Why I left Labour and joined the Liberal Democrats As many of you will know last year I was the Labour candidate in the Rainham Central by-election and had been a Labour Party member for some time. But times change as do sentiments and I never did feel quite like I belonged there.
First the government broke its manifesto commitment to stay in the Single Market, now they have broken their manifesto commitment to not raise tax. The Conservative government's plans to raise taxes on the self-employed will hit around 5100 people in Gillingham & Rainham who are already being hit with a Brexit squeeze on living standards. This is a tax on hard work, while companies will continue to save money by using workers without giving them the security and benefits of staff jobs.
Councils in Kent have spent 126,838.01 compensating motorists for damage caused by potholes since 2012, figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
Paul Chaplin is the Liberal Democrat candidate in Rainham Central and is campaigning against cuts to pharmacies.
