The Start Up Loans programme lends more than 60,000 loans to fund small businesses since 2012
Almost 40% of loan recipients are women
22% of loan recipients come from BAME backgrounds
North West has the highest number of loans outside of London

Andrew has welcomed the announcement that the UK will become the first major economy in the world to end its contribution towards global warming, as the Conservative Government introduces a new law to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Andrew Stephenson MP this week announced he is backing Boris Johnson MP to be the next Prime Minister.

Andrew Stephenson, MP for Pendle, got roped into a spot of political heave-ho at Macmillan Cancer Support’s annual House of Commons vs House of Lords Parliamentary Tug of War event.

Andrew, and actor Stephen Mangan have joined forces this March to help Marie Curie provide care and support to more people living with a terminal illness.

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn is ‘selling out the British people by endorsing a plan to force a second EU referendum,’ says Pendle MP, Andrew Stephenson.

This week Andrew Stephenson MP signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tireless

Andrew Stephenson MP has welcomed the new Domestic Abuse Bill, which seeks to introduce a range of new protections for survivors as well as new powers to force rehabilitation for offenders.

New figures show that the North West exported £28,098 million worth of goods and services in the year to September 2018.

Sixty-five MPs and peers joined Cats Protection at its annual Christmas parliamentary reception at Westminster to celebrate the charity’s campaigning work.