Andy Slaughter, MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick, visited the Gate on Friday at 11am. Mandy asked him questions about benefits, social care, day centres and a few other things.
He said the government was going to make new policies on benefits and suggested The Gate could respond to the 'green paper'.
He said Hammersmith and Fulham council don't charge for social care but they're the only borough where that's true. He said that it was better not to charge.
Andy said he was concerned about day centres closing and said he was working locally with the council to help community groups keep control of their premises. He was interested to learn about The Gate's funding situation.
Mandy asked him why we had to pay for Liz Kendall's second home. He said some MPs had to come from far away.
Andy said Mandy had given him a good grilling and at about noon he had to leave to meet local business owners and explain to them why Labour had raised business rates.
Thanks to Andy for coming.
