Reporter Column – Constituency Visits 23 Feb 2023 It’s been a week of good news with this week’s visits and meetings across the…
Reporter Column – Continuing Conservative Chaos 09 Feb 2023 When I accept television interviews, I largely expect to be asked about the state of…
Railways Update – Disruption Warning 03 Feb 2023 Along with the NHS and the postal service, it’s fair to say the UK’s rail…
Reporter Column – Lloyds Bank Hyde Closure 26 Jan 2023 Another week, another announcement of a local high street bank closure. This time it’s Lloyds…
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…
Reporter Column – Bangladesh Visit 05 Jan 2023 Happy New Reader to all Tameside Reporter readers, and greetings from Bangladesh! Having enjoyed a…
Reporter Column – A Threadbare Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 15 Dec 2022 We’ve heard endless spiel over the last few years about “Levelling Up”, and yet seen…
Commission for the UK’s Future Report 08 Dec 2022 Many people are fed up with how politics works in this country, and equally fed…
Reporter Column – Small Business Saturday 01 Dec 2022 This weekend we celebrate Small Business Saturday. As well as Shadow Business Secretary visits to…
Reporter Column – Good News for Stalybridge and Hyde 10 Nov 2022 There has been much doom and gloom lately, so in this week’s column I’m pleased…
Reporter Column – A Month for Remembrance 03 Nov 2022 Halloween is behind us (and hopefully a scary political cyclone with it, though the economic…
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…
Reporter Column – Labour Party Conference 27 Sep 2022 I’m writing this column en route to Labour Party Conference which will this year be…
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…
Reporter Column – Remembering Reuben 25 Aug 2022 This week marks a deeply sad anniversary, the tenth anniversary of my little constituent Reuben…
Reporter Column – UK Energy Crisis 16 Aug 2022 I am a naturally optimistic person. I also believe that the UK does many things…
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…
Reporter Column – Extreme Weather Resilience 22 Jul 2022 I’m going to do something unashamedly British in this week’s column: talk about the weather.…