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Siobhain urged Ministers to do more to tackle the housing crisis by cutting the £14 billion of tax breaks Buy-to-Let landlords enjoy, which stop first-time buyers getting on the housing ladder.

Siobhain has written to the Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to persuade the Commonwealth to sack Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa as Chair

The impact of the Mayor of London's police cuts is being felt in Mitcham, so Siobhain has called a meeting for residents to raise their concerns with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner

Following revelations that Merton's police force has lost 80 officers since 2010, and that several local police offices have shut, Siobhain has written to the Mayor of London complaining about the impact on the local community

Health chiefs have admitted that the promised £219m development of St Helier Hospital is off, a decision described by Siobhain as "an apalling betrayal by this Government"

Siobhain has described the latest news that clinicians have said the St Helier closure scheme is 'not viable' is a reprieve rather than outright victory

A tribute to the much-loved former Councillor for Colliers Wood Gam Gurung, delivered at his funeral service

Siobhain's statement on the decision to postpone further decisions about the future of St Helier Hospital until later in the year thanks local residents and Merton's Labour Council, but warns of sword hanging over the hospital

MP calls for rethink on plans that would spell the end for St Helier hospital

The NHS have overturned a decision to stop prescribing a Lower Morden resident with a life-saving drug. The U-turn follows a debate into the matter in the House of Commons called by Siobhain.