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Hello and welcome to the Denton and Reddish Weekly News!

I hope you've had a good week. Despite Parliament not being in session this week, I have still been incredibly busy, including some fantastic local events and important debates in Parliament.

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The Government has announced a U Turn on its decision to close rail ticket offices, meaning the offices at Reddish North, Levenshulme, Gorton, Mauldeth Road and Guide Bridge will remain open.

The announcement which came today followed a consultation that received 75000 responses, 99% of them being against the closures. This has followed months of campaigning and not to mention weeks of concern by passenger groups and disability charities worrying about the devastating consequences if this proposal was implemented.

The final nail in the coffin of the plan to close the ticket offices has been the industry watchdog Transport Focus, essentially agreeing with public feeling that there are “serious overall concerns” about the plans, and furthermore that some train companies were unable to show they would be able to sell a full range of tickets, handle cash payments and avoid excessive queues at ticket machines.

Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, and Labour candidate for the new Gorton and Denton Parliamentary constituency said:

“The decision to keep ticket offices open really is the right one, and I am glad the Government has chosen to do the right thing. This will make such a difference to passengers all over the area. I really am delighted.

“Sometimes it feels like some unfair proposals like these are fait accompli, and in this case I really was not sure the Government would back down. But we have shown it can be done, and I pay tribute to all the campaigners, locally and nationally who have made our voice heard.”
Andrew in the constituency

SHOWCASING DESTINATION DENTON
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🇹🇷 🇬🇧 So nice to meet with Seyfi Onur Sayin, the Consul-General of Türkiye, this afternoon.
We met in Cafe Plus, ([link removed]) one of a number of Turkish businesses that have opened in Denton town centre in recent years.
It was good to hear about deepening UK-Turkish links, and he’s promised to come back to Denton to meet with other local business owners. Thanks to Cllr Murtaza Iqbal for joining us too.👏🏻

MY DENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE VISIT AND TOUR WITH NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST


💜 Great to be invited in to Denton Community College ([link removed]) this morning to see some of the work Northern Education Trust ([link removed]) is doing to improve both the academic performance of DCC and the life chances of the pupils there.
They have new leadership, a new curriculum, and vastly improved expectations for the children. I’m particularly impressed by the emphasis on getting year 11 pupils through their GCSEs with the best grades they can achieve after a tumultuous year 10.
Just walking around the school it’s already a better environment. No children out of class, students really focused on learning in the classrooms, teachers fully engaged in teaching with high expectations and praise and celebration for good work. Compared with my last visit to DCC it feels a much better school already.
The full Academisation hasn’t yet been concluded for legal reasons around the PFI of the building, but it’s been great to see that DCC is headed in the right direction overall with Northern’s early input. 👩🏻‍🎓

TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK AT WHITTLES MEADOW!


💚 This was a lovely event in Whittles Meadows. Thanks to Steve, Eddie and Chris for organising and for Linden Road Academy ([link removed]) for joining us.
Councillor Allison Gwynne ([link removed]) and I had a great (and muddy) time. Hopefully there will be a beautiful riot of colour down there next summer. 🌸
Thanks Friends of the Tame Valley ([link removed]) 👏🏻
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MY VISIT WITH ST JOHN'S FISHERS KS2 STUDENTS

📜 Next week is Parliament Week and as part of that programme I’ve agreed to visit several schools in my constituency to talk about the work of an MP.
This afternoon I’ve had a great Q&A session with Key Stage 2 at St John Fisher RC Primary School & ASD Resource Base ([link removed]) in Haughton Green.
We covered elections, law making, the King’s Speech, political parties, party leaders, the Gunpowder Plot, the English Civil War, human rights, House of Commons Vs House of Lords… and the questions were amazingly well thought out. I hope the answers were ok!
Finally it was nice to meet the new School Council. These councillors are already looking at improving their playground and have come fab ideas… who knows, there’s possibly an MP of the future somewhere here! 🗳️
Andrew in the the media

For those of you who don’t know, every year I take nominations from right across the Denton and Reddish constituency for people’s favourite local business.

We have a winner for each ward, as well as one overall winner and runner-up. I present the awards on Small Business Saturday, which this year falls on December 2.

The awards started as a bit of fun a few years ago, when I started to see fantastic shops, bars and restaurants popping up across the local area.

Fast forward to 2023 and they’ve become more competitive than I would have ever predicted.

Last year, we had more than 4,500 local people take part, and more than 200 businesses were celebrated. The fiercely contested top prize eventually went to the weight loss group BEEWEIGHED.

I love running these awards. For years I’ve championed ‘Destination Denton’ and it’s wonderful to see local people so engaged with businesses. It’s an understatement to say that we’ve had a fairly turbulent few years.

Now, more than ever, it’s important that we celebrate local businesses which are the lifeblood of communities across Tameside.

I sometimes think the determination and bravery it takes to set up a local business is overlooked. Without people putting money and time on the line and setting up a shop, pub, restaurant or gym we would be economically poorer but also socially poorer too. Local businesses are not just places to grab a quick bite or pick up some shopping; they’re meeting spots too, where you bump into neighbours, friends and even family.

In fact, it’s that belief that has led me to champion small businesses so strongly in Parliament. We should be doing everything we can nationally to incentivise and protect local businesses. Only by doing so can we build a resilient, fair and stronger economy.

So, I would encourage you to get involved with this year’s Local Business Awards. To nominate your favourite visit www.andrewgwynne.co.uk/LBA.

Eddie Stewart and grandson Joseph Boswell are the latest recipients of Andrew Gwynne MP’s Citizen’s Awards.

Eddie and Joseph were nominated by members of the public for their unwavering dedication to keeping our Tame Valley pristine, whether that be litter picking the Peak Forest Canal or sprucing up Jet Amber Fields.

Andrew said “it’s been my pleasure to present these Citizen’s Awards, the Tame Valley is such a wonderful asset for us all and thanks to Eddie and Joseph, and all the other Friends of the Tame Valley volunteers, it will remain so for many years to come.

Andrew continued “A very well deserved award. Well done and thank you, Eddie and Joseph!”
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