Richard served in the military for 8 years as a Royal Marine Commando, completing 2 tours of Afghanistan.

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Now, he holds a senior position in an international trading computer software firm. Being a very driven and ambitious person, he now looks to turn this drive into helping the local community and joining the council. Are you fed up with walking into the Grove and finding the bins have overflowed with rubbish? Or walking into the Mill Lane car park and having broken glass all over the floor? Or are you depressed at looking at all the empty shops on the High Street? Like most people, Richard is fed up with the same parties making promises but not providing any real change despite how well intentioned these individuals might be. We need to be innovating as to how the system works and focused on driving real change into how these services can be delivered in order to better serve the local residents.