Speech delivered to the Annual LGA Local Government Finance Conference, 8 January, 2019. It’s my pleasure to come to come to speak to you as we welcome in the new year. Firstly, a thank you – over the past eight years, despite the funding pressures, and despite...
Denton and Reddish MP, Andrew Gwynne, joined a collection of local authority leaders and representatives today to hand an anti-austerity petition signed by over 5,000 Labour councillors to Downing Street. The ‘Breaking Point’ petition is now the most-signed petition...
Central government cuts force local authorities to break children’s services and social care budgets by over £800 million, while school reserves are now £180 million in deficit. Local authorities are being forced to overspend on their budgets for children’s services...
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Andrew Gwynne MP visited Hyde Aero Products to see first hand how one of the largest employers in Tameside, Greater Manchester, is beating the productivity challenge. The Denton and Reddish MP toured...
Tory cuts to local government budget are hitting Labour areas, the North of England and the most deprived councils hardest, according to analysis conducted by the Labour Party. Local authorities’ spending power per household is on course to fall by an average of 23%...
Andrew Gwynne MP called on the Government to save our local services following UNISON’s report into the everyday effects of years of Tory austerity. The report concluded that austerity is failing local communities. Council services are in decline, people are at...
