LETTER: Full credit to Mark Popple for standing

As a long term local campaigner and member of the South Holland and The Deepings Constituency Labour Party (CLP), I would like to give full credit to one of our young members, Mark Popple for standing as our PPC for South Holland and The Deepings.

Of course Sir John Hayes will be expecting to retain his comfortable seat with a 24,897 majority.

But this will be a great opportunity for our young candidate to gain the experience he needs to become an MP in future years to come.

We all have to start somewhere and my advice to Mark would be to stay positive, take no notice of all the negative comments, stand for what you believe in and enjoy meeting as many wonderful people that live in our area.

Mark supported me during the local elections in May and he certainly has my endorsement to fight this General Election Campaign in South Holland and the Deepings.

People are totally fed up with years of austerity and uncertainty, just look around.

Local authorities are on their knees because of years of cuts from central government.

County councils face millions in shortfall each year.

Lincolnshire seems to be the forgotten county when it comes to fairer funding.

Local councils are missing out on £116m of annual funding compared with the England average, or £239 per home.

With extra funding like this our local NHS could benefit, new roads could be built so we can get around better and safer.

Also our crumbling rural roads could be repaired on a regular basis instead of the old sticking plaster routine.

Not forgetting our High Streets that have been left in demise for years.

Local towns need more investment for local businesses and communities so our towns can offer more instead of people going elsewhere and losing the footfall in town centres.

Do we want much more of the same or a change for the better?

A fairer way, a better way, a better Britain.

Mark Popple will get my support and Labour will be getting my vote for the many not the few.

Mark, I wish you all the best in the forthcoming General Election.