Tony’s four point plan for a safer Nottinghamshire includes; delivering an improved system of neighbourhood policing, protecting and enhancing frontline policing, reducing the fear of crime and, finally, making more efficient use of policing resources.

The Labour-controlled County Council have pushed through a tax increase for Nottinghamshire of 4%, meaning the average Band D property in the County will now pay £1290 per year. 

Nottinghamshire County Council Conservative Group Spokesman for Children & Young People’s Services, Councillor Philip Owen has expressed concern that the overall performance of County schools is declining, compared with the national average at GCSE and A-Level.

A former Police Officer has been chosen as the Conservative Candidate for next May’s Police and Crime Commissioner Election in Nottinghamshire. Tony Harper, 56, was born and bred in Hucknall beginning his policing career in 1975 as a Police Cadet rising to Acting Chief Inspector over a period of 36 years.