Campaigns

Improving the lives of Telford people

Tom believes that Labour is failing the country. Problems such as antisocial behaviour and family breakdown, excessive red tape, lack of employment opportunities and pensions security, rocketing council tax and climate change are all issues that are not being tackled effectively.

Tom is determined to:

See improvements in local services and facilities, particularly for the elderly, but also young people growing up within the community
See changes to the benefits system to reward working people, help sustain pensions and eliminate fraudulent claims
See more people take part in the democratic process, with more fundamental powers and decision making being restored to local people – ‘bottom-up, not top down’
See greater protection of the environment, through the greening of local and national energy policies, through significantly increased levels of energy saving at household and industrial levels and the protection of valuable green spaces
See cuts to unnecessary regulation and red tape to allow large and small businesses to thrive, create jobs and ensure a growing and thriving local economy in Telford
See whole communities working together, upholding civic pride and championing social responsibility at all levels
See a robust stance on immigration, including reducing the numbers of illegal immigrants
See improved academic standards in schools so that all young people maximise their potential
See a new agreement negotiated with the European Union to restore more powers to Westminster

Tom’s campaigns

Specific campaigns:

To stop the closure of Post Offices in the area to retain a valuable business and community service

In the spring of 2008, Tom mounted a major campaign to help keep Telford's Randlay Post Office open. Please click on the picture link below for further information.
To halt the proposed service cuts to the paediatric unit at the Princess Royal Hospital and to improve health care provision generally
To increase the levels of policing in general in and around Telford, to help reduce crime and raise public confidence
To retain valuable green spaces in and around Telford by reversing today’s trend of cutting down trees and concreting over these precious and irreplaceable areas
To improve the maintenance of roads, particularly minor roads, and the upkeep of public footpaths across the area
To stop indiscriminate and ongoing littering of public areas across Telford

Tom will be working extremely hard on all of the above issues and on his campaigns. But we need your support to make it happen! If you would like to get involved, click here.