After fourteen months of little to no representation, I am the candidate that will ensure your issues and worries will be heard in Westminster.

I am Peter Richardson the UK Independence Party candidate, a military veteran, a parish councillor and a local person who understands your local issues.

I loyally served my country for forty years and I now wish to serve the residents of Somerton and Frome with the same loyalty and integrity and I will put the local community at the heart of my programme.

I will give you six good reasons to vote for the UK Independence Party:

Cost of living: Other parties are obsessed with Net Zero and conspire to make you poorer. Net Zero increase energy costs for families and fuels inflation. We will end this madness, repeal all climate legislation and exit all treaties that increase the cost of living for the forgotten majority.

Small and Medium Businesses: We are the party of the smaller businesses and sole traders. We will help them improve their cash flow by keeping more of what they earn, so they can invest it back into their business. We will scrap green taxes that make business uncompetitive by driving up energy process. We want a low energy cost economy and a healthy UK.

Housing and Infrastructure: Other parties encourage population growth, which has reached record levels, this puts pressure on housing and other infrastructure, lowers wages and the quality of life for everyone. We will encourage building developers to build affordable housing and help young people get on the housing ladder by removing stamp duty on primary residences up to £500,00.

Local Development: Demand not supply is the reason for the housing shortage. We will stop building on green spaces and control population growth by ending mass-uncontrolled immigration. We will bring all farmland into production and we will not use it for hosting electricity generating equipment or re-wilding to save the planet.

Transport: We understand that rural areas require an affordable integrated transport network and strive to provide this. We will end the war on motorists, scrap smart motorways and bring back hard shoulders and toll roads. We reject 15-minute cities.

Illegal Immigration: This government has lost control of our borders. We will exit all international conventions that prevent an elected government from exercising the democratic to control who comes into our country. We will turn back illegal immigrants who arrive in small boats and we will not let them enter the UK.

This is your chance to make a change, your vote is important, vote wisely, vote for the UK Independence Party.

Peter Richardson - Squadron Leader (Rtd)

Defence Spokesman - UK Independence Party

Parliamentary Candidate - Somerton & Frome