My latest update in the Stockport Express.

There are so many incredible small and independent businesses whose creativity and unique character help make Stockport the wonderfully diverse town that we all love.

Last week, I joined a Parliamentary event thanking St John Ambulance volunteers and employees for their extraordinary efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.

A station preservation group whose volunteers work to improve and enhance a 170-year-old station have been recognised in Parliament by the Stockport MP.

I was intending to speak in yesterday’s debate on the urgent situation in Afghanistan, but unfortunately, I wasn’t called. What I was planning on saying is posted below.

The Covid pandemic has forced tens of thousands of businesses to the wall and led to record levels of unemployment.

Thousands of British workers are threatened with being fired and rehired on worse pay and conditions to do the same job.

My latest update in the Stockport Express.

Chronic delays in the asylum system that are causing untold distress to vulnerable migrants have been highlighted in a parliamentary debate led by Stockport’s MP.

Voter ID - if rolled out nationally – could pull up the drawbridge for millions of voters.

Stockport MP Navendu Mishra has accused the Conservatives of neglecting children’s futures after announcing a recovery package worth 10 times less than their education catch-up ‘tsar’, Sir Kevan Collins said was needed.

I was intending to speak in yesterday’s debate on Overseas Development Assistance, but unfortunately I was not called. What I was planning on saying is posted below.

As the Member of Parliament for Stockport, I am supporting Keep Britain Tidy in their Great British Spring Clean campaign.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and, after a year of the Covid pandemic, it’s more important than ever that we take stock of its impact on us all.