Southampton Special Constables to be exempt from Council Tax
20/02/2010 04:07 PM
I am pleased that last week the City Council approved a new scheme to help the Police recruit more Special Constables in the city. From April residents who live in Southampton and who volunteer as Specials to help police the local streets will be exempt from playing council tax.
I am delighted that after a three year long campaign the scheme will be up and running in a few months time.
When I knock on doors and meet people, time and time again I am told that we need more police on the streets. The numbers of Special Constables has halved since 1997 and it is hoped that this new initiative will double number in Southampton.
Conservative Plans to Support Older People
20/02/2010 03:08 AM
Southampton Needs More Powers to Manage Houses in Multiple Occupation
10/02/2010 08:25 AM
For a long time I have been campaigning for local councils like Southampton to have more powers to manage houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).
Over the past 10 years we have had numerous government ministers, visits and promises but very little action.
As university numbers have increased, local residents, particularly those in the Portswood & the Polygon areas of Southampton, have sought to limit the further development of HMOs in the city, particularly to protect family homes which we know are essential for strong communities.
I am pleased that, after years of lobbying by local people, the city council and local councillors, the government has now signalled that it will act, with changes coming into force in April to require new HMOs to have planning permission.
The only information that Southampton City Council has received so far about this is a government press release. We are awaiting further details. I hope that the government is not rushing this initiative through and is clear about the detail. This is a very important problem for the city and, so long as the detail is right I will be welcoming this change as I feel that councils should have powers to tackle the issue in areas where it is an acute problem, such as in Southampton.
We need to ensure that we get the balance right between controlling problem HMOs and ensuring that housing needs are properly met for all groups in the city.
How Localism Could Save Us Billions
26/01/2010 01:43 AM
It is possible to strengthen local democracy, save billions of pounds of public money, and still invest in front line services. Our local councils, police, schools and hospitals are all burdened by a costly regime of box ticking, form filling and inspections that has been imposed by this government.
Southampton City Council has just had its annual audit at a cost of £334,000. It is a useful report (and is broadly complimentary) but largely tells us what we already know and certainly doesn't represent value for money. That is only part of the cost though, as considerable resources in terms of staff time are spent preparing for these over zealous audits. The annual audit is just one example of a whole myriad of disproportionate and costly inspections imposed by government on councils up and down the country.
Huge amounts of time and money is spent by local authorities and other public bodies bidding for pots of government funding. Only a few are ever successful on each occasion, and money is wasted by those that do not succeed. Probably the best example is the debacle over college funding. Locally our colleges in Southampton and Hampshire spent millions bidding and preparing for promised rebuilds. In the end not a penny came to Hampshire. Across the country an estimated £200m was wasted on this alone.
Finally we have the large number of unelected, quasi-autonomous non governmental organisations or ‘quangos’. These extra layers of bureaucracy with their big budgets, shuffle bits of paper, produce endless reports, distort local priorities and have little or no accountability. Decisions should be taken by our schools, hospitals and elected local councils, not by faceless bureaucrats.
This regime of inspections, quangos and ring fenced pots of money with expensive bidding processes, costs the taxpayer billions of pounds every year. Surely now, when the public finances are tight, it is time to admit that Labour's top down, centrist approach has failed, and instead better to adopt a localist approach which empowers public services and saves us all a great deal of money.
David Cameron Launches NHS Manifesto and Conservatives Launch the Election Campaign in Southampton Test
08/01/2010 10:14 AM
Yesterday Southampton Test Conservatives held an action day to coincide with the launch of the NHS chapter of the Conservative Manifesto.
Local activists and many MPs including Shadow Minister Nick Herbert joined me in talking to residents around the General Hospital.
I'd like to thank everyone who braved the freezing cold to come out throughout the day to help. It was a great day despite the weather and together we managed to speak to hundreds of local residents.
