Supporting Willow Wood Hospice 21 Dec 2023 Christmas is all about love, and giving, and few place embody that locally better than…
Justice for Contaminated Blood victims 13 Dec 2023 This week saw a historic vote in Parliament which brings us closer to justice for…
Celebrating Small Business Saturday 30 Nov 2023 Small businesses are the beating heart of our economy. They create pride in where we…
Autumn Statement Fools No-One 28 Nov 2023 Since I last wrote, Tory chaos continues. Braverman is gladly gone; Cameron bizarrely back. This…
Mottram Bypass Progress 23 Nov 2023 This week saw some welcome progress on everyone’s favourite seemingly indefinite infrastructure project, the Mottram…
Creating the Total Business Environment: My speech to the CBI 20 Nov 2023 Creating the total business environment Thank you, Rain. It’s good to be here with…
Getting on With the Job 17 Nov 2023 As I write this, it’s only Wednesday, and already it feels like a long week…
Boosting Trade for Economic Growth 15 Nov 2023 Canary Wharf, Wednesday 15 November 2023. Thank you, Julianne. It’s great to hear your…
Godley Garden Green Village Makes Progress 10 Nov 2023 Tameside’s planning committee met on 1st November to review the plans for Godley Garden Green…
Remembrance in Tameside 09 Nov 2023 November is here, and with it, darker tea times, more than our fair share of…
Tory U-Turn Saves Rail Ticket Offices 02 Nov 2023 Another week, another admission the by Government that they are miles out of touch and…
A Tribute to Two Greats 24 Oct 2023 This week, I want to spend my column paying tribute to two great men of…
Tragedy in Gaza 19 Oct 2023 I try to mix up local and national issues in these columns but this week…
My Speech to Labour Conference 13 Oct 2023 Thank you, Conference. We meet at an exciting time for our Party. We have put…
An Exciting Conference for Labour 12 Oct 2023 This week I’m in an unseasonably sunny Liverpool, where myself and colleagues from across the…
High Speed Rail Crash 05 Oct 2023 Party Conference season is here once more. Most people will never attend one, but I…
New Healthy Hyde Hub and Mixed Transport News 29 Sep 2023 It’s been another busy week getting around my constituency of Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley, Longdendale and…
Tory Green Chaos 21 Sep 2023 Last night I was in Newsnight talking about the bizarre and troubling news that Rishi…
A Busy Time in Stalybridge and Hyde 14 Sep 2023 It’s been a busy few days in the constituency. Huge crowds of people of turned…
School Concrete Scandal 06 Sep 2023 It would have been nice to see the Government hit the ground running after the…
Fire Station Open Day 01 Sep 2023 It was brilliant to attend the open day at Stalybridge Fire Station alongside our excellent…