Worsley to Westminster

Salford Advertiser Column 25 August 2011
Planning and development have a big impact on local people. Residents care about where new developments go in their neighbourhood. Radical changes to planning policy should be looked at carefully...

Salford Advertiser Column 4 August 2011
Recent figures on the state of the economy show that the Conservative Chancellor’s plans are not working. Blaming the problems in the economy on warm summer weather or the Royal...

Salford Advertiser Column 14 July 2011
After many months of campaigning by two Labour MPs, Chris Bryant and Tom Watson, I and many other Labour MPs stood up in Westminster to demand an emergency debate on...

Salford Advertiser Column 23 June 2011
In Carers Week I spoke in a debate in Parliament about the impact of Government cuts on people with caring responsibilities. Local organisations had given me examples of how the...

Salford Advertiser Column 2 June 2011
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are now fighting among themselves about their NHS re-organisation. Whilst they argue, patients and their families are left worrying about what will happen and are...

Salford Advertiser Column 12 May 2011
Campaigning alongside Labour's excellent candidates in the local elections I have heard many concerns from local people. They are worried about jobs - with nine people now chasing every job...

Salford Advertiser Column 3 March 2011
Recently many local people have contacted me to express their worries about and their anger at the policies of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Government. The biggest worry that most...

Salford Advertiser Column 10 February 2011
Across the country people are angry about the cuts David Cameron’s Government is forcing onto our communities. In Liverpool, the council has pulled out of the government’s Big Society project...

Salford Advertiser Column 20 January 2011
Labour has won the first by-election of this Parliament in a Greater Manchester constituency. This result sends a powerful message to the Conservative-led Government that people think its policies are...

Salford Advertiser column 16th December 2010
In the past six months, the Conservative Liberal Democrat Government has brought in policies that seriously undermine support for the education and development of our children and young people in...

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