April 2015 Ditchling & Westmeston Ward
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April 2015 ■ Ditchling & Westmeston Ward Contact us: Lewes Conservative Association Bates Green Farm, Arlington, BN26 6SH 01323 489289 [email protected] www.lewesconservatives.com Twitter: @lconservatives intouch FB: /LewesConservativeAssociation IT’S NOT ONLY A GENERAL ELECTION LET’S KEEP LDC CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS May 7th will not only be the date of the The Conservatives control LDC with 19 LDC elections occur every four years. General Election, it is also the date of the Councillors. But the Lib Dems currently The Conservatives gained control from Lewes District Council (LDC) election. have 17 seats, so it’s very close. the Lib Dems in 2011. ■ SDNP Representative Tom Jones is the Lewes TOM JONES District Council representative on the South Downs National FOR DITCHLING & WESTMESTON Park Authority, where he sits ■ Local Council Conservative candidate on the planning committee. Tom Jones has lived in Ditchling since he He is actively involved in retired from the RAF 22 years ago. formulating the SDNP Local He has been the District Councillor for Plan and with the Community Ditchling and Westmeston for the last eight Infrastructure Levy. years, during which time he has been deputy leader and the lead councillor for ■ Ditchling Post Office Strategy and Development. District wide, he has dealt with a vast range of subjects within his portfolio from planning, regeneration, housing, tourism, rural services to economic and business Tom Jones develelopment. LOCAL PLEDGES: 1 I will fight to retain our Community Post Office this September. 2 I will continue to fight for additional car parks in Ditchling. I will pursue improvements for traffic on the B2112 & Spatham Lane. “I will fight to retain our 3 Community Post Office this September,” said Tom Jones. 4 I will pursue improvements to St. George’s Park bus shelters. 5 I will continue to support the Neighbourhood Plan. Promoted by Jane Slater on behalf of Lewes Conservatives, both of The Granary, Bates Green Farm, Arlington, BN26 6SH. Printed by Tansley’s Printers, 19 Broad Street, Seaford, BN25 1LS. intouch If you have a question or a concern, please call us on 01323 489289 IN OUR FIRST FOUR YEARS ... ■ We Kept District Taxes Down ■ We Improved Recycling Rates The part of your Council Tax that is set by During the last four years there has been a the District Council has not been raised one seven per cent increase in overall recycling penny since the Conservatives took control rates. We have also introduced food-waste four years ago. and cardboard collections. In the near future In real terms (measured against inflation) this we will introduce a new green waste collection. means that District Council tax-payers are nine per cent better off during this period. ■ We Saved the Ferry Service Not only did we save the Newhaven ferry ■ We Raised £51m for the District service, which was once again threatened with In just four years, Conservative councillors closure by its French owners, there will be extra Council Leader Rob Blackman in front running Lewes District Council have attracted of the site where the new University daily services starting in May 2015. no less than £51 million worth of investment Technical College is being constructed into the area. ■ We Created 81 Apprenticeships We’re extremely proud of this record, ■ We’re Building a New College Through our Local Enterprise Apprenticeship which includes £20 million for major road A new University Technical College is being Platform (LEAP) scheme, we have created no improvements in Newhaven, £9m for flood constructed on the East bank of the mouth fewer than 81 new apprenticeships. defences around the mouth of the river of the river Ouse in Newhaven. The college Ouse, £12m of funding for a new University will be for 14 to 18 year-old students and is ■ And we had the Mumfords Over! Technical College (see right) and a £2.3m due to open in September 2015. Not only was the event considered a huge grant for the expansion of the Denton Island The new college will offer GCSE, A Level and success for the Lewes District, concert-goers Business Centre. BTEC courses in a range of subjects. spent more than £2m in the area. www.utc-harbourside.org ■ We Have Cut Costs by £3.7m Since 2011, which is when the Conseratives took control of Lewes District Council, we have ELECTION COMMENT reduced the authority’s costs by more than CAN’T £3.7 million. CON WIN ■ Lewes District Council has been 19 HERE Conservative-led for the last four LIB ■ We Raised £75m for the A27 years. DEM We joined forces with other authorities and 17 MPs across the South Coast area and lobbied ■ But it’s close, currently the UKIP central Government to invest much-needed 2 funds into the A27. Conservatives hold 19 seats & This money has now been secured and will the Lib Dems have 17. UKIP & the result in a series of important improvements independents have just 2 each. Source: Lewes District Council website. to the A27. Promoted by Jane Slater, on behalf of Lewes Conservatives, both of The Granary, Bates Green Farm, Arlington, BN26 6SH. KEEPING IN TOUCH Printed by Tansley’s Printers, 19 Broad Street, Seaford, BN25 1LS. 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