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Andrew backs ‘No ID, No Sale’ policy to stop children buying age-restricted products

Local MP Andrew Gwynne has called on local retailers to support the ‘No ID, No Sale!’ campaign to ensure that only adults can buy lottery, tobacco and other age-restricted goods. Andrew was speaking at...
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A Queen’s Speech making life harder not easier for families

Andrew Gwynne MP has said that today’s Queen’s Speech has done little to help hard pressed families or to bring the country out of recession. The government announced plans to allow parents to transfer maternity...
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Local MP produces hot air to support Cystic Fibrosis Week

Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, had his lung function tested to see how his result compared with someone with Cystic Fibrosis to highlight the devastating impact of the disease for Cystic Fibrosis Week...
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Andrew joins national charity campaign for more donations to charity shops

Andrew Gwynne MP this week joined forces with major UK charities including Cancer Research UK, British Red Cross, Barnardo’s, Oxfam and the British Heart Foundation – as well as hundreds of local hospices and smaller...
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Andrew Gwynne MP gets consumer advice at the click of a button

Used cars, saving money on your energy bills and dealing with dodgy builders are just some of the issues local MP Andrew Gwynne got help with as he surfed Citizens Advice’s new online consumer advice...
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Andrew backs pasty fans against controversial Government attack

Local MP Andrew Gwynne has backed Denton and Reddish’s pie and pasty fans at a meeting at the House of Commons organised by West Country MPs. The Government has launched a controversial attack on bakeries...
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Young people in Stockport and Tameside desperately need action on jobs

Commenting on the new unemployment statistics, Andrew Gwynne MP said: “Young people in Denton and Reddish are tired of excuses. They need action on jobs, now. “The number of young people...
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Tories taking huge risks in Fight against Crime

Theft from the person up by 10 per cent As statistics show that theft and robbery have increased in the last year, local MP Andrew Gwynne has condemned the Tory-led Government for being out of...
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Campaign to help energy customers ‘Plug the Debt’ on winter bills

Local MP Andrew Gwynne welcomes the joint Consumer Focus/Citizens Advice campaign which aims to help advise people who are falling behind with their energy bills. With people now receiving their winter energy bills,...
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Local Labour MPs vote against tax cut for millionaires

Labour MP for Denton and Reddish Andrew Gwynne joined Greater Manchester Labour colleagues in voting not to reduce the top rate of tax to 45p last night in a dramatic show of Liberal Democrat failure...
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Andrew votes against ‘Granny Tax’ as new figures show pensioners on modest incomes will be hit

Andrew Gwynne will vote today (Thursday) in the House of Commons against the tax rise on pensioners – the ‘granny tax’ – announced in last month’s Budget. Actor Richard Wilson joined shadow chancellor Ed Balls...
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Andrew Gwynne blasts ‘Caravan Tax’ after complaints from local businesses

Denton and Reddish MP Andrew Gwynne has defended local manufacturing businesses from an onslaught of Coalition tax increases. Mr Gwynne highlighted the case of Phantom Ltd, a company based in Reddish, which supplies security and...
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Church repair VAT fears

Andrew Gwynne MP has criticised the Government plans for taxing of maintenance of Britain's historic buildings and has put down a parliamentary questions to see how it will impact on local churches. He has joined...
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Andrew joins renewed cross-party attempt to restrict antics of legal loan sharks

Local MP Andrew Gwynne has joined MPs from all parties to demand that the Government allow its new financial regulator to restrict the activities of legal loan sharks. The Financial Services Bill covers...
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Andrew Gwynne MP condemns latest Housing Figures

Local MP Andrew Gwynne has condemned the latest housing figures released this month. Between 2010 and 2011, homelessness fell slightly in Stockport but increased by 88% in Tameside. Rough sleeping in the North West increased...
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Visit to St Mary's Primary for History lesson

Tameside MP fields questions on local history and his outlook for Denton Andrew Gwynne MP visited St Mary’s Primary School in Denton to speak to a Year 3 class about aspects of local...
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New Tameside Labour newspaper

Tameside Labour Local Voice newsletter - latest issue of Local Voice, hitting doormats in Audenshaw, Denton and Dukinfield now...
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This is a Budget where millions are asked to pay more, so millionaires can pay less

Andrew Gwynne MP has attacked the Government’s Budget, describing it as a budget for millionaires. He accused the Government of lacking any meaningful plan to stimulate growth and create jobs. Andrew also condemned George Osborne’s...
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ANDREW GWYNNE MP CONDEMNS THE TORY-LED GOVERNMENT OVER THEIR CATASTROPHIC HEALTH POLICY

Tories and Lib Dems vote for damaging NHS bill In a dramatic week in Parliament, local Labour MP and Shadow Health Minister Andrew Gwynne voted against the Tory-led Government’s controversial Health and Social Care Bill...
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“Tory and Lib Dem councils hit young people hardest”

Figures published by Labour reveal the shocking nature of cuts to youth services. A survey of 148 councils in England shows nearly six in ten Tory and Lib Dem councils have CUT services...
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