Shadow Business Update – Steel, Spin-Outs, Site Visits, and Speeches 03 Feb 2023 I’ve spent quite some time this week liaising with the steel sector through meetings and…
Railways Update – Disruption Warning 03 Feb 2023 Along with the NHS and the postal service, it’s fair to say the UK’s rail…
Constituency Diary 26 Jan 2023 I’m often asked by local students in the schools I visit what a Member of…
Metrolink Closure Update 19 Jan 2023 All three Tameside strongly object to the plan to temporarily close the Metrolink line whilst…
Reporter Column – An Unnecessary, Unethical and Unworkable Bill 19 Jan 2023 There have been some fairly blatant distraction strategies in thirteen years of troubled Conservative government,…
Reporter Column – Our NHS in Crisis 12 Jan 2023 The NHS is always fairly high up the list of things constituents get in touch…
Combatting Local Food Poverty 12 Jan 2023 Whilst I’m desperate to see meaningful government policies to reduce British poverty levels and correct…
Reporter Column – Small Business Saturday 01 Dec 2022 This weekend we celebrate Small Business Saturday. As well as Shadow Business Secretary visits to…
BYPASS VICTORY! 18 Nov 2022 I am extremely happy that the Secretary of State has approved the Development Consent Order…
Conservative Chaos of Historic Proportions 27 Oct 2022 And so we are drawing to the end of one of the most tumultuous fortnights…
Reporter Column – World Mental Health Day 13 Oct 2022 This week we have celebrated World Mental Health Day. I am so proud of every…
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…
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…
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,…
Great Governmental Rail Fail 23 Aug 2022 This is a story of how the Government has wasted a fifth of a billion…
Dental and GP Access Issues 12 Jul 2022 Last week the NHS turned 74. Labour’s greatest creation, it is the bedrock of a…
My speech to the Investment Association 07 Jul 2022 Thank you, Daisy for those kind works of introduction. I’d also like to thank Aviva…
Read my SMMT Keynote Speech 28 Jun 2022 It was a pleasure to close the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Summit this…
Make UK Keynote Speech 03 May 2022 I was honoured to speak at the Make UK 2022 Conference this afternoon about working…