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.
Following the Government’s £9.6 million announcement for winter homelessness support in the South East, Liberal Democrat MP Will Forster has called on ministers to do much more to deliver real, long-term solutions to end homelessness.
During the election campaign last year, the Labour party committed to building 1.5 million new homes over the course of this parliament. Unfortunately, it seems there is a disconnect between the Chancellor’s economic policies and this target.
In a parliamentary session, Will Forster MP pressed Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner on the Government’s £39 billion commitment to affordable and social housing.
Will Forster MP directly confronted the Housing Minister over the government’s slow action on ending leasehold tenure. See Will's question here.
Will Forster MP has joined dozens of Liberal Democrat colleagues in writing to the Minister for Employment Rights to raise alarm over Royal Mail’s persistent delivery failures.
One year ago, the Liberal Democrats made history, winning 72 seats across the country – including a landmark victory in Woking.