This morning, upon hearing that travellers had moved from Brookfield Park to Park Road Football Field, my office contacted Caroline Simpson, Corporate Director at Stockport Council to ask what action was being taken to evict them.
Recently, I had the chance to speak to a group of over 60 young people from Stockport who were taking part in the National Citizens’ Service (NCS) programme.
On Wednesday 2nd August, I attended an event organised by Play England to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Playday, the national day for play in the UK.
I am delighted at the news of plans announced by the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, to recruit 21,000 new mental health staff in the NHS by 2021.
Plans revealed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid MP, will aim to curb the practice of selling new-build houses under leasehold.
For too many years schools across our area have received less funding per pupil than the national average, and I have campaigned to end the historically unfair formula which placed Stockport in the lowest funded Local Authorities.