subsequent bank failures.
You’ve never heard of sub prime mortgages then?
No they didn’t.
So you are prepared to pay higher taxes to fund Labour’s spend, spend, spend. And you have the gall to complain about the amount of tax we pay now which was caused by two serious crissis, neither of which was the fault of the Tories.
Who wrote anything about taxes? I see no complaining about taxes. But tax the rich I say and tax company profits massively. That can fund anything Labour wants to do.
Only people that will benefit under labour will be those on benefits, those that work and try to make a better life for themselves and their families will suffer hugely.
What they say and what they do I guarantee will be miles apart, they have history for saying one thing and doing nothing, do not waste your vote on labour.
Fairer are you that naive ! I am voting Reform
All I can say is make Britain Great again,Vote Reform.
Would far right politics really make Britain great? I think not.
You’re right they would not, but Reform are not far right
Exactly Reform is the new centre. Tories are Leftists and Labour is full of commies. Reform is the a try one that will start sinking boats before they make it to our shores!
They’re widely accepted as being further right than the Tories and they have at least one candidate who thinks we would all be better off now had we snuggled up to Hitler 80 years ago. Seems pretty far right in my book.
Reform are right wing and rightly so, because the conservatives are no longer conservative any more and labour, well they have kept their trouble makers quiet in the run up to the election, watch them come out of the woodwork after july 4th and then watch them ruin us, again.
Better than the extreme far left Labour
To clarify: “the left wing is characterized by an emphasis on ideas such as freedom, equality, fraternity, rights, progress, reform and internationalism, whereas the right wing is characterized by an emphasis on notions such as authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism”.
Thus, by definition, Reform is an extreme right-wing political party and borderline fascist.
Equality????
The left vision is – Them, who make the rules are distinct from the rest, the serfs… don’t say you were’nt warned
Twaddle. Why do you think that? That is how Reform will operate rather than Labour. Labour are all warm and fluffy.
I’m glad that’s all you can say. Your parents must be proud
Green party all the way they have destroyed Brighton!!
No they haven’t
Easy to make these pledges when you haven’t a hope in hell.
A bit like a really, really,really,good deal on an item in Argos,But they haven’t got any in stock and not getting anymore.
So Vix and/or Cameron would ‘push’ the government…. it is almost worth hoping they get elected just to see them taking on Angela. Almost.
Roll up, roll up, get your handouts here.
Sounds good. I still think Labour are the best in these
difficult times.
Yes let’s reward bone idle layabouts with more free money
Jeez when will these clowns learn…the spongers need to go without, it will make them get.off their backsides and work
Vote Labour, fairer for everyone.
A very high proportion of people on the island are dependent on benefits and state pensions, so they will not be voting Conservative of Reform because they know that both parties want to punish the poor, disabled, and disadvantaged. Vote Labour because they care about people.
Vote Tory they helped us grafters during the pandemic.
Would they also push for birth control and responsibility too ??
No can’t have that as it’s not green along with shaving, soap and shower gel.
Hopefully the anti poverty mearures they are talking about will be towards working famillies, instead of those poncing every free handout going that amounts to more than a working family brings home
Interesting…, but as much chance of been elected as a the new solar powered car ferry going into service by 2026.
Sounds bonkers??? Yes that’s Green Party.
Omg up universal credit by £40 a week , totally ridiculous, more incentive to sit on their bums doing the minimum amount of hours…..
They are better off than those of us who work hard…..
Still I suppose at least wecan take pride in supporting ourselves!!!!!!
Ps how are they going to pay for this ??????
Up taxes?????
I would take all your comments more seriously, if it weren’t for the ludicrous overuse of question and exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!
The Green party are not promoting responsible parenting… You pay people for having children, and it keeps going up when you have more, guess what’s going to happen.
How would they pay for it. Higher taxes and push more people into poverty.
If the Greens introduce 20mph Zones to make our roads
a safer place, they will get my vote.
We need strict speeding rules on the island, also
a blanket ban on Pavement parking islandwide.
No feeble excuses from motorists (whoever they are)
Clamp them and tow them away.
If the greens get in we are doomed, how about stop giving stuff away? Stop taxing the working person to a point of making them poor, make the benefit system less attractive so people need to go to work if they want nice things that we can’t afford oh and ban vegans… (my 20 year old telly is broke but I can’t afford to replace it yet on benefits get one for free! How’s that right?