Making things work!

I want to be our MP to get our public services working properly again.

I want our country to work better and so improve the quality of life.

Our NHS is in crisis. We don't have enough consultants, doctors, nurses or beds in the Epsom & St Helier Trust to support the local population.

I also want to see our Police services properly funded following the cutbacks imposed by successive Tory administrations.

Policing in Surrey is suffering from under-investment. In nine out of ten cases of bike crime, the Police don’t even identify a suspect! In Epsom a private police force has been brought in by traders, to tackle the epidemic of shoplifting by organised gangs and threats to staff. Why? Because such crimes tend not to be investigated by Surrey police.

As a former military police officer, I find this unacceptable. It is yet another impact on people’s quality of life. Schools are crying out for more per pupil funding particularly after the recent increase in teachers’ pay came out of existing school budgets and so reduced per pupil funding.

Furthermore, investment in school infrastructure has been woeful and our very own Danetree primary school had to close a building due to the RAAC safety crisis.

Time and again, whether hospital buildings, the police, schools, access to GPs, dentists, waiting lists of every kind, ambulance services, or our military, the one constant factor is the failure of this and previous Tory governments to invest in the very public services that we all rely on.

I wanted them to get a grip on these issues, but they have clearly failed to do so.

So, if they are not prepared to sort things out then they should step aside and let others get on and do it. If elected as your local MP, then that’s exactly what I am committed to do.