Rother North West Matters Including: , , Dallington, , , Hurst Green, Stonegate & CONSERVATIVES KEEP THEIR WORD  Despite the very difficult We have built the BEXHILL LINK financial situation, there is a great ROAD which will bring not only acres deal of success to report. Because of business space but 1500 new your Conservative-led County houses to Bexhill. We are working to Council saved in the good times, we bring HIGH SPEED RAIL to can invest when times are hard. We and Bexhill. are helping build one of the fastest growing local economies in Britain Although speeds in many rural areas right here in East . Not only is are still far too low, we have unemployment low, but family invested in connecting more than incomes are rising mush faster than nine out of every ten houses to fast elsewhere. BROADBAND. The planned new contract looks to add speed to SEACHANGE, the business connectivity right across the area. partnership in which County Council plays a big part, is We treat ROADS as a capital asset encouraging new businesses to start and are investing millions in bringing and is bringing firms into Sussex. them back to the right standard. New money is being provided this The County Council is helping year to improve FOOTWAYS and schools to develop high educational PAVEMENTS. standards and the new SKILLS PARTNERSHIP is ensuring that our John Barnes, your County Councillor young people have the skills that is working hard to get the best deal businesses need. for our villages.

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We are amongst the leading authorities in Your local Conservative Team, led bringing health and social care together. Over by Cllr, John Barnes and our local M.P. the next four years we look to provide these Huw Merriman post regular updates services in a new and exciting way – GPs will on our website regarding their local be leading decision making to deliver support activities. If you would like more details as close to your home as possible, ensuring about what your local team are up to that your interests, health and wellbeing are please subscribe to our regular e- our only concern. This will help our hard- newsletters by visiting: pressed hospitals to concentrate on surgical and specialist treatments only they can bexhillbattleconservatives.com provide. You can also keep up to date through We have been successful also with early our Facebook page, for details, please action to tackle troubled families and ensure Cllr. John Barnes led the campaign for a search for: that we need to take fewer children into care. new school and village halls in Etchingham. @bexhillandbattleconservatives Putting Our Villages First! Find out more at bexhillandbattleconservatives.com News from Rother North West Conservatives SUPPORTING OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES: SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORT UPDATE

 As your County Councillor John Barnes has three major campaigns as his top priority. East Sussex County Council is investing £1 million in road safety, especially driver education. John wants to see speeds reduced in our villages. He has just put the case for Etchingham to the County Council and has delivered lower speed limits in many villages across his patch.

He knows the financial problems that our rural schools face and is campaigning with Huw Merriman and the County Lead for Education to ensure that the draft national funding formula is changed to the benefit of the smaller primary schools that serve our villages.

He is also demanding that rural areas have much faster broadband under the new contract since this is essential not only Cllr. John Barnes alongside one of the traffic calming measures he for rural business, but for patients and school students. has had installed locally in Burwash.

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 Below are some questions for you: please e-mail John through the contact details below if you would like to express a view.

✓ Do you approve of his three priorities identified above? ✓ Are there other issues you wish John to tackle? Please list them. ✓ What are the main problems rural villages face?

We have again ensured that we provide quality services at lowest possible cost. With Council tax rising just 1.9% we are able to make sure services are there when you need them.

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