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Fantastic to meet with Guide Dogs this week to pledge my continued support to stop access refusals at businesses for guide dogs.

It was a privilege to join Dr Shahid and the team at Rochdale Road Medical Centre last week to open the newly refurbished practice in Middleton.

JUST ANNOUNCEDHeywood will receive £20 million of extra funding from Government as part of the Prime Minister's Plan for Towns.

Fantastic to visit ITD Global last week in Heywood to meet with CEO Jonny Mocton and the team. This is a thriving business right in the middle of the constituency - learn more at https://www.itdglobal.com/our-story/.

Great to be a part of the discussions last week on what the #FutureOfDementia could look like. I look forward to working with @AlzResearchUK to bring their recommendations forward and help accelerate us towards a world free from the heartbreak dementia causes.

Last night Rochdale Council's planning panel approved plans for 214 new homes on the site around Crimble Mill.

Yesterday I joined Health Minister Lord Markham and NHS staff at North Manchester General Hospital to showcase the Government's New Hospital Programme.

We had excellent round-table discussions with the Minister about local needs and delivering on the programme's £20bn promise.

As Chair of the APPG on Local Government, I hosted a summer reception in Parliament last month.

The Minister for Local Government, Lee Rowley MP, joined us alongside local government champions from up and down the country.

The Brexit Pub Guarantee comes into force today, which cuts taxes for 38,000 pubs and bars up and down the country.

I'm a keen supporter of our local pubs and breweries and a champion of the Long Live the Local campaign.

Smashing time at MiddFest 2023 on Sunday. Thank you to all the volunteers and organisers who made the day such a great success!