Talking about school funding outside Chesswood School - my number 1 issue at this election. Every primary school in East Worthing and Shoreham will get at least £3750 per pupil funding next year, rising to £4000, and every secondary school will get at least £5000 per pupil from next year.
A campaign update with two and a half weeks until election day - the weather hasn’t always been ideal - but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed talking to people on the doorstep and I’m looking forward to the upcoming hustings.
Welcoming the additional 200 police officers we’ll recruit in Sussex in each of the next 4 years - and also discussing knife crime.
Anybody caught in possession of a knife unlawfully will be arrested, charged within 24 hours and in court within a week - that’s 3 times faster than currently happens.
Discussing the issue of live animal exports from Shoreham Harbour - post-Brexit we will be able to at last ban the export of live animals which we are currently unable to do due to EU regulations.
I was at the fantastic Broadwater Pub this morning to drop in to the ‘Meet-up Monday’ event that is held every Monday between 11-12, organised by the landlady Diane Guest.
Following a very encouraging meeting with the new Leader of West Sussex County Council and others, I am delighted that the Council will go back to the drawing board on their proposed license charges that cafes and restaurants that have outside seating and chairs were being faced with.
The nomination papers are in - and I will be the Conservative Candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham on December 12th. My 4 priorities for East Worthing and Shoreham are school funding, keeping our hospitals ‘Outstanding’, tackling the climate emergency and sorting out the A27.
