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 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.
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.
Will Forster MP has raised the proposed Saunders Lane development in Parliament, following a well-attended public meeting at Mayford Village Hall.
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.