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Tackling Road Safety incorporating& Thornton , Botcheston & Stanton

Promoted by Richard Allen on Behalf of Peter Bedford, 10A Priory Walk, Hinckley, LE10 1HU and Speeding Election Special Printed by The Printing Shed Ltd, Number 5 The Arcade, 71-73 Long Street, Atherstone CV9 1AZ Working with Peter Bedford, I have been consulting local people about their top concern - road safety. Dear Resident, I have seen speeding problems in Botcheston and I hope that you and your families are keeping well during these difficult times. as well as parking problems For the last four years it has been a privilege to have served as the County Councillor for Markfield, Desford, Bagworth & Thornton, Botcheston and Stanton under Bardon. in Thornton and lorries ignoring the weight Campaigning to protect During this time, I have represented residents at over 100 Parish Council meetings, 50 County Markfield restrictions in Bagworth. Council meetings, and fought for local residents on a range of issues including: speeding, parking enforcement, school placements, noise nuisance, air quality and rural bus services to name a The police need to boost the Community Speed Watch programme, co-operating with parish few! councils, neighbourhood watch groups and volunteers to crack down on dangerous stretches of I care passionately about our area and because I live locally, I see first-hand the issues that affect road. And they need to set up speed traps more often while adopting a more robust policy of residents and what needs to be done. prosecutions for speeding and dangerous driving. I hope that over the last four years I have shown that I have worked diligently on behalf of residents and have kept you informed via my newsletters, social media posts, as well as my regular updates in The Herald & The Graphic magazines. My Three Point Plan for Combatting Rural Crime I am proud of my achievements locally, some of which include: Criminal gangs view rural areas as being a soft 3 Preserving a rural bus service for Markfield 3 Supporting Free School dinners for kids in Supporting residents of & Stanton need during the holidays Stanton touch. Working with Peter Bedford I have Policing in our area 3 Fighting for residents against unsustainable 3 Obtaining grants from the developed a strategy to deal with rural crime. developments in Desford, Bagworth & Community Fund for projects such as CommunityPolicing - Work with schools, parish * Deploy more visible policing to rural areas. Thornton, Stanton and Markfield Markfield’s Community Park, Mercenfeld councils, Neighbourhood Watch & the public. 3 Primary School, Stanton Primary School, 1 * Make sure the police Securing the Double-Glazing scheme for Thornton Nature project, Bagworth residents of Shaw Lane, Markfield Market and amenities, The walk to South VisiblePolicing - Make the police more visible respond to every crime. 3 Development of the £1,000 Community Charnwood High School in DIVISION NAME to deter crime, improve * Fund and support crime 2 Pub Scheme grant to support pubs through 3 Securing £25k from Leicestershire County security and make it easier to report problems. prevention measures by the crisis; such as those in Desford and Councils’ Community Fund for Covid parish councils and Botcheston Support groups across the villages Hi-Tech Policing - Ensure that our front line neighbourhood watch. … as well as over 250 pieces of residents’ casework during the last four years! 3 police have the training and equipment they * Enforce new Trespass I may be a politician, but I have always put local issues above party politics. need - including drones, body cams and tasers. criminal legislation It is customary for politicians to miraculously turn up, just before an election, to ask for your vote; but I would hope that my work during the last four years demonstrates my ongoing commitment to you Tackling traffic & parking and our local community! issues in Thornton I very much hope that on Thursday 6th May you will lend me your support. Join the Winning Team With best wishes, Rupert Matthews has been working with our popular Conservative Member of Parliament, Dr Luke Evans, to lobby Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on his pledge to increase the number of police in Peter Peter Bedford Leicestershire. Already 150 have been recruited and more are on the Prospective Conservative Party Candidate for Markfield, Desford & Thornton way. Join our winning team by Voting Conservative on Thursday 6 Campaigning for more (‘incorporating Bagworth, Botcheston & Stanton) amenities in Bagworth May for the PCC and for County Council. 01455 824733 @peterbedfordmdt @peterbedfordmdt Fighting for anti- speeding measures in Desford For Better Policing in Markfield, Desford MATTHEWS,RUPERT & Thornton Vote Conservative, Vote for X

Promoted by Adrian Thompson on behalf of Rupert Matthews, both of LCCA, 8 Pinfold Gate, Loughborough LE11 1BE BEDFORD LISTENING TO AND WORKING FOR YOU!

