I will continue to support families with free childcare expansion and work with our schools to secure more resources and help Bexley improve special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support.
This builds on the £2.5 million of extra investment secured for local school budgets to help teachers deliver the education outcomes in Bexley that our borough is rightly proud of. This is alongside the vital expansion of the SEND provision we have already secured in Bexley, which includes £9.5 million for new school places and over £30 million to help Bexley expand its SEND support for local children. That money is extremely vital and will go a long way to help local parents.
Bexley pensioners deserve security in their retirement, and that is why I am proud to have supported them with the triple lock, which is worth £900 more this year and £3,700 more since 2010. I oppose Labour's plans to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance for many pensioners.
I am proud that the Conservatives cut National Insurance in Government, delivering a tax cut worth over £900 for the typical worker.
I am campaigning against Labour's retirement tax, which would see pensioners dragged into paying income tax on their state pension. The Conservatives' Triple Lock Plus commitment would increase the personal allowance for pensioners in line with the Triple Lock by introducing a new age-related allowance.
