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** The green future right on our doorstep
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The Coronavirus crisis has, of course, been a very difficult time for all of us, particularly those who have been very ill, lost loved ones, are unable to leave their houses or are struggling financially because their jobs or businesses are under threat. It can be very difficult in these circumstances to see positives, but I do think that our daily exercise has made us appreciate what’s on our doorstep.


I’ve certainly enjoyed spending time walking around the greener parts of Tameside and beyond. In fact, in my constituency, the one thing that unites all communities in both the Tameside and Stockport parts is the Tame Valley.


Once an industrial lifeline, today it’s a beautiful linear countryside park following the river Tame from where it starts in Saddleworth Moor to where it forms the Mersey in Stockport town centre. The historic county boundary between Lancashire and Cheshire, it was a policy – and a lasting legacy – of Greater Manchester Council, to turn the valley’s industrial wastelands back to nature.


I was very glad to see, therefore, that the think tank IPPR North have released a report that puts the environment – and our wonderful green spaces – right at the heart of their vision for the future of the north of England.


As the report points out, it’s not just the environment that benefits from us taking care of our green spaces, it also helps with our health and wellbeing and even our economy.


There has been a lot of talk of “levelling-up” the North and, of course, additional funding for infrastructure and investment in our local and regional economies is important. In my view though, it is essential that environmental resilience, sustainability and protection of our green spaces is put at the very heart of any “levelling-up” activity.


Luckily, in Greater Manchester, I think there is a general understanding of this challenge and a commitment to deal with it. Metro Mayor Andy Burnham has led the way with the 5-year environment plan for Greater Manchester, which sets out an innovative vision for the future of our city region where environmental and economic concerns are dealt with together.


I hope you all continue to enjoy the fantastic green spaces right here in Tameside – not only are they pleasant places to explore, they are key to the future of our communities.


** Gwynne picture with grandson chosen for Historic England’s ‘Picturing Lockdown’ collection
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A photo of Denton and Reddish MP Andrew Gwynne and his grandson Lyle has been selected by Historic England for its ‘Picturing Lockdown’ collection.

The photo shows Gwynne logging on to the virtual Parliament on the first day of virtual proceedings in the 700 year history of the House of Commons. His grandson Lyle is giving some help!

Historic England, the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s historic environment, selected the photo as one of 100 public images in the ‘Picturing Lockdown’ collection.

For the ‘Picturing Lockdown’ project, Historic England asked the public to submit photos to document their experiences of one week in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. Of almost 3,000 public submissions from across England, 100 were selected and placed in the archive alongside some specially commissioned photos by 10 contemporary artists.

The call-out was the first time the public have been asked to capture photographs for the Archive since the Second World War.

Andrew Gwynne said:

“I was very pleased that this picture was chosen to be part of such an important archive of photos.


“We are living through a very strange and difficult time, which has changed how we all live our lives and so I think it’s vital that this is documented so that future generations can understand what life was like in lockdown.


“This photo documents the historic first virtual session of Parliament, but also shows some of the issues with working from home during this time!”

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A great meeting this afternoon of the Stockport College Community Partnership.

I’m proud to be a Stockport College Ambassador, and the community partners are doing brilliant things to support students and the wider community across the borough, especially during COVIDー19.
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📺 WATCH: The Home Affairs Select Committee are still hearing evidence on the Home Office response to COVID-19.

In the first of two sessions this week we questioned Commander Karen Baxter, Head of Economic Crime at City of London Police and Graeme Biggar CBE, Director General at National Economic Crime Centre about the instances of online fraud during lockdown.
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📺 WATCH: In the second part of this weeks's Home Affairs Select Committee evidence session I questioned Susie Hargreaves OBE, Chief Executive at Internet Watch Foundation and Robert Jones from the National Crime Agency about tackling Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse during the lockdown.
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