13 January 2009
Fuller launches election campaign with jobs pledge
Richard Fuller, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Bedford and Kempston has today launched his general election campaign with a promise to bring back jobs to the town.
Speaking from Auto Crash Repairs, where he was addressing employees, he pledged that
as an elected MP for the town, he would ‘work hard every day to encourage a large-
“For too long, Bedford has relied on its commuter status to bring investment to the
town. With our pool of locally-
Richard added that his efforts locally would be complemented by a package of Conservative
proposals aimed at helping existing businesses to save jobs, including the Party’s
call for a national loan guarantee scheme to get urgently-
“Every day that the Government hesitates to call a general election, it is putting at risk people’s livelihoods. I am more than ready to fight this election now so that I can get on with delivering local jobs for local people”.
· Auto Crash Repairs, based in Barkers Lane Industrial Estate, is a local, family-
· The Conservative Party has announced a range of measures to help employment and small business including:
o Small companies' tax rate cut to 20p and the main rate to 25p
o Employers' national insurance cut by 1% for the smallest firms
o Small businesses allowed to delay VAT payments for six months -
o £3bn tax breaks for jobs scheme to reward firms which take on new staff
o A National Loan Guarantee Scheme, under which the government would back new lending
