I am standing for re-election as your County Councillor as I am passionate about our community and the area where we live.

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However, we face serious challenges and I have
campaigned on several key issues: i) remove sewage from
our rivers; ii) improve our roads and reduce the amount of
potholes and iii) work on a Countywide plan to limit HGVs
using our villages and market towns as cut-throughs.
I have given over £10,000 to WASP (Windrush Against
Sewage Pollution) to ensure that we can effectively monitor
and measure the extent of pollution entering our rivers.
This equipment is vital in order to hold Thames Water to
account for their dumping of raw sewage into our rivers.
I am also heavily involved in the County Council HGV study
to limit the large HGVs using our villages and market towns
as a cut through. This work and data gathering should be
completed in 2025-2026.
We need to support our local farmers and ensure that the
current Inheritance Tax proposal is scrapped. My inbox is
also full of complaints from concerned pensioners who face
cuts in their winter fuel payments and face real hardship in
the winter months often having to face a choice between
heating and eating. This is an unfair policy levied against
the most vulnerable in our society.
With your support on Thursday 1st May, I will continue to
campaign to ensure that West Oxfordshire is a place where
we can all be proud to live, work and grow up in for many
years to come.