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LAST WEEK I attended the Oldham Cancer Support Christmas Dinner, the room was full of volunteers , patients and their families coming together to celebrate the festivities.

LATE LAST night – following the Brexit vote – I spoke in the Commons on the failures surrounding the roll-out of Universal Credit (UC), as well as its indiscriminate sanctions. It was encouraging to see the Government listen to the concerns of the majority, including their own MPs in last week’s budget. Some much needed tweakingContinue reading “Universal Credit is turning into the real nightmare before Christmas for too many families.”

YESTERDAY, along with my colleague Kerry McCarthy MP, I attended a meeting between Jeremy Hunt – the Secretary of State for Health – and the family of Layla Rose Ermenekli from Limeside in Oldham. The meeting was called to discuss the Government’s failure to provide Meningitis vaccine to all children.

Early this week I was proud to welcome one of our local schools at the British Council in London. Limehurst Primary School in Oldham West & Royton has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.

DURING HIS budget speech today the Chancellor called the Tories the Government of the future. There were certainly a lot of superficial giveaways designed to make us feel good and massage the chronic problems our country faces, but they failed even to boost the energy of backbench Tories.

MY FINAL visit in support of Parliament week was attending

MY SECOND Visit to support Parliament week was an enjoyable morning with young pupils from St Agnes and Mayfield Primary School.

  Oldham Hulme Grammar School Parliament Week Event . My first visit as part of Parliament week was attending the fantastic Oldham Hulme Grammar School.  I was impressed with the week-long activities the school held such as Mock referendums, promoting Local Council and Youth Council Elections and discussing how democracy works in the UK. It is alwaysContinue reading “Supporting Parliament Week 2017!”