This months edition of the Nottinghamshire Conservatives in touch newsletter.

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This months edition of the Nottinghamshire Conservatives in touch newsletter.

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This months edition of the Nottinghamshire Conservatives in touch newsletter.
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This months edition of the Nottinghamshire Conservatives in touch newsletter.
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The Party Conference was a conference that proved that our Party had come of age - but had also gone back to its roots. I say that because the recognition of the need to deal with poverty and deprivation shone throughout the conference, both on the main platform and on the fringe. What was most important was the reaction amongst the Party grass roots; the Conservative Party as a whole is signed up to tackling this problem.

Historically, the Conservative Party have always been compassionate, Disraeli's principle of One Nation is at the heart of our philosophy. But, our approach will be different. New Labour have failed because they have driven everything from the top down. They have told local authorities how to do things, and thrown a whole mass of bureaucracy along with it. This approach has cost us dear - it is why we are swimming in debt as a Nation, but it has also failed to deliver. In smatterings, there are things that have worked, but not offering anything like the value that taxpayers deserve.

So an approach that minimises National control and empowers local Councils and communities will be more cost effective, but it will also make sure that solutions for Nottingham North are ones that are right for Nottingham North rather than for Gordon Brown's soundbites.

Nottingham North has a great deal to gain from the change of Government that will come whenever the General Election is called, as I have said before, the election can't come soon enough.

Nottingham East and North parliamentary candidates Ewan Lamont and Martin Curtis have both signed up on the new My Conservatives campaign website. Check out their campaigns on their website pages.

In light of the MP expenses scandal it is important for the people of Nottingham know that our Conservative Councillors in the City don’t claim a single penny in expenses.

Ewan Lamont has as pledged to do his bit for the British Armed Forces family. British forces are doing a great job in some trying circumstances. The Government is unclear on what strategy they should be following and has seriously under equipped our troops.

I had the good fortune to meet the Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague last week at a fund raising event at the East Midlands Conference Centre.

Wednesday 25th November – Cameron's bid to block tram tax

According to today's Nottingham Evening Post, Conservative Party Leader David Cameron has called for the workplace parking levy to be scrapped.