An Election Address from Charlotte Cane
I have lived in Reach for 16 years with my husband Jon. Our children, David and Kathryn attend Swaffham Prior Primary School, where I am a community governor. I served as your District Councillor for several years but had to stand down due to looking after young children and to pressures of work. I now have a part-time job and the children are older so I have time to be active locally again.
Swaffham Prior, Reach and Swaffham Bulbeck are all villages with a strong sense of community. I believe the role of your District Councillor is to work with the Parish Councils and people in the villages to help keep them great places to live. The three main issues which I would fight for as your District Councillor are: keeping the Newmarket recycling centre open; saving local buses and funding for the dial-a-ride buses; spreading council spending more fairly across the district - not just on expensive projects in Ely.
If elected as your Councillor I would work for you like I did last time - keeping in touch through regular Focus and the village magazines; attending Parish Council meetings; and holding regular 'surgeries' in the village halls.