Last Friday was a truly historic day. After 47 years of membership and 3 years of bitter argument, we have now finally left the European Union. Nationally, 52 percent voted for Brexit and here in Tameside it was even higher. It has been a frustrating time for many...
I’ve written a few times recently about the importance of clean air, but the issue comes up time and again in my work as an MP. The importance of keeping our air clean to protect the environment and our lungs is obvious to most people, but it goes way beyond that. Not...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, joined the Samaritans in Parliament on Monday 3 February for tea and biscuits to hear about the Samaritans’ work in suicide prevention and how people can become better listeners. ‘Brew Monday’ is a fundraising initiative used...
It was with great sadness that I heard the news of Bob Sheldon’s passing. I first met him when he came to Tameside College in 1991 to do a Q&A with the students on my course and he left a lasting impression on me. He was a remarkable public servant over a long...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has welcomed a report by Girlguiding, but expressed concerns over some of its findings. The report presents the findings of the 11th Girls’ Attitudes Survey, Girlguiding’s annual survey into the lives of girls and...
This Monday, the 27th January, marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Allied forces. Around 1.3 million people – the vast majority of them Jewish – were imprisoned in this single camp between May 1940 and January 1945. At least 1.1 million were...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has joined with local councillors to urge Lloyds to reconsider the proposed closure of their Reddish branch – the last bank in the town. The Lloyds Reddish branch in Houldsworth Square is due to close on 26 May 2020 and...
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has pledged his support for this year’s Great British Spring Clean, run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy. The campaign, which runs from March 20th to April 13th, will see up to 600,000 people taking action to clean...
A variety of measures will be introduced to deal with ongoing issues of vandalism, damage and antisocial behaviour in Denton’s Victoria Park, following a meeting convened by Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, on Friday 24th January. Gwynne was joined by...
Last week in Parliament, we debated the Queen’s Speech. This is written by the Government and sets out their plans for the coming year. Now that the Tories have a big majority, they can win almost every parliamentary vote very easily and that’s exactly what happened...
