Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has paid tribute to the Big Lottery Fund, after three Pendle-based projects were told they would receive £164,846 to support their work.

Last Friday was the one-year anniversary of the 8th June 2017 snap General Election, in which I was re-elected for a third term to represent Pendle.

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed an announcement of £1 million in funds to improve safety on the A682 – the most dangerous road in Pendle and one of the 50 most dangerous in England.

Pendle’s MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed the announcement of a new £1 million trial of high quality mental health assessments for children in care, to ensure young people are assessed at the right time, with a focus on their individual needs as they enter care.

"There was a deeply concerning statement from Rolls-Royce this morning about 4,600 job losses in their corporate and support functions over the next two years.

Figures out this week show that more people are in work than ever before. In Pendle the number of people claiming the key out of work benefits has fallen by 668 a 35% per cent drop since 2010.

Pendle MP, Andrew Stephenson, attended a Carers Week speednetworking event with carers and charities in Westminster, pledging his support to unpaid carers locally.

Andrew Stephenson MP is urging people to get involved with the RLSS UK’s Drowning Prevention Week campaign in a bid to prevent summer tragedies. 

As we went to the polls in May to elect Councillors to represent us, five parts of England were trialling a system where voters are required to present ID before being able to vote.

Andrew Stephenson MP has welcomed the news that the import and export of services from the cultural, digital, and creative sectors have risen steadily since 2010.