Public and Commercial Services Union

View candidate responses for Louth & Horncastle to our public service pledges.
 

• Peter Tapsell (Conservative) - No response has been received from this candidate. Complete the e-action and ask them to respond.

• Fiona Martin (Lib Dem) - No response has been received from this candidate. Complete the e-action and ask them to respond.

• Pat Nurse (UKIP) - No response has been received from this candidate. Complete the e-action and ask them to respond.

• Patrick Mountain (Labour)

Patrick Mountain (Labour)

1) I pledge to work to ensure that public services are properly resourced and delivered by the public sector and that there are no further local office closures, public sector job cuts or privatisations.
Agree in principle but sometimes there has to be change

2) I pledge to support measures aimed at closing the UK tax gap including recruiting HMRC staff and ensuring tax loopholes are closed.
Yes

3) I pledge to support civil service national pay bargaining and to press the government to offer pay increases to public sector workers at least in line with inflation.
Yes or other nationally agreed levels


4) I pledge to honour the 2005 commitment on public sector pensions and defend the rights of existing members of the civil service compensation scheme.
I need more information

5) I pledge to campaign to ensure any changes to public services are only made after proper equality impact assessments have been conducted and their findings implemented.
Yes