David Cameron has quite rightly made the NHS the centre piece of the Conservative General Election campaign and has made the following pledges:
1. Scrap hospital targets. 2. Give patients detailed information about the performance of doctors, hospitals and GPs. 3. People allowed to choose where they are treated. 4. More private and voluntary providers in NHS 5. GPs’ pay linked to their performance and results. 6. Cut cost of NHS administration by a third. 7. Independent NHS board to manage the health service. 8. Hospitals will lose money if patients contract MRSA. 9. End mixed-sex accommodation. 10. Drug companies paid according to effectiveness of treatments. 11. New hotline for urgent care to run alongside 999. 12. New maternity system giving mothers more choice. 13. Every five-year old given a dental check-up as part of overhaul of NHS dental service. 14. Fines for those missing dentist appointments. 15. New drive to help the mentally-ill. 16. Department of Health turned into Department of Public Health. 17. More funding for poorest areas to tackle health inequalities. 18. £10 million a year to support hospices caring for children. 19. Single budget for each person suffering from chronic illnesses to cover their health and social care. 20. Everyone can protect their homes from being sold to fund residential care by paying a one-off insurance premium of £8,000 when they retire.
Happy New Year!
04/01/2010 02:43 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I was selected as your Conservative Parliamentary Candidate 2 years ago and have been working hard to represent local residents.
Southampton is my home. I have grown up here, been educated here, worked in the city and I am keen to be a strong champion for local people.
I know 2009 has been a very difficult year for many families. As a city councillor I see on a day to day basis the impact that the recession is having locally.
As a councillor I have been dedicated to strengthening our front line local services. This has involved improving our schools, regenerating our housing estates, investing more in the roads and streetlights and providing more support to our vulnerable, young people and the elderly. I have also been focussed on keeping local taxes down; limiting council tax, introducing a discount for pensioner households and cutting city centre car parking charges.
As a candidate for Parliament I have been battling for a better deal for Southampton and campaigning on the issues that people tell me are important. For instance, by stressing David Cameron’s commitment to investing in and improving the NHS, campaigning against Labour’s damaging tax hikes to the Port of Southampton and highlighting Labour’s irresponsible approach to the management of the economy.
2010 will be election year. It is clear that only the Conservatives can change the government and can beat Labour in Southampton. However, the General Election isn’t just about which party should or shouldn’t lead the country. It is also an opportunity to change the culture in Westminister. Too many MPs have behaved disgracefully. Many will be stepping down and many will lose their seats. In all, next year, after the election, perhaps half of the MPs will be new. 2010 gives you the chance to elect a Parliament which puts the country and the people before self interest.
I Won't Claim Leaflets on MPs Expenses
06/01/2010 06:58 AM
I have made no secret of the fact that I think that the MPs' Communications Allowance is wrong. Sitting MPs get to spend £10,000 of public money a year on leaflets promoting themselves and their activities.
I think that candidates for election and political parties should fund their own campaigns and not use our taxes for this purpose. I have made the clear commitment not to claim this allowance if elected to Parliament and David Cameron has made it clear that if he becomes Prime Minister this allowance will be scrapped for all MPs.
With a General Election being held next year the deadline for spending this Communications Allowance is the 31st December. It would appear that my opponent, Labour MP Alan Whitehead is hell bent on milking the taxpayer for every last penny before the deadline kicks in. Today I discovered that he has had another glossy leaflet printed at taxpayer's expense, which he uses to attack the city council, and by proxy the Conservatives and to spread mischief.
Mr Whitehead has made a great play of trying to say he is not like all the MPs who have behaved disgracefully with their expense claims. Yet he has shown that he is the same as the rest, taking as much as he can from the public purse for this own benefit. I find this behaviour even more disgusting in the current climate, a week after the Chancellor's Pre Budget Report when we found out the country is even more bankrupt than we first thought and in a week that the Labour Government is announcing billions of pounds of defence cuts at time when we are fighting a bitter war in Afghanistan.
When I go out knocking doors I hear time and time again from people how disgusted they are with politicians in this country. Today I can only agree with them.
Meeting Students At Totton College
15/12/2009 04:03 PM
Yesterday I had the chance to meet with teachers and students at Totton College. I talked to second year General Studies students and answered their questions on a range of subjects, such as the environment and the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, public transport and freedom of speech.
Totton College is one of many colleges in Hampshire which has been badly let down by the government. Like Southampton colleges it was promised a multi million pound rebuild and then had the plug pulled on the funds. Although not in the Southampton Test constituency Totton College attracts a considerable number of students from the city.
