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Message to Hailsham

Town council can and should be better led.

Conservatives are working hard to achieve a more efficient town council in Hailsham

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Monday, 9 January, 2023
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Conservatives on Hailsham Town Council have sent a message to each household in the town explaining how they are are working, on residents' behalf, to improve the efficiency and financial management of the town council.

Current measures that your Conservative town councillors are actively pursuing: 

• Continue to challenge all waste of taxpayers money, with a view to savings residents hundreds-of-thousands of pounds;

• Working hard, through our position on the Hailsham Finance committee, to argue for a zero increase in your town’s Council Tax next year;

• Helping  to set-up and lead the Warm Bank initiatives across Hailsham; 

• Working with our county councillor and the Highways Dept to overcome parking issues, such as in Welbury Meadows and The Grange;

• Supporting local efforts that will help to secure better facilities for Hailsham United and other local sports clubs;

• Working with council officers to adopt new, much-needed recreational facilities in the town after years of delay.

Finance Committee Chair at the town council, Cllr Steve Keogh says: “I have been very active, using my business skills, to help ensure that the town council gets better value-for-money from our £1.25 million of council tax, by:

• Addressing financial issues;
• Working hard to ensure that the council-run post office increases its profitability;
• Preventing further waste through poorly-costed and ill-conceived projects;
• Opposing unnecessary building against the Neighbourhood Plan;
• Focussing the Town Council on freezing council tax for 2023/4.

“Where you have elected us, we have worked hard on YOUR community issues, from the quality of fibre upgrade installation, to liaising with the local police over knife-crime and anti-social behaviour, to addressing road safety, dangerous parking, and opposing over-development.” says Cllr Keogh.

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“Over the last year we have fought a number of by-elections on the platform of restoring financial discipline and management to Hailsham Town Council and improving staff relations,” says long-standing town councillor Richard Grocock. “We continue to do so on your behalf.” 

Councillor Kevin Lawrence observes: “Despite an atmosphere of denial among some opposition councillors, Conservatives are working hard to persuade other town councillors to make decisions based upon what is financially sensible, best for our community, and not influenced by political self interest.”

Former Mayor, Councillor Nigel Coltman says: “Our local priorities are value-for-money, road safety and parking, tackling anti-social behaviour, better local infrastructure, and opposing inappropriate development.”

“Although we cannot control the overall council, we continually fight hard to keep your town council tax as low as possible and obtain better value.” says Conservative town councillor Jenny Cook

Town councillor Chris Bryant says: “We cannot work miracles, but where you elected  Conservatives, we pledged to work hard for you on community issues, and that is exactly what we have done.”

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