My Priorities As Your Mayor
Get Sussex Moving
The Mayor's role in transport
I've travelled the length and breadth of our beautiful county and I've noticed the changes to the volume of traffic and the quality of our roads - and I understand peoples' frustrations.
We've got to sort out our transport issues, especially if we want businesses to grow and thrive and more people to live, work, earn and learn here, we need better connections and quicker, easier ways to get around.
Safer in Sussex
The Mayor's role in security and defence
This week (22 - 29 June) is Armed Forces Week – a chance for us all to show our support for the men and women who make up the UK Armed Forces community, from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets.
The week culminates in Armed Forces Day on Saturday 28 June and many of our Sussex towns are hosting celebratory events to mark the occasion.
My video is in response to the Strategic Defence Review and the government’s announcement of increased funding. This will be an important area for the Mayor to focus upon, especially as the intention is to make defence an engine for growth, increasing jobs and strengthening homeland defence.
Sussex Homes
What does the spending review mean for us in Sussex?
The government announced they're spending £39bn over the next ten years on affordable and social housing with an extra £10bn going to Homes England.
As PCC, I'm already working on a project with Homes England, the Ministry of Justice and some of our local authorities to build and deliver modular, affordable, low-carbon homes for key workers in Sussex. The local company we're working with is also training and upskilling prisoners to build these homes and we know that, when offenders leave prison, they are less likely to re-offend if they have employment.
It's these skills that I want to bring to the job as your Mayor and that's why I'm looking to you to select me as your Conservative candidate for Sussex Mayor
"I've seen how hard she works for her community and how she's delivered for the people of Sussex"
The Rt. Hon. Sir James Cleverly MP
"Katy is exactly the sort of person that you want to have representing you as the conservative voice in Sussex and to be the first mayor."
The Rt. Hon. Robert Jenrick MP
Why I am standing to be your Mayor
"Mims Davies MP for East Grinstead & Uckfield backs Katy"
Andrew Griffith MP for Arundel & South Downs backs Katy
"Katy is an outstanding public servant, a magnificent police commissioner and I have no hesitation in recommending her"
Lord Soames of Fletching
"Katy understands the concerns of our rural communities. She'll work hard to protect our vital green spaces from over-development. Katy is a proven election winner."
Cllr Matthew Milligan - East Sussex County Council
Why more and more Sussex members are backing Katy
Following the first hustings, it's no wonder more and more members across Sussex are backing Katy.
"I talked about the challenges for Sussex from high housing targets and our need to focus on joining up transport. It was particularly good to hear from a care worker and also from young people about their desire for somewhere affordable to live. My ideas for attracting inward investment into Sussex were really popular and well received."
Watch the video to see what more Sussex members have to say...
"I've worked alongside her for many years and its her care for the communities that she serves that is better than any candidate I have known across the whole country"
Fleur Butler OBE - CWO National Chairman 2019-2022
"Katy is well respected within our Party and she's the ideal person to be our candidate for Mayor...Katy is the only candidate who's known across Sussex"
Lord Peter Booth of Houghton-le-Spring