Labour has its policies on the economy all wrong
13/12/2009 05:31 AM
Labour has its policies on the economy all wrong. More taxes on jobs and allowing Britain's debts to continue to mount unchecked is not going to help the country out of recession. Instead Labour’s policies risk more unemployment and higher interest rates. Labour has failed to take the tough decisions on spending before the election and so there will be even higher taxes if they win the election.
The central measure in the Chancellor’s Pre Budget Report was a tax on jobs that hits everyone earning over £20,000. Labour’s hike in National Insurance is also a back door cut to the NHS. With £446 million coming from the NHS budget, Labour plan a real cut in health spending.
A Conservative government will protect health spending - because there are huge challenges facing the NHS in the years ahead - and we will try to avoid Labour's National Insurance rise. Of all Labour's tax rises, it is our priority to avoid their tax on jobs.
The Conservatives understand that people are struggling to find jobs because very few businesses are taking on new staff. To get companies hiring again we should have tax breaks for companies that create new jobs with cuts in National Insurance and Corporation Tax for small companies.
We need a government that will be straight with people on the economy. Last year the Chancellor told us he planned to borrow £38 billion and that the economy would grow 2.5% this year. He now tells us that he plans to borrow £178 billion and that the economy will in fact shrink by 4.75%.
Labour also needs to be honest about the state of the public finances. They are borrowing £1 for every £4 the government spends. Government debt is now over £800 billion and will exceed £1 trillion in the next year. The more debt the government builds up the longer it will take to pay back and the more taxes will have to rise. Unchecked borrowing will also push up interest rates, hitting businesses and homeowners.
By contrast Conservatives have bold plans to deal with the big problems the country faces. Labour are now the party of unemployment - we are the party of new jobs and new opportunities. To deal with Labour's Debt Crisis we have been honest with the British people about the tough decisions we need to take. Unlike Gordon Brown, we won't duck them and treat the British people like fools.
The Week Ahead
11/12/2009 03:08 PM
Here is a diary of my political activities for the week ahead:
Monday 14th December - Visit to Totton College - discussion with students about environmental issues - Council meetings
Tuesday 15th December - Visit to St Marks Junior School in Shirley - Meeting with residents in Shirley
Wednesday 16th December - Council meetings
Thursday 17th December - Nuffield Theatre meeting in Highfield - Princes Trust awards at the Ordnance Survey in Maybush - Student Celebrations Evening at Taunton's College
Saturday 19th December - Meeting residents in Shirley - Supporting the demonstration in the city centre by local Tamils, against actions by the Sri Lankan Government
Weekly Political Round Up
11/12/2009 03:26 PM
Here is a round up of what I have been up to this week:
Friday 11th December - Visit to St Denys Primary. Handing out the Civic Award to Key Stage 1 pupils. - Meeting with residents in Regents Park
Wednesday 9th December - Council meetings
Tuesday 8th December - Breakfast meeting with city businesses - Meeting with staff at Lloyds Bank in Shirley - Meeting with residents in Regents Park
Monday 7th December - Council meetings
Saturday 5th December - Meeting residents in Inner Avenue and Regents Park
Reaction to the Pre Budget Report
09/12/2009 05:51 PM
Alastair Darling has lost all credibility. It is now becoming a familiar sight to see the Chancellor standing up and announcing that he has got his figures wrong; that the country is borrowing more than expected and that the recession is deeper than he predicted.
Despite Labour saying that Britain was best placed to weather the economic downturn, we were the first in and will be the last to come out of recession. The Government is now borrowing £1 for every £4 it spends, and we are the most indebted we have ever been in peacetime history. What is most worrying is that Labour have no plans to tackle the debt problem.
Today's announcement showed that Labour have decided to delay taking any tough decisions until after the General Election and have refused to be straight with people. The danger is that by taking no action to tackle the deficit, interest rates may have to rise, hitting householders and businesses and prolonging the recession.
Conservative Team Breaks UK Poppadom Record!
11/12/2009 03:13 PM
The 450 Poppadom Tower at Oxford Street's Poppadom Express
Last night Royston Smith and I took on the Southampton Chamber of Commerce in a Poppadom Challenge to raise money for Oxfam and in celebration of national curry week.
