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Joe Champion is Parliamentary Candidate for Blaenau Gwent

It has just been announced that Joseph Champion has been selected to be the Green Party Candidate for Blaenau Gwent.

Joseph went to Tredegar Comprehensive School, before attending Glamorgan University and Cardiff University. Since leaving education Joseph has worked as a Community Development worker for various different charities in Blaenau Gwent and Cardiff, focusing on helping people overcome the barriers that poverty creates for individuals and communities.

Joe said, “I am proud to be standing as the Green Candidate for Blaenau Gwent. I was born here, and this is where most of my family and friends live. South Wales has a rich history of community based politics and the Green movement should be the next step of that! Poverty is on the increase in Blaenau Gwent and across the UK. People might feel like politics and political parties no longer represent their interests anymore, but that can change. By voting in new politicians and leaders we can send a message to the vested interests that carrying on as before is no longer tolerable for the most disadvantaged in society.”

The Wales Green Party is buoyant after gaining popularity with the public on policies such as renationalising the railways, raising the minimum wage to £10 an hour, and putting a wealth tax on the richest 1% of Britain's who own over £3million in assets.

Growth in the Wales Green Party has recently soared by 76.39% since January this year.

Pippa Bartolotti, leader of the Wales Greens explained, "Only the Green Party offers a way forward for our country without austerity. It is time that the rich started paying their fair share of tax, that banks repay us for the bailouts given to them by the Labour Government, and that we stop letting the interests of Big Business trample over the needs of people.

“It is only the Green Party who have the guts to stand up and say these things - that's why people are getting behind us and going Green. The Vote for Policies website puts the Greens well ahead on matters which have deep meaning for ordinary people – like renationalisation of the railways and keeping the NHS in public hands."

The Wales Green Party has just announced it will stand 30 candidates in Wales for the General Election in May 2014.


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