FROM East Worthing & Shoreham, FOR East Worthing &
Shoreham
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A FAIR DEAL FOR OUR CHILDREN’S
EDUCATION
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SUPPORT FOR OUR NHS AND PUBLIC
SERVICES
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ACTION ON OUR TRANSPORT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WOES
Your Member
of Parliament is YOUR representative in Westminster and is YOUR voice in
government. East Worthing & Shoreham needs change if the challenges our
constituency faces are to be fully addressed in parliament.
I have lived
and worked in East Worthing & Shoreham for most of my life. Your
Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem candidates all live in other constituencies in
the South East. A vote for me means you are backing someone who fully
understands and has a stake in the issues we all face, and who can truly
represent the constituency.
My policies
are:
A better deal for our children and
young people’s education
West
Sussex has the fourth lowest funding per student in the country. Although the
current government is introducing a “fairer funding formula” this has only
meant so far that money has been siphoned away from London and more evenly
spread around the country. This policy will lead to real term cuts, despite
official government announcements.
We
keep being told that there has never been more money spent on education.
However, the part that’s left out in these statements is the record numbers of
students and the record high costs faced by schools.
We
need to enthuse young people with a curriculum that they can ALL engage with,
which will then offer a future that young people can ALL aspire to. Someone
needs to stand up for the many hardworking, decent young people in East
Worthing and Shoreham. I don’t believe they are getting a fair deal out of the
political process at present.
Improved funding and
support to our public services
The
NHS is creaking under financial pressure. Our constituency’s hospitals have been
judged outstanding recently, but without adequate funding how can this level of
performance be maintained? The NHS is a source of national pride, and rightly
so, but it needs more funding and we need to support the people who do such a
good job within it to enable them to continue providing the exceptional service
they currently do.
The
police are struggling to respond to all the calls they receive due purely to
lack of officers and funding cuts. Anti-social behaviour is on the rise as I
have unfortunately experienced in my capacity as a committee member at Worthing
Cricket Club, where our equipment has suffered at the hands of bored, young
people.
Action on the transport
and infrastructure problems which blight our constituency
I
am forced to sit in the same traffic jams that you sit in every day, avoid the
same potholes, walk past the same empty commercial units each weekend and see
the same unkempt verges that you see. These things upset me, as I’m sure they
do you.
Funding
was promised by the Department for Transport to improve the transport
infrastructure of the East Worthing & Shoreham constituency, but was
withdrawn in March of this year. Seemingly there was no opposition from our
representatives in Westminster. This is not acceptable to those of us who
suffer the jams along the A27 and A259 each day.
The
Southern Rail debacle seems to have become a party-political issue. We must
solve this crisis to save what remains of the work-life balance of those whose
family life and livelihoods depend upon a reliable rail network. This is not a
party-political issue, it is a human issue; our political representatives
should be looking to help solve rather than push their political message.
An informed choice on
Brexit
I voted to remain in the EU but Brexit was the
preferred option for the majority, so we must aim for the best deal we can get.
Once a deal has been struck, the general public should
have the chance to decide whether it’s acceptable. The campaign to leave was
based around a hypothetical “life after Brexit” vision rather than facts. Those
facts will become clear once the deal has been done.
I promise
that I will not be held back by the interests of a political party with
national rather than local interests. I will do my best to represent the
interests of the East Worthing and Shoreham community, which is the
constituency I reside in and which I contribute to beyond politics.
Party
politics rarely meets the needs of the people they are supposed to serve as
people’s needs no longer align with those of the political elite. YOU CAN do
something about this by voting for an independent candidate.
I am standing for election in order to get a better deal for
constituents in East Worthing and Shoreham. I believe serving as an independent
MP is the best chance we have for change.
About me:
I am a maths teacher from Worthing. With 15 years’ experience
in state education, I have seen at first hand the damage wrought by
Conservative cuts. My wife is a local police officer and I am very aware of the
extra pressures brought on by recent cuts. My daughter is about to enter a secondary
school in the constituency which is struggling to attract staff, despite having
been advised through the academy conversion process by local politicians. With extended
family in Lancing, Shoreham and Southwick I am deeply committed to our
community; I have served as a school governor and am a current committee member
of Worthing Cricket Club, where I also coach juniors. A keen sportsman, I have
played for Worthing Cricket Club, Shoreham Cricket Club, Worthing Football
Club, Shoreham Football Club and Southwick Football Club.
Andy Lutwyche: From
East Worthing and Shoreham, for East Worthing and Shoreham
VOTE INDEPENDENT, VOTE LUTWYCHE ON JUNE 8