With the help of chefs at Poppadom Express in Oxford Street we built a massive 4ft static tower of 450 poppadoms, beating the previous UK record of 282!
UPDATE 11th December: I have just heard from the founders of National Curry Week that 450 poppadoms is in fact a new world record, beating the Bombay Bicycle Club!
New Housing Scheme Given the Go Ahead
04/12/2009 09:44 AM
Conservative Party Chairman, Eric Pickles, meets with Thornhill Reisdents to discuss the new scheme.
Conservatives on Southampton City Council are embarking on an ambitious programme to redevelop the city's council housing estates. We hope to create several thousand new homes this way by 2026. They will be mixed tenure, private, affordable for rent, shared ownership and social.
The pilot project is Hinkler Parade in Thornhill in the Southampton Itchen constituency and today this exciting new scheme was given the green line to proceed.
Hinkler Parade's existing 1950s blocks will be replaced by a new, larger, better quality, higher density development. Better design will aim to ensure that crime and disorder are designed out in the new development. A popular community facility, the ‘Natterbox’ will be retained.
The pilot scheme is funded by Southampton City Council, the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH) and the Homes and Communities Agency.
The project was recently thrown into doubt when Southampton MP and Secretary of State, John Denham, cut growth point funding to the area. PUSH’s growth point funding was cut from £9.5m to £5m. Despite this we are still moving ahead with the Hinkler Parade project and today Conservative Party Chairman, Eric Pickles MP visited the site to meet with local Thornhill residents and to discuss the scheme.
Shadow Minister Backs Campaign for Council Tax Freeze
04/12/2009 10:08 AM
Shadow Local Government Minister, Bob Neil MP meets with local Conservatives
Shadow Minster Bob Neil MP paid a visit to Southampton today to meet with local councillors and council officers. Conservatives have pledged to freeze council tax for two years if we win the next election. Mr Neil explained how this would mean extra funding for Southampton from a Conservative Government to keep council tax down. Mr Neil explained that extra money would also be available for Southampton where new homes are built locally and where new businesses are created.
Backing Small Businesses
04/12/2009 12:08 PM
Southampton signs the Federation of Small Business Accord
This afternoon Southampton City Council signed up to the Federation of Small Business Accord, committing to work more closely with local businesses in the city.
As a local councillor I have been driving forward and supporting a range of initiatives to make Southampton a more business friendly city.
- The city council has cut car parking charges in the city centre. New pre payment cards provide a 20% discount and two car parks have had charges cut in half.
- Council procurement processes are being made simpler and easier for small businesses.
- I am ensuring that the city council is as proactive as possible in getting eligible businesses to take up small business rate relief and I am backing the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) campaign for Automatic Payment.
As a candidate at the next General Election I am very supportive of the policies announced by David Cameron that a Conservative Government would implement to help businesses struggling in this recession.
- Establishing a temporary National Loans Guarantee Scheme to get credit flowing again and help protect jobs.
- Allowing struggling firms to defer their VAT bills for up to six months.
- Cutting small firms' payroll taxes.
- Helping companies with the costs of hiring new staff by giving tax breaks for new jobs.
- Cutting the main rate of corporation tax.
- Cancelling Labour's planned increase in the small companies tax rate, and cutting the rate instead.
At October’s Conservative Party Conference, Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne announced plans to abolish national insurance for new companies during the first two years of a Conservative government. Under the scheme, any new business will not pay national insurance on the first ten workers it hires.
Ken Clarke also announced details of a new Green Paper, which sets out Conservative plans to combat excessive regulation and win the battle against red tape which is stifling business.
Housing benefit system is failing Southampton’s most vulnerable tenants
25/10/2009 12:13 PM
Gordon Brown’s changes to housing benefit rules are harming the most vulnerable tenants and reducing the availability of affordable accommodation.
Last year, Labour Ministers introduced a new ‘Local Housing Allowance’, with housing benefit being direct to the tenant rather than to the landlord. But vulnerable tenants often struggle to manage their finances and spend their rent money on other things. Homeless charity, Crisis, has warned that this can result in rent arrears and eventually homelessness.
Landlords who were previously happy to take on tenants on housing benefit have suffered from non-payment of rent. Many landlords now routinely refuse to let to Local Housing Allowance claimants. According to the National Landlords Association, half of all landlords are reluctant to lend to tenants on Local Housing Allowance.
