The Stourbridge Conservative Association have selected the following to stand as candidates in the local elections for Dudley Council to be held in May 2019:-

Peter Lee (Amblecote Ward)

James Clinton (Cradley and Wollescote Ward)

Youth unemployment has halved since 2010; real wages for workers have grown for the seventh consecutive month; overall unemployment is at its lowest since 1975.

5 ways we’re helping families with the cost of living

We’re working to give mental health the same priority as physical health

We're freezing fuel duty for the ninth year in a row, cutting tax and making the UK a country of opportunity for all. So that no matter where you come from or what your circumstances, if you work hard and play by the rules, you will be fairly rewarded.

A new immigration system based on your talents, not where you come from.

We want to help businesses train the workers of the future as well as giving older workers the skills they need in a changing economy. We’re doubling funding for apprenticeships to £2.45 billion by 2019-20.

We're banning employers from deducting a % from workers' tips because we don't think it's fair.

At the moment, foreign individuals and companies who don’t live in the UK can buy homes as easily as people who actually live here - driving up house prices and making homes less affordable for ordinary people.