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What are we about? We are about equal opportunities and social mobility. The opportunity for everyone to succeed no matter their age, race, gender, religion or background is a key concern for our organisation and our candidate- Jessica Lee.
We believe education is the key to opportunity and social mobility, making it a Conservative priority. We will make sure schools focus on individuals strengths and weaknesses to make sure everyone has the best possible chance of success. This will create a far more personalised feel to schooling and prove to you, the families, that we believe every child counts. We will revolutionise apprenticeships to open up new routes to success for the next generation- something they can aspire to.
The system of training in the UK is stuck in the past - and as a result, over three-quarters of a million young people are not in any kind of education, employment, or training. It is our ambition to move into the future and get britain working again.
We are about making Britain the easiest and best place in the world to set up and grow a business.
Under Labour, business has become increasingly burdened by corporate taxes, red tape and the lack of enterprise leadership in government. At a local level in Erewash we have seen an increasing number of small businesses closing. This is simply unacceptable and Jessica Lee aims to work with the conservative government at a national level to combat this. This would mean:
While these measures will help small businesses everywhere- Jessica Lee will ensure that the interests of Erewash and your small businesses in particular are represented.
Erewash is predominantly rural in character and as such epitomises many of the best features of the traditional English landscape. Our countryside is home to beautiful landscapes, spectacular views and some of Britain’s most loved towns and villages.
But, after 11 years of Labour, many rural communities are struggling. They’re suffering from a poor transport infrastructure, a lack of affordable housing and hidden poverty. In addition, many of their most valuable services - schools, post offices and health care facilities – are under threat.
Jessica Lee aims to work with the local community and the Conservative Government to breathe new life into the countryside. They will:
Rural communities need a thriving farming industry - but Britain’s farmers have endured a tough decade, faced with animal diseases, excessive regulation and rising fuel prices.
They need a representative and a government that works with them, not against them. So we promise to:
This co-operation will be crucial in tackling climate change and the threats to our food security – and it will help to rebuild the broken bond of trust between rural communities and the government.
Labour’s top-down approach to fighting crime has failed.
They have ignored the professional judgment of police officers and denied them the freedom to do their jobs - violent crime has increased as officers are forced to spend more time on paperwork than on patrol. Jessica Lee and a Conservative Government will make the empowerment of communities a central goal. The bond between the police and the public must be rebuilt, and the first step will be cutting the paperwork which ties officers to their desks:
We will take our reforms further by empowering local people as well as police officers. By introducing directly-elected police commissioners, and by requiring all police forces to publish crime maps and hold quarterly beat meetings, we will enable local communities to hold their police force to account.
To ensure that we have adequate space to house offenders, our plans for renewal of the prison estate will increase capacity by 5,000 places above Labour’s plans.
We will scrap Labour’s disastrous policy of early release, and introduce honesty in sentencing. Offenders will receive minimum and maximum sentences; there will be no possibility of parole before the minimum has been served, and release before the maximum point will be conditional on the prisoner’s behaviour and progress in prison.
We will also legislate to create a presumption that anyone convicted of knife crimes will receive a prison sentence. We cannot tackle crime unless we also address the causes of crime, such as family breakdown, drug abuse and binge drinking. But the fight back starts with getting more police officers back on to the streets. Only then can we begin to rebuild the safer communities we all want.
A note from Jessica Lee on why you should be involved: One of the most rewarding aspects of living in Erewash and being a parliamentary candidate is meeting and talking with people from across our area about the issues that concern them and their families.
Over the last few weeks and months, many of you have told me how it seems like the country is heading in the wrong direction and that it’s time for a change.
Under David Cameron’s leadership, the Conservative Party is offering a strong, positive agenda to help get Britain back on track.
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