The next Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Public Meeting will be held on Tuesday 2nd July 2013 in the Council Chambers, Oldham Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL3 6AE. The meeting will take place from 6.30pm till 9pm and will give attendees the opportunity to hear about the newly elected Commissioner, Tony Lloyd’s plans for the [...]
Supporting Local Business
July 12, 2012 By
I launched the ‘Be Fair – Pay on Time’ campaign in June 2011 as a result of a constituent struggling to keep his small haulage company afloat due to late payments by a very well-known top company he supplies. Over the last year I have been raising awareness of the issue through a Westminster Hall [...]
Saddleworth Whit Friday Band Contest Concerns
May 29, 2012 By
Following approaches from constituents, sharing their concerns about the future of the Whit Friday Band Concerts, I will do everything I can to support the organisers of Saddleworth’s Whit Friday Band Concerts, as these events are such an important part of the area’s heritage and it’s local volunteers who are putting their hearts and souls into trying [...]
Walking for Prostate Cancer
April 26, 2012 By
My job this week has brought me into contact with an inspirational man called Nigel Lewis-Baker. Nigel has been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and yet he’s raising money for research by walking from John O’Groats to Land’s End with his friends, father and daughter Alan and Charlie Carr, as part of their Prostate [...]
Hannah Mitchell Foundation Rejects Scrapping Regional Pay Rates
March 20, 2012 By
As a member of the Hannah Mitchell Foundation I’ve spoken out against suggested plans to scrap national pay rates for some public sector workers in the UK. The North needs good quality, well-rewarded jobs to put spending power back into the economy. The Chancellor’s suggestion will result in continuing stagnation and further decline of the [...]
Oldham’s ‘Drop the Bill’ Petition Delivered to Department of Health
March 19, 2012 By
On 19 March Andy Burnham and I handed in a 475 signature Drop the Bill petition collected by Labour party supporters in Oldham over the weekend of 10th and 11th March. Many thanks to Phil Gaul for setting up the stall and the rest of the team who helped me collect signatures for the petition. And a [...]
Running the Sport Relief Mile
March 15, 2012 By
On Wednesday 14th March several MPs ran the Westminster Mile for Sport Relief! I came in at 7 minutes and 5 seconds and was the second fastest female MP! It was a great afternoon with MPs from all sides of the House pulling together to do their bit for a wonderful charity. You can donate or [...]
Did you ‘take the leap’ on No Smoking Day?
March 15, 2012 By
I hope many of Oldham’s smokers decided to ‘take the leap’ and stop smoking on No Smoking Day on 14th March. To help with the campaign I posed with a giant cigarette stub as you can see from the photo! As a former chair of North West Ash (Action on Smoking and Health) I know [...]
Holocaust Memorial Day
January 25, 2012 By
This week I signed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to pledge my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honour those who died during the Holocaust. Friday January 27th will mark the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and extermination camp which is the site of the largest [...]
Wear it Pink
October 26, 2011 By
This week I’m joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its biggest fundraising event, wear it pink day. It’d be great if everyone in Oldham, and throughout the country, supports wear it pink to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research as so many of us know people who have lost friends and family members [...]
