Our policies for swale

This page outlines Your Party Swale's key policies and how we plan to build a better future for working families in Swale. We're committed to sustainability, public services, housing and NHS. Learn more about our plans and how you can get involved!

Public services into public ownership

We believe in putting public services back where they belong: in public hands. Your Party Swale is committed to ending privatisation and ensuring that essential services like healthcare, education, and utilities are run for the benefit of the people, not for profit. Join us in our fight for a fairer, more equitable society.

Sustainability for future generations

Your Party Swale is dedicated to creating a sustainable future for Swale and beyond. We will prioritize environmentally friendly policies that protect our natural resources, reduce carbon emissions, and promote renewable energy. Join us in building a greener, healthier community for generations to come.

Tax the rich to fund our services

Your Party Swale believes that those who can afford to contribute more should do so. We advocate for fair taxation policies that ensure the wealthy pay their fair share, allowing us to invest in essential public services, reduce inequality, and create a more just society for all in Swale.

Affordable Housing

Too many people in Swale are being priced out of safe, secure, affordable homes. Rents are rising, waiting lists are growing, and new developments rarely meet the needs of local residents.

Your Party Swale believes everyone deserves a home they can actually afford.

Our priorities:

  • Build genuinely affordable and social homes based on local need

  • Renovate empty and neglected properties before using more green space

  • Raise standards and protections for renters

  • Put local voices at the heart of planning decisions

Good Community Services

Your Party Swale believes every resident deserves access to strong, reliable community services. For too long, essential services — from youth centres to mental health support — have been cut back or closed completely, leaving people without the help they need.

 

We say no more cuts.


It’s time to invest in our communities, rebuild local support, and make sure no one is left behind.

Fast Free Buses Campaign

Your Party Swale is proud to show its support for the Fast Free Buses campaign - a movement calling for free, reliable and accessible bus travel as a public service.

Transport plays a huge role in people’s everyday lives. When buses are expensive, unreliable or poorly connected, it is ordinary residents who pay the price. Fast Free Buses is about changing that.

What is the Fast Free Buses campaign?

Fast Free Buses is a regional campaign advocating for free bus travel, delivered as a public service rather than driven by profit. Its core aims are simple:

Free at the point of use bus travel for everyone

Frequent and reliable services that people can depend on

Better access to work, education, healthcare and local services

The campaign argues that buses should be treated as essential infrastructure - just like roads, schools and the NHS - not as a luxury.

Why this matters locally

Across Swale and the wider region, transport costs and limited services are a real barrier for many residents. Free and reliable buses would help:

Reduce the cost of living for households

Improve access for young people, older residents and those without cars

Support local high streets and town centres

Cut congestion and pollution

This is about creating a fairer, more connected community.

Our support

By backing the Fast Free Buses campaign, Your Party Swale is supporting a practical, forward-looking approach to public transport - one that puts people, communities and the environment first.

We encourage members and residents to learn more about the campaign and the case it makes for free public transport:

fastfreebuses.org

Get involved with Your Party Swale

Ready to make a difference? Join Your Party Swale, donate to support our cause, or volunteer your time and skills. Together, we can build a better Swale for working families. Click the button below to join us!