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We have a really good candidate. His name is Mike Pitt and he is definitely worth voting for.<\/p>\n

Mike has a very strong background in education and business. After attending a comprehensive school, Mike went on to Cambridge University where he obtained a degree in mathematics. After gaining business experience he re-trained in education and now teaches maths -? in a comprehensive school.? He currently lives in Cambridge and is also a Cambridge City councillor. (Incidentally he wasn’t impressed about how Rochford run their cabinet system when we explained it to him).<\/p>\n

He’s somebody who’s very bright, hardworking and with a social conscience. He’s easy to chat to, understands how councils work and how to improve them.<\/p>\n

Over the last five years the coalition has been clearing up the financial mess left by the last Labour government. (Remember the note left by the outgoing Chief Secretary to the Treasury – “There’s no money left”)<\/a>. Having a stable coalition was crucial, because it helped the government to keep borrowing costs low – maybe the lowest interest rates ever .<\/a>? Now we can concentrate more on maintaining and improving services. To quote our candidate:<\/p>\n

Like most of us I am proud of the NHS, and acknowledge its pressures. Under Liberal Democrat spending plans Health Service funding will be at least ?8bn higher per year in real terms by 2020. The Liberal Democrats are the only political party to set out a credible road map for how we will safeguard the NHS over the next parliament. We can?t however do this without finishing the job of deficit reduction: not cutting services for the sake of it but ensuring a fair share of the load being met by a contribution from the richest in society through targeted tax changes. In particular we will continue progress made on tax avoidance and target ?6billion more by 2017\/18.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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