11,662 people in Southampton are on local housing waiting lists, and a sizeable proportion of them are on housing benefit. Housing waiting lists have risen by 401 per cent under this Labour Government – reflecting the shortage of affordable accommodation.
Conservatives have pledged to change Labour’s failed policy. Tenants will be able to choose whether to have their housing allowance paid direct to their landlord. This will increase the availability of quality low-cost housing.
Labour’s new housing benefit rules are failing the most vulnerable in our society. Some tenants struggle to manage their finances and are getting into arrears and trouble as a result. Landlords are put off from renting to those on benefit because it is affecting their businesses, slashing the availability of decent places to live.
As a city councillor in Southampton I am responsible for finance and have overseen the implementation of the new housing benefits system locally. Southampton like other local councils have had to implement new system imposed on them by Government.
I have had landlords coming to me telling me first hand what a disaster the new system is proving. It is causing real problems for local landlords as well as hurting those vulnerable tenants who are most in need. I am also told that it has become a fraudster’s charter.
Tenants should have greater choice, and be free to specify that their housing benefit should go direct to the landlord. I have been lobbying the Conservative Party for some time on this matter and I am delighted that we will reform the system if they form the next Government.
In the meantime I will be working closely with council officers and landlords to find ways to make the current botched system work better.
My colleagues, Cllr Paul Holmes and Cllr Ben Walker have written formally to Test Valley Borough Council opposing the development.
Redbridge Lane is a very narrow country lane and is part of the local gap between Nursling and Southampton. It is also designated as countryside under Test Valley's local planning policies.
I think it is very important that we maintain the local gap between the city and Nursling and I think the traffic implications would be severe for the local area.
A Great Turn Out For Our Troops
25/10/2009 04:13 PM
Southampton did our troops proud today, turning out in huge numbers to greet the men and women serving in the 17 Port and Maritime Regiment.
The Marchwood based unit which has recently returned from Afghanistan, marched from Mayflower Park, up the High Street, through the Bargate before finally lining up at the forecourt of the Civic Centre. They were met by Princess Anne the Princess Royal who spoke at length with the soldiers and presented them with their service medals.
Lottery Boost for St James' Park!
25/10/2009 01:57 PM
St James' Park in Shirley is set for a £1.5m makeover after the announcement this week that the park has been successful in winning lottery funding.
The plans for the park include refurbishing the former air raid shelter to provide a café, community rooms, a ranger base and toilets.
The scheme will improve play equipment and provide features for all ages while popular tennis courts will be refurbished and there will be improved access to the park.
£1.1m from the lottery will be added to the £400,000 being invested by the city council.
St James' Park was picked by the lottery to receive the funding largely because of the huge amount of community backing for the scheme. The Friends of St James' Park have over 500 members and local people have drawn up the plans and will also be involved in the redevelopment of the park. Improvement works will be completed by 2011 in time for the 100th anniversary of the opening of the park.
Sorry is not good enough - House of Commons Committee should have ordered Jacqui Smith to repay expenses
25/10/2009 02:35 PM
The decision by local Labour MP, Alan Whitehead not to require Jacqui Smith to repay falsely claimed parliamentary expenses was quite wrong.
Mr Whitehead serves on the House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges and is one of 5 Labour MPs who asked merely for an apology from Ms Smith, refusing to call for her to repay up to £116,000 of expenses wrongly claimed by her between 2004 -2009. The committee’s decision followed an investigation by John Lyon, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, who was scathing of the former Home Secretary’s behaviour.
Ms Smith claimed that her main home was a house in Peckham, a property owned by her sister where she used a room when staying in London. This allowed her to claim expenses and allowances on a ‘second home’, the four bedroom family home in the West Midlands.
Mr Whitehead was quite wrong to let his colleague off the hook. Jacqui Smith has been proved to have acted wrongly. She has been misleading about which house was really her main home and where she spent most of her time and Police evidence directly conflicted with her own account.
Any jury in the land would have said pay back the money. Having a bunch of MPs of the same party make the decision is like picking a prisoner’s cell mates and asking them to act as his jury.
