The
panel looking at Fair Access to the Professions published its report last
month entitled "Unleashing
Aspiration". Local Labour Parliamentary Candidates, Tim Shand (Guildford)
and Jonathan Slater (Aldershot) look at how far it has helped young people
to reach their full potential and what more needs to be done.
Read
their analysis in Progress magazine
- online.
The
appalling state of Guildford's roads
Tim and his campaign team, out on the Bellfields estate
recently, found
the roads in a terrible condition. Before the county council elections
in June, Surrey's Tory administration claimed they were successfully tackling
the backlog of road repairs.
Tell that to the residents of Cedar Way on Bellfields. We reckon their road has the worst potholes of any we have seen in Guildford so far. Tim Shand emphasises its dreadful state in the picture.
More housing needed in Guildford
Where is the most potholed road in Guildford?
If you know a road that is like the one in the photo or worse then let us know.
Please send me the details, with or without a photo.
Labour
Parliamentary Candidates -
we don't seek office
for personal gain
Tim Shand signs up
to five pledges that show we mean business
The expenses scandal brings suspicion on all those who seek to represent their political parties. As a measure of our intention to try and restore an element of trust between voters and political representatives ahead of the general election, as Prospective Parliamentary Candidates we would like to put on record the following five pledges which will govern our conduct if we are elected to Parliament.
A great many of our current Members of Parliament already embody these principles in their day-to-day conduct and their example should be recognised. We would not like to return to a system where only those who are already independently wealthy can put themselves forward for election to Parliament, so necessary reforms to the system of MPs’ expenses and allowances should acknowledge the legitimate need for those representing constituencies outside Greater London to claim for appropriate accommodation and travel expenses. In the absence, however, of a decision on the final form of the new system, these pledges will act as our guide if we have the honour of being elected to the House of Commons.
- As a parliamentary candidate I will subscribe to high standards of integrity, transparency, accountability and financial economy;
- I seek elected office not for personal gain but to serve the public and our democracy, which I consider an honour and a privilege;
- I will publish my expenses online within a month of submitting them and publicise them annually in full to constituents;
- I will hold regular meetings with my community and will regularly report back to my constituency party;
- I will apply the principle of best value to all decisions I make which involve the use of public money to cover my duties, including for travel and accommodation.
If you have any issues you wish to raise with Tim or would like him to speak to your group, then you can email him by clicking the link below.
Email: Tim Shand See Tim's web site at www.tim4guildford.com
