On Friday afternoon, Cllrs. Jill Whitehead and Hamish Pollock and some other local councillors, as well as constituency office workers, met briefly with the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in Carshalton at the offices of our Carshalton & Wallington MP Tom Brake.

The informal discussions with Nick Clegg included developments in the government policies towards local councils, funding for major transport and infrastructure projects and council services.