Archive for category: Southgate and Wood Green Wins

Supporting local residents and responding to the issues that matter most to them remains a central part of my work as your MP.

Over the course of 2025, my team and I have dealt with a significant volume of correspondence, responding to 15,914 emails from constituents across both policy matters and individual casework. In that time, we have successfully resolved 7,830 policy cases and supported residents with a further 1,923 constituency casework enquiries.

This work reflects the wide range of concerns raised by residents across Southgate and Wood Green. My policy enquiries continue to cover key national and international issues, including healthcare, the environment, and international affairs, while constituency casework often focuses on more personal matters requiring direct support.

A large proportion of constituency casework relates to housing, as well as local government services. Alongside this, a significant part of my role involves raising issues with Government departments and public bodies, including the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, and HMRC. My office regularly supports residents with visa and immigration cases, benefits and pensions, healthcare access, transport concerns, and education issues. 

There is a huge range of enquiries that my team is able to support constituents with, and we remain committed to ensuring that every resident who gets in touch receives the help and representation they need.

At the end of last year, a family (who I will call family X) in Southgate and Wood Green contacted me about their child with serious ongoing medical needs. Due to these needs, family X needed a Blue Badge for their child, as they often struggle with access and need to attend the hospital for emergency treatment. I was deeply concerned to learn that their application for a Blue Badge had been rejected.

Following this, I contacted the Council and requested their case be reviewed. On receipt of my email, the Council reviewed family X’s application and supported the issue of a Blue Badge.

This now means that family X can travel with peace of mind that their child will not be stuck in a parking bay far from a hospital entrance and can get the access they need.

This is just one example of how I can support my constituents with casework.

At the end of last year, a group of constituents living in Southgate contacted me and reported antisocial behaviour and noise nuisance caused by a neighbour. This was incredibly distressing for the residents involved, and the issue was impacting their daily lives, causing sleepless nights and constant anxiety.

I was deeply concerned to hear that these reports from multiple residents had not been acted on by their housing association. As soon as this issue was raised with me, I contacted their housing association, Enfield Council, and their property managers.

Since then, the residents have shared with me that the noise has completely stopped and there has been no public antisocial behaviour. 

This is just one example of how I can support constituents in Southgate and Wood Green. 

If you are dealing with a similar issue, or know a neighbour who is, please contact my office at bambos.charalambous.mp@parliament.uk