I was born and brought up in Scunthorpe and have lived in the local area, now residing in Brigg, all my life.

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I attended local schools and college and after completing an apprenticeship at British Steel continued to work in the industry for 10 years. I moved into the Oil and Gas sector in 1989, working on and offshore in the UK and overseas. I continue to work part time in this industry.

I have experience of the property sector having been involved in the construction and renovation of residential properties. I continue to work as a landlord and appreciate the difficulties which people now have with the purchase / rental of their homes; this given the parlous state of the housing market.

I believe all people whether of high, low or middle income must have aspiration for family and themselves. We must all have equal access to the resources of education and opportunity so that those aspirations can be achieved.

The economy must grow in order that an increasing population be given the financial freedom through work, to meet its public spending requirements. We are in a situation where the changing demographic of an increasingly aged and immigration fuelled population overtakes the countries current growth expectations; without radical reform in all areas this is unsustainable.

It is paramount that we must greatly increase financing of the health and social care sectors so that our endemic ageing population is given the services it so deserves. This increased spending must however come from reform of current financial structures, not by injecting yet more good cash after bad.

Whilst immigration has, historically been a necessary and valued addition to the British population, its exponential increase over the past 20 years is unsustainable from both a financial and socially cohesive perspective.

Zero net migration must be the goal and has to be achieved for the good of the British economy, its workforce and social equilibrium.

Departmental waste must be slashed in order that government budgets are sufficient to provide fit for purpose financing of the Defence, Education and Welfare sectors.

The Health and Social Care budget must be ring fenced at pre-pandemic levels and taken out of government control. Our NHS is on life support and must be resuscitated by different management as a not for profit business by those with the skills gained from our most successful industries.

The agriculture and fishing industries must be resurrected in order that British food feeds British people.

British manufacturing industries must be competitive against all foreign competition, with a home energy sector fuelling that support. Britain can once again lead the world. We still have the workforce and skills but they have been supressed for far too long by political weakness and incompetence.

Change is VITAL and it starts at the forthcoming general election. You can have no complaints if the blue / red status quo is maintained by your apathy or ignorance of the present political ineptitude.

Your VOTE is your VOICE…. Shout for REFORM UK.