I held the latest in my series of neighbourhood evenings last night in Shooters Hill. As always at these events, there was a good range of challenging topics from immigration to government plans to further restrict weapons used for war re-enactment events.  There were also serious concerns about the way Greenwich is pioneering new methods of budgeting for education, and deeply disturbing examples of people who are no longer in work being forbidden from claiming any sort of benefit.  However, the mood was positive and it was encouraging to see that even on a warm Summer evening, people are still willing to come and enjoy a glass of wine with their local Conservative Action Team.

I was joined by the Shadow Minister for Communities, Stewart Jackson MP this Saturday as I visited hundreds of homes in Coldharbour & New Eltham with local councillors.  It was interesting to see that despite not meeting anyone owning up to being paid over £100,000 just about everyone agreed the Budget delivered by Mr Darling was a wasted opportunity and a return to the bad old days of Labour mismanagement.

I am pleased to announce that local residents have another opportunity to meet me and their local ward councillors on Thursday 7 May from 6.30-8.30pm at our special Neighbourhood Evening.  It will be held at St Albans Church, William Barefoot Drive and the local police will attend, so it's a chance to feed back to them also.

No need to book in advance, just turn up and have a cup of tea.  We'd love to see you.