Gravesham deserves a better champion to tackle the cost of living crisis and the issues that matter to residents of Gravesend, Northfleet, Meopham, Vigo, Higham, Shorne, Istead Rise, Cobham, Luddesdown, Culverstone, Sole Street and all the areas in-between.

Vision for Gravesham - ‘Unlocking Gravesham’s Potential’ 

• An unrelenting focus on Jobs and the local Economy – unlocking Gravesham’s potential means an unrelenting focus on jobs and the economy looking for opportunities to attract new employers to the area, retaining our talent within the Borough, reforming business rates and local business taxation ensuring fairness for all and parity with online retailers.

• Quality Public Services, Fit for Purpose – unlocking Gravesham’s potential means that both locally and nationally our public services are fit for purpose locally this means Government should invest in our schools, our highways, our childcare and children centres, our libraries, our leisure facilities, our parks and open spaces and our transport system work for Gravesham and nationally our Government invests in our defence, our water supply, our energy security, our economy and our laws reflect the needs of the country and unlock the UK’s potential.

• Unlocking Local and Community Empowerment – unlocking Gravesham’s potential means working in partnership across Gravesham with parishes, community groups, businesses and communities on their priorities ensuring long term resourcing and the powers to do so. Our local government is also best placed to have powers and resources devolved from Government at a level that is closer to the people so that local representatives and local people can decide on the priorities of their areas.

• An NHS and Health and Social Care System that is fit for purpose – unlocking Gravesham’s potential means that we have a healthy population that can access health services when needed including GP appointments, bringing waiting lists down across the board, ensuring our social care system is fit for purpose and meets the needs of those that need it ensuring dignity and respect.

• Housing that is affordable and meets everyone’s needs – unlocking Gravesham’s potential means that we have a local housing supply mix that is truly affordable across the board for those local residents seeking to buy and rent, to ensuring that a new wave of council housing is built and not subject to right to buy unless an exact like for like is replaced.