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Jake Short: How we are delivering new homes
Every day we hear from people at the sharp end of the housing crisis.
16 Oct 2025
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Bobby Dean
Bobby Dean MP pushes for review of billions lost through tax reliefs
Bobby Dean MP has scrutinized leading tax experts on the fairness and effectiveness of the UK’s tax relief system during a recent Treasury Committee hearing.
16 Oct 2025
Sutton
Lib Dems lead the opposition to mandatory digital ID cards
Lib Dem Bobby Dean MP is raising concerns over the Government’s proposed introduction of mandatory digital ID cards, highlighting the risk to long-held civil liberties and the right to privacy.
3 Oct 2025
Bobby Dean
What does an MP do over summer recess?
Parliament has been in summer recess, which means less time in Westminster and more time out and about in Carshalton and Wallington, speaking with people and listening to your views.
19 Sep 2025
Bobby Dean
Bobby backs local business and calls to axe “jobs tax”
Local businesses are facing increasing pressures from rising costs and the government’s decision to increase employer National Insurance contributions, branded as a “jobs tax”.
16 Sep 2025
Bobby Dean
Local parents share growing concerns over children’s screen time
Parents and carers in Carshalton and Wallington are increasingly worried about the impact of social media and excessive screen use on their children’s concentration and mental health.
16 Sep 2025
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Progress on £110 million redevelopment of local mental health hospital
Significant progress is being made on the £110 million redevelopment of Tolworth Mental Health hospital, a project that will help deliver better care for patients across South London, including Carshalton and Wallington.
10 Sep 2025
Bobby Dean
Keep promises to Hong Kongers demands Bobby Dean MP
Bobby Dean MP (Lib Dem, Carshalton and Wallington) has called on the Government to honour its commitments to Hong Kongers who came to the UK under the British National Overseas (BNO) visa scheme.
10 Sep 2025
Bobby Dean
Bobby slams cuts to adoptive and kinship family support fund
Bobby Dean MP (Lib Dem, Carshalton and Wallington) has demanded that the Government reverse its latest cuts to support for adoptive and kinship families.
10 Sep 2025
Bobby Dean
Carshalton Primary School’s fight against ocean plastic taken to Parliament
During a Parliamentary debate on the Global Plastic Treaty, Bobby Dean MP described plastic pollution as a “totemic issue” for the next generation, mentioning the “passionate” letters he received form a Year 4 class at the Culvers House Primary School.
13 Aug 2025
Bobby Dean
Don't put savings at risk from reckless financial speculation Bobby Dean MP warns
Bobby Dean MP questioned Treasury Minister Emma Reynolds MP over reports that the Government plans to ease bank ring-fencing rules, potentially posing a risk to people's savings.
13 Aug 2025
Bobby Dean
Bobby Dean MP: Recognise Palestine now
Bobby Dean, Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington, has reiterated his support for the immediate recognition of Palestine.
28 Jul 2025
Residents fight for S4 bus improvements
Lib Dem Councillor Patrick Ogbonna has been supporting residents in their fight to improve the S4 bus service.
27 Jul 2023
New improvements made to The Circle
New bollards have been installed at The Circle, outside the Middleton Road Clinic at the request of local residents.
27 Jul 2023
Councillor joins local police team on patrol
Local Lib Dem Councillor Gemma Munday recently joined the St Helier Police Safer Neighbourhoods Team for a community walk.
27 Jul 2023
Funding to resurface The Newlands secured
Lib Dem Councillor Ed Joyce is pleased to see funding secured to replace the tarmac on The Newlands.
27 Jul 2023
Improving road safety on Foresters Drive
Following accidents on Foresters Drive, the Council has taken measures to slow down traffic and make the road safer for pedestrians.
27 Jul 2023
Bobby Dean
COST OF CONSERVATIVES: Food prices up. Mortgage payments up. Energy bills up.
Local families are being hit hard by the worst cost of living crisis in a generation – and the Conservatives are doing nothing to help.
27 Jul 2023