I try to stay in touch with local constituents through a variety of means - regular reports delivered through their letter box (at no charge to the tax payer), knocking on their door to have a chat, surveys mailed directly, emails, this website - and calling residents at home.  On this occasion I was fortunate to have a big team of volunteers to assist me, but usually it's more likely to be me sitting at home in an arm chair going through lists of numbers of people I have spoken to in the past to see whether the problems they told me about have been resolved.

With the support of Eltham South activists, a petition will be presented to Greenwich Council calling for new safety measures to be implemented in Court Road.  Current measures do not seem to have reduced the number of accidents, many of which seem to be caused by speeding.

 David Gold spoke at the Children with Leukaemia meeting at Conservative Conference in Manchester, alongside Shadow Minister Nick Hurd MP.