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It is increasingly
clear that people
are becoming
more conscious of
where their food
comes from. This
year’s National
Gardening Week, running from 29th
April to 5th May embraces this with
theme ‘Edible Britain’. The local
elections in
West Suffolk
will be held on
Thursday, 2nd
May this year.
It’s the chance
for you to elect
your parish,
town and district councillors. Local
councils oversee what’s happening in
your community. They are responsible
for community development, housing,
licensing and environmental health
issues, planning and waste and
recycling plus many more areas of
our communities. These are the kinds
of issues that affect us when we step
out our front doors and allow the area
in which we live to be the very best
it can be. Councils also support local
High Streets and offer support for local
businesses and jobs, thus having a direct
impact on the local economy.
Conservative controlled councils have a
proven record of managing your money
wisely whilst delivering excellent public
services and for lower council taxes than
Labour and Liberal Democrat controlled
councils. The choice you make when you
go to the local polls will have a direct
impact on the kinds of public services
you receive and the amount of council
tax you pay. Conservative councils save
families more than £100 per year more
than Labour and Liberal Democrat
National Gardening Week is our
country’s biggest celebration of
gardening and raises awareness of
the positive impact that gardens and
gardening can have on people’s lives.
The event started eight years ago and
has grown in popularity ever since.
This year, the Royal Horticultural
Society is encouraging gardeners,
garden centres and nurseries to
highlight all things edible and ‘grow
your own’. Everyone has the space to
grow food, whether it is a single pot,
vegetable patch or allotment. There
really is nothing more satisfying than
eating food that you have produced
yourself.
Gardening also serves to introduce the
next generation to our environment
and eco-system. Whether it is visiting
our wonderful countryside and green
spaces or the excitement of growing
plants from small seeds, the benefi ts
are clear. The earlier we can introduce
children to the environment, the
more likely they are to care about its
preservation and all that entails.
Seeing how nature interacts; from
plants to insects to birds and what can
be achieved when they are all able to
thrive is an issue of real importance to
convey to children from a young age.
Some of the smallest creatures play an
essential role in our food production,
particularly bees and other pollinators.
It is for reasons such as this that I
strongly welcomed commitments
made by the Government to leave the
environment in a better state than we
found it.
Gardening should not be constrained
to one week alone. Let this year’s
National Gardening Week give us
the impetus to embrace the merits
that growing your own can bring and
celebrate home grown produce.
Get Together Tuesdays
controlled councils. With local councils
spending 25% of all public money, it’s
important that we elect the candidates
that will do the best job for us.
A very big change that took place at the
beginning of April was the formation
of the West Suffolk Council. This is the
amalgamation of St Edmundsbury
Borough Council and Forest Heath
District Council. The formation of
a single council for West Suffolk
will benefi t residents. It’s combined
services under the Conservatives is
already delivering saving of £4million
per annum effi ciencies and starting
in May will provide a further savings
of around £800,000 per year of your
money, whilst providing future proof
fi nancial stability in order to provide for
local communities. In West Suffolk the
Conservative controlled councils are
using innovative methods to raise more
money to subsidise services and keep
your council tax low. The Conservatives
in West Suffolk have achieved a lot and I
hope they may continue to work for you,
but they need your support on 2nd May.
This is a very exciting time for West
Suffolk. I hope you will join me in getting
to know your local candidates, ask their
opinions and positions on the local
issues that affect you. Once elected,
these councillors will be working hard
on your behalf. I hope you can get to
your local polling station and vote
Conservative on 2 May.
#GetTogetherTuesdays bringing the
community together and trying to
combat loneliness. We had over 32
people attend this morning and raised
a lovely £27 for the bury st Edmund’s
Rickshawwho attend today and put
a lot of smiles on faces. Thank you
to everyone who attends see you all
on the 14th May at 11am at nowton
court village. Call Sammy for more info
01284 365247.
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