My priorities for New Forest East
I will go above and beyond to make Labour’s plan for change work for New Forest East. I will work with local communities and businesses on these five priorities:
1. Health and social support close to home
Stop GP closures and bring more preventive services and health centres into the community - with GPs, physiotherapists, care workers and mental health specialists together under one roof. Introduce a national care service, so people can get the care that they need closer to home.
2. Give our children the best start in life
Bring more affordable, high-quality childcare into the community. Get more teachers where they are needed, working under decent conditions. Address the symptoms and causes of mental ill-health for young people.
3. Clean up our rivers, seas and air
Remove sewage from our rivers by holding water companies accountable. Bring air quality to healthy levels by tackling shipping and traffic pollution. Make GB Energy work while protecting local jobs.
4. Make work fair, and support the self-employed to thrive
Support employers and workers to make work pay. Introduce better rights and protections for the self-employed. Reform business rates, tackle late payments and bring more funding to local businesses.
5. Guarantee security in retirement
Protect the triple-lock state pension guarantee, protect pensioners from the cost of living crisis, and ensure that pension funds are resilient and continue to grow so everybody is guaranteed security in retirement.