Following Wednesday's Budget Statement from Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, local Hastings and Rye MP, Sally-Ann Hart, issued this statement:
"Today’s budget was good news for the residents of Hastings and Rye.
"It demonstrated that that this Conservative government is getting on with delivering on the manifesto we were elected upon. It was a budget that delivers for hard working individuals, in communities that for too long have been left behind.
"Specifically, for Hastings and Rye we will benefit from:
- Access to a pothole fund of £500 million per year to fix our roads.
- A £27 billion fund for road improvements in the Road Infrastructure Strategy 2.
- A new affordable homes fund of £12.2 billion
- Freezing fuel duty again to help our hard-pressed motorists.
- A freeze on beer duty, helping to support our pubs.
- Doubling the amount of money being invested in flood defences to £5.2 billion over six years.
- Abolishing business rates for one year for any business rated at £51,000 or less.
- Increasing the £1,000 business rates discount for pubs to £5,000 for the next year.
"This has been a good budget showing we are getting on and delivering on our manifesto commitments. However, as your MP I’m determined we do more and I’ll continue to lobby the government for more investment in our towns, especially on my top priorities of eradicating homelessness; boosting funding for our rail and road systems; and improving standards in quality and breadth of our local education system.
"Under this government I am positive we can unleash the talents and potential of our area and every resident within it."
Source: Office of Sally-Ann Hart
