New Pendle & Clitheroe Constituency Thursday, 6 July, 2023 The 2023 Boundary Review, conducted by the independent Boundary Commission for England, sets out plans to reorganise UK parliamentary constituencies to reflect population change. Boundary reviews should take place every eight years, but constituency boundaries have not changed since 2010 due to political opposition to previous proposed changes. The final recommendations for new Parliamentary... Local News
75 years of the NHS 5th July 2023 This week we celebrated 75-years since the creation of the NHS. Having experienced serious health problems in 2014 and 2016 and consequently having spent over... Articles
Help with the cost of living 30th June 2023 A number of readers will have received the latest £150 Cost of Living payment in recent days, targeted at those who through a disability are most in need of... Articles
Newspaper Column 9th June 2023 9th June 2023 They say that you can’t please all of the people all of the time and it’s also the case people cannot be in two places at once. However, that’s sometimes the... Articles
Heave-ho! MP wins Westminster Tug of War match 6th June 2023 Andrew Stephenson, the MP for Pendle took a break from political battles last week to take part in a more light-hearted contest to raise money for Macmillan... Westminster News
Press Column: Airedale Hospital is getting a full rebuild! 2nd June 2023 It is brilliant news that Airedale Hospital is getting a full rebuild. As those who have been following the impressive campaign led by Robbie Moore, the... Articles
Unduly lenient' sentence of one-punch killer could be increased 31st May 2023 The Solicitor General, Michael Tomlinson KC MP, has confirmed that the sentence given to Michael Hannan for the killing of James O’Hara in Barrowford will be... Local News
Newspaper Column 26th May 2023 26th May 2023 Congratulations to Cllr Brian Newman and his wife Lynne on becoming Pendle’s 48th Mayor & Mayoress, for the year ahead. I was pleased to attend Mayoral Sunday... Articles
Full rebuild of Airedale Hospital secured 25th May 2023 Andrew Stephenson MP welcomes Airedale Hospital being rebuilt, to help improve health care for people in West Craven In 2019, the Conservative Government... Local News
£450 million more to improve school buildings including in Pendle 22nd May 2023 Andrew Stephenson MP welcomes share of over £450 million from the Conservative Government to improve school buildings in Pendle The Conservative Government is... Local News
