Last week along with Cllr Oonagh Moulton and Cllr Linda Taylor I met Goldcrest, who have bought the Woodman Pub site.

We made the point that the initial lack of information about the purchase and their intentions was unhelpful, and led to rumours surrounding the fate of the pub.

Over the last two years in Parliament I have been campaigning for summerborn and premature children to be able to start Reception class aged 5, if their parents think it is appropriate. Some local authorities give parents this right already.

Last month, the Prime Minister announced a snap General Election for Thursday 8 June. Given the short notice, people may find it difficult to vote on the day because of other commitments. Therefore, I wanted to take this opportunity to email you about how to vote by post.

On the first official day of the General Election campaign, I joined Jeremy Hunt at St Helier Hospital to meet staff and patients.

Welcome to my April community email. Below are just some of the things I have been doing locally and in Parliament since my last email. This is my 23rd community email since my re-election in 2015 and I hope you have found them useful.

This is my latest leaflet, going out across all of Wimbledon, Raynes Park, Motspur Park and Morden on the April/May bank holiday. 

Clarion Housing (formerly Circle) have now submitted an outline planning application for their project to build up to 1570 new homes on the high Path Estate. I have been told that it has not yet been added to the Council’s planning website, as there are so many files to upload.

A number of people have asked me what impact the General Election on 8th June will have on the Boundary Commission proposals to change the Wimbledon constituency.

I am delighted to hear that the Government has decided to drop the unfair increase in Probate fees.

This would have been a tax on Londoners and a tax on death. I wrote to the Ministry of Justice to object to the proposals, and also challenged them in a House of Commons committee.

I am very pleased to say that I have now heard that the new owners of the Woodman Pub in Wimbledon Park, Goldcrest, plan to retain the pub.