Bluebell Inn Desford: Supporting local pubs, Fighting against greater number of HGVs such as those in Desford & Botcheston, through through our villages. VOTE EARLY AND the County Council’s Community Pub Scheme. SAFELY FROM HOME Many people may be nervous to vote in uk website; but please get in touch if you person this year, so getting a postal vote need any help with enables you to vote early and safely from applying home. In light of the ongoing effects of for a postal the Covid-19 pandemic we encourage vote. residents to register for a postal vote. You can get an application form from the gov. BEDFORD

Tackling the menace of fly- Conservatives in Government tipping across the villages. The challenges inflicted by the Covid-19 Pandemic are on a scale never seen before in modern times. Conservatives in 5 Government have taken difficult, but necessary 6 steps to support workers and 1 businesses through these tough times: South Charnwood School: Listening to concerns over the walk to South Charnwood High School and securing Thornton Public Meeting: Working with The £15k of funding towards improvement measures. County Council, Borough Councillors, and Severn Trent for improvements to parking in and around Thornton Reservoir. Campaigning 3 for greater support for local businesses. 7 2 4 1. Economic Support 7. The UK is leading the way Working for 2. Furlough Support with its vaccine rollout, Bagworth Community Centre: Supporting community groups to help those in need a cleaner, 3. Cut Stamp Duty by prioritising those that through the pandemic. greener local are most vulnerable, to environment. 4. Green Home Grants ensure that we can return 5. VAT cut to normality as soon as 6. Educational Support possible. MY PLEDGES: VOTE CONSERVATIVE ON CONSERVATIVES THURSDAY 6TH MAY FOR… Campaigning to secure an additional £10m to the Highways Budget LOCALLY 3 A cleaner, greener County to enable greater rollout of anti-speeding measures across the Conservatives locally have continued 3£30m invested in specialist schools villages. to deliver for residents despite huge across the county 3 Healthier and safer communities financial challenges and the current to support children emergency. Some of these successes with special educational needs. 3 Extra investment in our environment Defend our villages against unsustainable development include: 3Introduction of 14 Smart Libraries. 3 and transport services from speculative developers. 3Pledging to be Carbon Neutral by £500k to support children and families in receipt of free school meals to 3 2030; with huge strides already made Protecting vulnerable children A full review of Flood Authority response, and such as replacing 68k streetlights with ensure no child went hungry during and adults LEDs which has reduced energy bills the pandemic. additional measures to reduce the impact of by £1.7m per year and cut carbon 3Almost £4m to support our emissions by 73%! communities, including £1.5m flooding on areas such as Botcheston. 3Ensuring our 14 Recycling & supporting voluntary and third sector THANK YOU Household Waste Sites remained groups, a £750k Leicestershire Much of this support would not be Work closely with * fingers crossed * a new open with the introduction of a Business Recovery fund and £130k supporting 130 rural pubs. possible without the dedication Conservative Police & Crime Commissioner booking system to support safety. 3 and service of our key workers, 3Generating £7.1m from the Asset Support for voluntary groups such to ensure rural areas like ours receive our fair Investment Fund to support frontline as litter wombles that do so much and volunteers on the ground. share (a greater share!) of services. to keep our environment clean and green! So, a big Police time and attention. THANK YOU for all that you do! BEDFORD Promoted by Richard Allen on Behalf of Peter Bedford, 10A Priory Walk, Hinckley, LE10 1HU Promoted by Richard Allen on Behalf of Peter Bedford, 10A Priory Walk, Hinckley, LE10 1HU Printed by The Printing Shed Ltd, Number 5 The Arcade, 71-73 Long Street, Atherstone CV9 1AZ Printed by The Printing Shed Ltd, Number 5 The Arcade, 71-73 Long Street, Atherstone CV9 1AZ