GP surgeries are now serving 30% more homes than they were just a decade ago - and yet developers are still being allowed to build without the infrastructure communities need.
Too often, GP provision is promised with new developments but never delivered. Patients are left waiting longer, and local services are stretched beyond capacity.
Every new development should include new or expanded GP surgeries, delivered when residents move in — not years later. The Liberal Democrats say: no doctors, no development.
Over the past 20 years, rates of home ownership have declined in England. For many, the prospect of owning a home is no more than a pipe dream. This isn’t right. All those who want to own a home should, with hard work, be able to afford to do so.
Over the past week, Parliament has been on Whitsun recess. While MPs haven’t been sitting in the House of Commons, work has very much continued behind the scenes.
Since I was elected as MP for Woking constituency in July 2024, housing has consistently been the top issue in my post bag – my team and I have helped with thousands of individual cases!
I recently spoke in Parliament about the growing crisis of homelessness, highlighting the incredible work of the York Road Project in Woking. I also raised serious concerns about decisions here in Surrey concerning withdrawing of funds for the homeless.
People need a safe and warm place to call home. Social housing is one of the most common issues residents from right across Woking constituency contact me about.
Will Forster MP has raised the proposed Saunders Lane development in Parliament, following a well-attended public meeting at Mayford Village Hall.