As a self-confessed animal lover I’m proud to be part of the Labour Party, the party for animal welfare and believe passionately that the way we treat our animals and pets speaks a lot about the society we live in. Earlier this year Labour launched a radical action...
This week my good friend and colleague, Councillor Brenda Warrington, will make history by becoming the first-ever female executive leader of Tameside Council. It’s certainly a landmark occasion tinged with a great deal of sadness. There’s only a vacancy, of course,...
This week my good friend and colleague, Councillor Brenda Warrington, will make history by becoming the first-ever female executive leader of Tameside Council. It’s certainly a landmark occasion tinged with a great deal of sadness. There’s only a vacancy, of course,...
Poor standards in rented accommodation are a widespread problem. Sadly as we begin 2018 the situation both nationally and locally is a difficult one. Currently there are over one million rented properties across the country containing the most serious Category 1...
As a community we need to have a discussion about police cuts, now more than ever. It’s a debate that’s been rumbling on since Tory austerity began in 2010 but was thrown into focus in the days and weeks that followed the deadly Manchester Arena bombing. On that day...
I have campaigned for close to a decade for improved transport links between Denton in the north of my constituency and Reddish in the south. Creating better links between Tameside and Stockport makes sense for local business and the local economy more widely, as well...