Your LABOUR candidate for Lutterworth Division

DAVID GAIR

I have lived in this Division – in Lutterworth and Claybrooke Magna – for 33 years. My children were educated locally and now both live and work locally. In 8 years as a Town Councillor I have tried to save the allotments and further the Eastern bypass. I opposed the removal of the grant to our Citizens Advice Bureau.

Taking a stand on major changes I am active on the major issues – Magna Park, Lutterworth East and the reorganisation of local health services. We all use Magna Park one way or another, but the massive developments proposed are too much. Even partial development requires infrastructure way beyond anything that exists or is proposed. Lutterworth Labour wants a strategic overview of the whole region so that development goes to appropriate areas with the proper levels of infrastructure,.

Lutterworth East We opposed the building of more housing between the town and Magna Park and supported the development of Lutterworth East. Only Lutterworth East will generate the correct level of social provision, such as primary schools, and secure the Eastern Bypass.

A stronger voice The County Council, which is supposed to take the strategic overview, does nothing under the Conservatives. We desperately need a stronger voice at County Hall if we are to secure the funding share we deserve to improve the quality of life in Lutterworth, Bitteswell, the Claybrookes and Ullesthorpe.

Your LABOUR Manifesto for Leicestershire

LABour – offering real change for a better Leicestershire

Savage Tory cuts have left councils struggling to maintain essential services. Labour’s REAL CHANGE plan is made up of four key promises designed to deliver smart, modern, local services, creating a better Leicestershire for everyone and giving you more say and control in your community.

PROMISE ONE

A SINGLE COUNCIL FOR EACH AREA

Replacing district and county councils. Removing 200+ councillors and giving local communities greater say in setting local service priorities.

Creating long-term Community Action Plans to secure desperately needed investment.

Improving health and social care provision across the County by joining up local NHS, Public Health and Social Services.

PROMISE TWO

A STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT NETWORK

Establishing directly funded Community Support Hubs.

Introducing a bank share of skills and local websites to highlight gaps and opportunities in local provision.

Ensuring our schools play their part in providing community facilities for our young people.

Supporting our community libraries

Promise three

Healthier, safer communities

An Ethical Care Charter to guarantee safe, dignified care for everyone who needs it.

A Mental Health Champion in every community to ensure the quality of local support.

School Parking Community Champions and Road Safety Budgets for every councillor to resolve local traffic problems.

Promise four

Investing in making your life better --- today

An Affordable Homes Partnership building the homes we need at a price we can afford.

A single Leicestershire Growth Plan.

1000 new apprenticeships. A Small Business support scheme. A Careers Hub in every community.

Sure Start Centres for all children and new parents.

One thing we know as an absolute fact. Nothing is going to change so long as the current two-tier system remains in place. Nothing has changed since the Millennium – except that services have withered away, frontline staff have been sacked,  the general quality of life across the county has got gradually worse. And yet Council Tax has continued to rise. To pay for what, exactly?

The time has come for a little less conversation and a lot more action – vote labour THURSDAY MAY 4!

Electioneering

David Fish drew my attention to this fascinating article in The Economist about preparations for the next General Election.  Click on this sentence to visit the website. 

Too much for the forthcoming County elections?  I don't think so.  Just as nothing is more important than saving this country from the Tories and their seedy mates the Lib Dems, there is no point in continuing to have a county council in Leicestershire if this bunch of Tory do-nothings keep control.

You can tell it's election year.  Monday morning, in the freezing fog and frozen snow, the length of Walton Road was closed while a man with a County van filled in potholes one by one.