Reporter Column – A Month for Remembrance 03 Nov 2022 Halloween is behind us (and hopefully a scary political cyclone with it, though the economic…
Conservative Chaos of Historic Proportions 27 Oct 2022 And so we are drawing to the end of one of the most tumultuous fortnights…
Shadow Business Secretary Update – Labour’s Offer 20 Oct 2022 It was great to visit the Vaillant UK factory in Belper, Derbyshire this last week…
Reporter Column – Chaos in Government 20 Oct 2022 “May you live in interesting times”, the ancient proverb wishes, and yet, most followers of…
Reporter Column – World Mental Health Day 13 Oct 2022 This week we have celebrated World Mental Health Day. I am so proud of every…
Reporter Column – Alzheimer’s Society Excellent Work 07 Oct 2022 Dementia care is a subject that has always been close to my heart, having lost…
A Reckless Mess the Tories Must Reverse 04 Oct 2022 They say a week is a long time in politics, but so much has happened…
Reporter Column – Labour Party Conference 27 Sep 2022 I’m writing this column en route to Labour Party Conference which will this year be…
An Historic and Emotional Week 20 Sep 2022 This has been an historic and emotional week of national mourning for our much-loved monarch.…
Paying Tribute to Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes 15 Sep 2022 This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of the shocking and tragic deaths of local policewomen,…
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022 08 Sep 2022 I am immeasurably moved to learn of the death of Her Majesty Elizabeth II. She…
Shadow Business Update – The Energy Crisis 06 Sep 2022 It’s not just households at risk from the energy crisis. Businesses recorded net losses higher…
Reporter Column – Government Failure on Raw Sewage 01 Sep 2022 Rarely has an issue united my inbox as strongly as the Government’s failure to prevent…
New Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at Tameside General Hospital 30 Aug 2022 It was wonderful to visit the new Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at Tameside General Hospital,…
Reporter Column – Remembering Reuben 25 Aug 2022 This week marks a deeply sad anniversary, the tenth anniversary of my little constituent Reuben…
Great Governmental Rail Fail 23 Aug 2022 This is a story of how the Government has wasted a fifth of a billion…
Reporter Column – UK Energy Crisis 16 Aug 2022 I am a naturally optimistic person. I also believe that the UK does many things…
Repurposing The Old Hyde Library 12 Aug 2022 I was very pleased to join the Leader of Tameside Council Ged Cooney and Hyde…
Tackling Prepayment Metre Poverty 12 Aug 2022 I’ve been spending a lot of time this summer talking with colleagues about how Labour…
Reporter Column – UN’s National Youth Day 11 Aug 2022 They say youth is wasted on the young. Certainly, it’s pretty tricky to value the…
Developing Labours R&D Strategy 04 Aug 2022 It was back to my old university for me yesterday as I went to Manchester…