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Tooting is a great part of London. I would like to help make it even better.
I grew up in and around Tooting and Balham and my family still live here. As a teenager I was in and out of St George’s with various broken bones. My mother worked at St George’s Hospital and sometimes after work would take me for a curry round the corner at Sree Krishna. I grudgingly did my homework in Tooting Library as quickly as I could so that I could go and play cricket on Tooting Common.
Now I live in Du Cane Court just by Balham Station and have my office just off Garratt Lane in Earlsfield. It’s good to be standing for Parliament in the place I call home.
However, our area faces a number of challenges.
- Our economy is a mess and is affecting everyone from City lawyers to corner shop owners.
- For ten years Wandsworth has been stripped of police which is why we so rarely see one.
- St George’s Hospital keeps making cuts because ten years of extra spending has paradoxically left it with huge debts
- Young people can’t get onto the property ladder because the deposit they need is rising faster than the house prices are declining.
- Commuting is a misery in overcrowded trains while our stations have no lifts.
- We want a more cared for environment but know that this is often more challenging when the economy is sinking.
In short, Tooting deserves a fairer deal. Please join me in helping make that happen.
Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Tooting