4 intouch Winter 2017/2018 Printed and delivered at no cost to the taxpayer The news letter published by the North West Hampshire Conservatives Better Services Merry Christmas Conservatives in Basingstoke and Deane want the council to improve services, not Conservatives ensure borough to cut them. The borough’s council tax funding for our own Community charge is the 6th lowest in the country Patrol team to protect residents yet we have one of the highest spends against Anti-Social Behaviour. per head. Conservatives know how to manage the borough’s finances well by A new approach by the borough finding new and better ways to increase to supporting the homeless revenues while cutting council costs year and disadvantaged, following intouch on year. withdrawal of support by HCC, On Thursday 3rd May 2018 there will be local which has become a trailblazer Conservatives decided to keep nationally. elections in Basingstoke & Deane in your ward of weekly bin collections because that is what residents wanted. Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon A What Conservatives have done – real delivery, not Thank you YOUR CONSERVATIVE just promises. This years General Election saw a fantastic result for the Conservatives CANDIDATE ALEX More Homes – Local Housing for Local People here in North West Hampshire. The borough has a housing problem. Demand for housing is growing as people live longer. Kit Malthouse achieved the highest HEDGER House prices locally are too high for many young people to get on the housing ladder, let alone share of the vote ever at 62% giving him a majority of 22,679 on the climb up it. Too many people are camping out with Mum and Dad or living in poor quality rented highest turnout for 20 years. He has introduce myself accommodation. That’s why the borough Conservative Administration has taken positive action. now also been reelected as a member Hello and personally to you. of the powerful Treasury Select But, I want to be Committee, and chair of the all party Merry Christmas! different to other A housing allocations policy that puts local people first for social housing. group on Life Sciences. I’m Alex Hedger and I’m writing to candidates who Kit said: “After two years in a job it was introduce myself to you, as I would like will stand in the local election in At Manydown on the western side of Basingstoke, we are building a broad mix of really humbling to see this incredible to become your brand new Conservative May 2018. 3,500 homes on council - owned land, based on private, affordable shared ownership level of support from local people. I Councillor for Overton Laverstoke and am extremely grateful to everyone Steventon next year. and social rented housing to meet the needs of all ages. Building will start in 2019. and will continue to work hard fighting I want my North West Hampshire’s corner in This is the first time I’ve put myself parliament. forward for an election and I’d like to tell Campaign We are ensuring homes are built with all the facilities needed for a good quality of life you about myself and why I hope, with Over the last two years, I have visited to be your campaign your support, to become your newest and are built to a high standard of space, comfort and environmental sustainability. dozens of schools, businesses, charities and projects and met Borough Councillor. too. thousands of people. It has been the I’ve put myself forward because your most incredible honour and I am so But in order to do this, I need your help... local Conservative Party has been I’ve attached a very brief questionnaire very grateful. listening very closely to local residents Drop us a line with any issues or which you can fill out on paper, or GET INVOLVED KEEP IN TOUCH! Thank you.” who have said that they really want online I would be enormously grateful concerns you may have. We are fresh ‘new faces’ representing them who Display a poster Attend social events Vote by post always pleased to hear from you. if you would like to do this because it Deliver leaflets Join the local Party Stand for Council understand and truly care about key local will tell me more about the things that issues affecting both younger and older are most important to you locally for residents in the area. Name PLEASE RETURN TO: your council to work on. I will look very NWHCA, 2 Church Close, Andover, I’m 32 years old and my background is carefully at everything you tell me, and Address Hants. SP10 1DP or email: as a Psychological Therapist. I worked if you elect me, I will do my best to bring [email protected] in the NHS for several years, and also about positive benefits in the areas We would like to keep in touch with started my own Clinic business several which are most important to everyone. you about future campaigns and send years ago too. This gives me great You can also get in touch with me via invitations to events and topical political insights. Please tick the relevant boxes experience in local services, the needs of my new Facebook page - facebook. below to indicate how you would like to local businesses, and helping people to com/OvertonConservative/ or email receive this information. Email solve issues so that they can lead happy [email protected]. I will look Telephone Mobile Email and contented lives. forward to talking to you over the coming The information you provide will be used for these purposes only, and will be used only months, and I hope you have a great Tel No. by the Conservative Party; including its candidates, representatives and associations. We will not give information to anyone else. Promoted by Tracey Kirk on behalf of Overton Over the next few months I’m trying to Conservatives both of 2 Church Close, Andover, Hants, SP10 1DP. Printed by Bulpitt Print Ltd., festive season in the meantime. Hunting Gate, East Portway, Andover, Hants. SP10 3SJ meet every single local resident, and to kitmalthouse.com [email protected] @kitmalthouse 2 intouch Winter 2017/2018 intouch Winter 2017/2018 3 BOROUGH ELECTIONS MAY 2018 ..... LoCAL MORE JOBS INFRAstruCTURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS FUND CUTTING Basingstoke & Deane Borough Our majority on the council is just 6 Council (BDBC) is a Conservative councillors and with 20 council seats being Communities in Whitchurch, Overton, run council and we are proud of contested across the whole borough next Oakley, Laverstoke and Freefolk, COUNCIL our track record of delivering good May we will be seeking your vote in May Woolton Hill, Hurstbourne Priors, 2018. In this leaflet we are summarising Ecchinswell, Burghclere, Highclere, services and not cutting them as so Newtown and St Mary Bourne have Costs many councils have been forced to some of the actions we’ve taken to help keep the borough such a great place been awarded LIF grants by the do in the face of difficult financial to live. We hope you’ll agree that it’s borough for projects totalling nearly circumstances. important to keep the borough in the £1/2 million. Your borough council hands of a party that has proven it knows has the lowest council We need more jobs locally to Conservatives have allocated over tax in Hampshire how to run the services you value while ensure that people don’t have £5m through the borough’s Local (£131.19 per average keeping costs under control and planning to commute long distances Infrastructure Fund to communities house compared to the ahead for a better future for all of us. to London. That’s why across the borough over the past 4 Hampshire average of Conservatives are investing years so that they can decide where £193.50 for 2017/18) in job creation across the it is best spent on local facilities. and the 6th lowest borough. in England. Yet only 4 other councils in The borough is on SMALL BUSINESSES England spend more the up. Conservatives per resident on services are delivering millions The health of small businesses is a key priority for than BDBC because of pounds of new North West Hampshire and Kit works hard to fight their we have significant Better Infrastructure investment into the corner in government. additional income borough, regenerating Following the announcement that the government built up over many and modernising was bringing in quarterly tax returns, he worked with years by managing our Basingstoke and bringing the Federation of Small Business and others to run finances carefully and and Facilities new jobs and facilities a vigorous campaign against this unjustified burden wisely. Despite this it across the borough. Conservatives believe controlled growth is on SMEs. The campaign worked and following the has been necessary to the best way to ensure long term prosperity. election, the government announced significant increase your Council Basing View is buzzing Tax because of loss of Without growth we will not be able to support with activity with a new changes to the scheme, essentially abandoning it for the services and facilities that we enjoy the moment. Similarly Kit has lobbied hard for changes government grants but Waitrose and John Lewis we’ve limited this to £5 today. They will simply decay. But sustainable at Home, the first offices to business rates on SME’s and against the “staircase” tax, which may hit businesses who occupy two floors in a building. Always eager to visit and hear from per year for an average growth needs the necessary infrastructure in under construction for household.