It became very clear very early on in the pandemic that this wasn’t just a public health challenge, but also an economic one. The initial lockdown meant a sudden halt to a huge amount of economic activity, as shops, restaurants, factories and all sorts of other...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, is encouraging constituents to sign up to the NHS Covid-19 vaccine research registry, which aims to identify an effective vaccine that can be made available to the UK public earlier. The registry has been developed as part of...
The Coronavirus crisis has seen a lot of ordinary people doing extraordinary things for others. You may have seen some examples of this in the pages of this newspaper as I’ve awarded my Citizen’s Awards over the past few months to people who have gone above and beyond...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has shown his support for ForgottenPAYE’s campaign for greater support for self-employed and freelance workers during the Coronavirus crisis. ForgottenPAYE represents 1.59 million PAYE freelancers and a total of 2.47...
A new influential group of MPs – including Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish – has been formed to tackle patient safety issues for NHS workers, patients and other caregivers through the Covid pandemic and beyond. A combination of Conservatives,...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has written to the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick urging him to come forward with a credible plan to ensure that no one loses their home because of Coronavirus. During the crisis, evictions have been banned, but this is due...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has written to Manchester City Council in support of plans for a new arena on the Etihad Campus in East Manchester. If the arena gets planning permission, it will be the largest indoor arena in the UK with capacity for 23,500...
Regular readers will know that one of the issues that I feel most passionately about is opposing the development at Bredbury Parkway, which will grab precious green belt land in the Tame Valley and replace green space with concrete and metal. Whilst the development is...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has welcomed the decision by Northern to reverse their plans to temporarily stop all services on the Rose Hill Marple – Manchester Piccadilly line. Northern Rail had previously advised that the service would be suspended...
I think it’s important for an opposition party not to oppose the Government just for the sake of it. When the Government gets something right, the Opposition should acknowledge and support these decisions, particularly when we are in the middle of a national crisis....
