Sutton
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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Bobby Dean
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
Bobby Dean
Bobby backs purpose-driven growth plan
Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Carshalton & Wallington, Bobby Dean, backed a new ‘purpose-driven’ growth plan in a speech at Liberal Democrat conference.
27 Sep 2023
Bobby Dean
Introducing Be Well Hubs to Sutton
As Sutton Council’s Mental Health Champion, Cllr Bobby Dean hosted a lunch to introduce community groups to a new wellbeing and mental health initiative called Be Well Hubs.
14 Sep 2023
Bobby Dean
Why I quit social media and why I'm back
As an aspiring young politician, I’m supposed to be all over social media. But earlier this year, I quit it altogether. I deleted all the apps off my phone and dropped right out. I feel better for it, but now I am making a comeback
11 Sep 2023
Bobby Dean
Revealed: Number of hospital beds at Epsom & St Helier fall by 8.4% since 2015
Since 2015, Epsom & St Helier NHS trust has seen a 8.4% decline in the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people, according to House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats.
4 Sep 2023
Bobby Dean
Government must come clean on which schools in Sutton are affected by crumbling concrete
The Government has refused to reveal which schools are affected by failing RAAC concrete. The Liberal Democrats are calling for the Government to release the list of schools affected.
4 Sep 2023
Lib Dems oppose plans to expand Beddington Incinerator
The Liberal Democrats are demanding an explanation for the decision, after the Environment Agency (EA) granted Viridor permission to increase the amount of waste treated at the Energy Recovery Facility (ERF).
17 Aug 2023