A keen cyclist, train and bus user, local MP Tom Brake has launched a new campaign to improve transport in Carshalton and Wallington.
The campaign to make the local area better connected includes four main steps: bring back the night bus, protect vital train services, extend the tram link to Sutton, and improve cyclist and pedestrian facilities.
Tom said:
"Improved transport can make our local area a more convenient and attractive place to live, work, and do business."
"Whatever your preferred way of travelling and commuting is, as your local MP I want to get Carshalton and Wallington moving and see reliable and accessible transport links for everyone."
"I would encourage anyone who cares about the local community, transport and the environment, to 'jump on this bandwagon' and join the campaign."
Tom Brake used the Sutton Town Centre Business Briefing event, held on Thursday 23 May, to mark the launch of the campaign. During the event, attended by the Under Secretary of State for Transport Norman Baker MP, Sutton's Councillors officially launched the campaign to extend the tram network to Sutton.
This is not the first campaign by Tom Brake MP focusing on local transport. Earlier this year, Tom joined local residents, Councillors and Sutton and Cheam MP, Paul Burstow, and successfully fought the campaign to save the direct link between south London and north London, commonly known as the 'Wimbledon loop'.
Please sign up to the campaign at http://tombrake.co.uk/p5rq
Simon Hughes MP has praised local residents' work to save the buff-tailed bumblebee - the area's 'iconic' bee, whilst attending Friends of the Earth's Bees' Tea event in Parliament.
Bee-lovers have taken over 298 actions to save bees in Bermondsey and Old Southwark as part of Friends of the Earth's Bee Cause campaign.
Carshalton and Wallington residents have the chance to share their views on local and national issues, in an Annual Survey launched last week by Tom Brake MP.
The survey is currently being delivered electronically to people across the constituency of Carshalton and Wallington.
Tom said:
"The annual survey is a great way for residents to have their voices heard on matters ranging from national policy to local issues."
Ealing Council's Standards Committee (22nd May) upheld the complaint by Liberal Democrat Councillor Gary Malcolm about the offensive nature of Councillor Dennehy's blog which made a number of unfounded assertions relating to both Indians and residents of Southall.
In the meeting Councillor Gary Malcolm spoke about why he made the complaint and read out comments made by residents who stated that his blog was racist, emotive and not based on facts.
Leader of Southwark Liberal Democrats, Councillor Anood Al-Samerai, has unveiled her new frontbench team for the year leading up to 2014's council elections, with the focus on more affordable homes.
Cllr Adele Morris will be the Southwark Liberal Democrats' new deputy leader and is taking on a new Shadow Cabinet role of 'Regeneration, Jobs and Affordable Homes'. The Lib Dems have created this role to mark out affordable housing as a priority for a future Lib Dem administration.
The Mayor of London today admitted that the New Bus for London is "unlikely to be compliant" with the Ultra Low Emission Zone that he is proposing for central London from 2020.
The admission came following questioning of the Mayor by Stephen Knight AM, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly environment spokesperson.
Tom Brake MP used the opening of the new greengrocer in Carshalton to launch a new competition to find the most-loved independent local business in Carshalton and Wallington.
Tom has invited residents to vote for their favourite local independent business and nominate across three different categories: the best customer service, the most attractive shop front, and the best overall independent business.
