Chris's Campaigns
Save the great British Pub
Bitton resident and prospective MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore is launching a new campaign in an attempt to help save the Great British Pub.
Over 33% of the price of every pint goes in Beer Tax to the Chancellor with the Government planning to increase tax further.
Chris Skidmore said 'The Government said they wanted to tax alcohol to encourage responsible drinking. But instead of increasing tax on the binge drinks, such alcopops, they are targetting sensible drinkers in our village pubs.'
'Already the White Hart at Bitton has closed and 6 every week across the Country are closing their doors.'
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We support our local pubs and urge the government to stop crippling our pubs with high taxesM4 Link Road Needed to Cut pollution
Local prospective Conservative MP and Ring Road user Chris Skidmore has launched a campaign to have an M4 Link Road built to ease congestion on the Ring Road.
Currently the Ring Road has major tailbacks due to the amount of traffic heading towards the M4. Quite a few of these cars are heading towards Swindon or London and have to double back on themselves after joining the motorway.
Chris said:
'An M4 link road to the Avon Ring Road was planned but the government axed it. By building the M4 Link Road there would be reduced congestion which would reduce pollution. With all the extra houses that have already planned for Emersons Green, now more than ever we need this vital piece of infrastrucure."
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We support an M4 link road on the Avon Ring RoadChris Skidmore launches online petition to reduce number of extra
homes planned for local Kingswood area
Local campaigner and prospective Conservative MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore has launched a petition to reduce the number of extra homes planned in his constituency.
The government are planning to build an extra 30,000 homes in South Gloucestershire by 2026. This includes 8,000 extra homes on greenfield land between Bridgeyate and Oldland Common.
Chris says:
'I believe that the local area simply can't cope with this volume of new houses. At the same time as Labour have cut key local services such as Frenchay Hospital, leaving thousands without close access to emergency facilities, we cannot expect the local infrastructure, our road network and our public services to be able to withstand this level of expansion. South Gloucestershire council have already raised their concerns at the government plans. By imposing this number of houses upon the local are this government is creating a potential nightmare scenario.'
Chris will also be surveying local areas affected by the proposed expansion into greenfield areas, in order to represent their views in a report that he will submit before the local consultation process closes on 13 June.
We the undersigned call on the government to reduce the number of houses being imposed on South Gloucestershire.
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Chris Skidmore: Closing Frenchay Hospital is Madness
Despite planning to impose 33,000 more houses in South Gloucestershire, Labour is continuing with its disastrous plan to downgrade Frenchay Hospital.
Under Labour Frenchay will lose its’ A&E department, over 500 beds and specialist departments.
Chris Skidmore has pledged to step up the fight locally to save Frenchay. In comparison, Labour locally has decided to back their party, rather than Frenchay, and downgrade the hospital.
Chris said “The original decision to downgrade it was disastrously wrong but for Labour to press ahead, whilst at the same time planning a population explosion with 33,000 new houses, is nothing short of madness. Where does Labour think these people will go to hospital? The Government must review its attack on Frenchay urgently.”
Chris is launching a new campaign to bring people together from across South Gloucestershire, as together we can show Gordon Brown that people do care about their local services and cutting them further is not an option.
“Local people in Kingswood put up a fantastic campaign to save Cossham hospital from Labour’s cuts and we can do it again” Chris said “It is not too late to save Frenchay either. Saving our treasured hospital is something we cannot give up on as a community – please sign my petition today!”