It’s a pretty clear cut case to me. I think the committee should have ordered to her to pay back any expenses that were wrongly claimed.
An Evening Out With The Street Pastors
25/10/2009 02:50 PM
I had the opportunity to spend an evening out in the town centre and in Bedford Place with the Street Pastors on Friday.
I had heard very good reports about the work of the Street Pastors beforehand, however on seeing them in action I think they are doing a tremendous job.
I certainly feel that the team made a big and positive difference to the lives of several people that evening.
I was also very impressed by how interlinked the Street Pastors are with other services; the Police and the CCTV control room. Also there seemed to be an excellent relationship with the door staff at the various pubs and clubs. I noticed too how helpful it was for the Police to have the Street Pastors deal with the low level disturbances, which then frees the Police up to deal with more serious instances.
The public really value the work and the presence of the Street Pastors. Despite only being up and running in the city for a short time they have a great deal of recognition and are making a huge impact.
I am Committed to Improving and Investing in Our NHS
04/01/2010 02:30 AM
With a General Election fast approaching it is important that local people in Southampton understand my position and that of the Conservative Party on the NHS.
“The Conservative Party stands full square behind the NHS ... We back it, we are going to expand it, we have ring-fenced it and said that it will get more money under a Conservative government, and it is our Number one mission to improve it.” These are the words of David Cameron and I back him one hundred per cent.
Conservatives are committed to real terms increases in health spending year on year. David Cameron has been clear that there will be no cuts to NHS front line services under the Conservatives. With an aging population and increasing demand for health services I think this is critical.
Conservatives would trust professionals and provide the right incentives for them and to put patient choice at the heart of the NHS. A Conservative Government would:
Give patients choice over their GP and which hospital they go to.
Give more freedom to existing healthcare providers. We want to give NHS Trusts far more freedom to innovate and to adjust the way they provide services in response to their patients’ wishes locally.
End box-ticking and process targets. Instead we would focus on improving the overall results of people’s treatment in the NHS.
Stop political interference.
Strengthen the role of the Care Quality Commission.
Make prevention a priority.
Public health is central to our plan to help Britain become a healthier nation. To do this, we would help people live healthy lifestyles, develop a responsibility deal with business and build a stronger public health infrastructure.
There will be a choice at the next election and local people should know that I am committed to improving and investing in our NHS and protecting front line jobs in our local hospitals.
Weekly Political Diary
27/09/2009 05:31 PM
The last week has been a busy one, dealing with Council matters and meeting with resident and community groups:
Monday 21st September - Council meetings, including a Cabinet meeting to support Bitterne Park school in its bid to provide a sixth form.
Tuesday 22nd September - Helped with the launch of 50 new recycling bins in the city centre in partnership with Coca Cola. - Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses. - Meeting with Southampton University's new Vice Chancellor.
Wednesday 23rd September - Attended the inaugural meeting of the new Maybush Triangle Tenants and Residents Association.
Thursday 24th September - Governors meeting at Freemantle Infants School.
Friday 25th September - Breakfast briefing on the Port Master Plan with Associated British Ports and Williams Shipping - Met with Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell MP and with the Shirley based charity, The Sailors' Society. - Mobile ward surgeries and constituency casework: meeting with residents in Redbridge and Freemantle.
Saturday 26th September - Mobile ward surgeries and constituency casework: meeting with residents in Shirley and Redbridge.
Meeting With The Sailors' Society
27/09/2009 02:46 PM
Jeremy pictured with Andrew Mitchell MP and Robert Adams, The Sailors' Society Chief Executive
On Friday I met with Shadow International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell MP to hear about the excellent work done by a locally based charity, the Sailors' Society.
Southampton is home to one of the biggest and busiest cargo ports in the country. It is also the UK's premier port for cruise ship departures. As such huge numbers of sailors stop off in the city, many coming from developing countries and often out of contact wih their families for weeks at a time.
Based in Shirley Road, the Sailors' Society provides a personal lifeline for seafarers, supporting them when they step ashore.
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Conservative Party Chairman, Eric Pickles, meets with Thornhill Reisdents to discuss the new scheme.
Southampton signs the Federation of Small Business Accord
With a General Election fast approaching it is important that local people in Southampton understand my position and that of the Conservative Party on the NHS.
