From Andrew Gwynne MP <[email protected]>
Subject Denton & Reddish Weekly Newsletter
Date July 24, 2020 4:13 PM
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** Gwynne backs early NHS pay rise
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Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has joined calls for a pay rise for NHS staff, partly in recognition of their work during the Coronavirus crisis.

Gwynne has signed a parliamentary motion put forward by fellow Labour MP Paula Barker. The motion calls on the Government to “show its support for the NHS by turning warm words and applause into a firm commitment to bring forward NHS pay talks and to fund an early and meaningful pay rise”.

The calls come after pay rises were announced for some public sector workers on Tuesday. This included doctors, but did not include nurses and other NHS staff.

Andrew Gwynne said:

“I welcome the long-overdue pay rise for public sector staff like teachers and doctors, but am very disappointed that most NHS staff will not see their wages increase.


“During the Coronavirus crisis, we have regularly and rightly clapped our NHS and other health and care staff for the work that they have done keeping us safe, but this is not enough.


“They have put their lives on the line day after day and deserve a pay rise.”


** What’s on the table?
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This time last year, before any of us had ever heard of Coronavirus or COVID-19 or contact-tracing, the big political issue was Brexit. It was an issue that divided families and friends, and caused a great deal of anger on both sides of the debate. For many, this issue was brought to a close when the UK left the European Union back in January.


Now that Brexit has happened, we have to move on to the next stage of working out what our relationship will be with Europe and the rest of the world post-Brexit. To quote the successful Leave campaign, this is “taking back control” bit.


So, alongside scrutinising the Government’s response to the Coronavirus crisis, Parliament is also looking at the new laws that they have come up with to deal with the issue of our post-Brexit place in the world. These proposed laws effectively set out the Tories vision of the future for our country. And I am concerned.


As always with this Prime Minister, it is important to separate the words and the action. Boris Johnson has a tendency to promise a great deal and then deliver much less or even something else entirely. This Monday night was a case in point.


The Government’s Trade Bill sets out some key elements of how the UK will trade post-Brexit. During the election campaign, the Labour Party and many others warned that the Tories were considering putting bits of the NHS on the negotiating table and lowering food standards in trade deals with the United States and others.


We were accused of scare-mongering, but when this was put to the test on Monday night, these fears were confirmed. The Conservatives voted against two important amendments, one was “to protect the NHS and publicly funded health and care services in other parts of the UK from any form of control from outside the UK”, and the other was to ensure that all agricultural imports met the same animal welfare, food safety and other standards as our own agricultural goods. This is to ensure that we don’t get chlorinated chicken and other unsafe foods brought in from the US and elsewhere.


Not only did the Tories vote against these, they also voted against having Parliament approve any new trade deals – a key element of “taking back control”. So, not only can they now sell off bits of our NHS and import dodgy food, there will be no way for Parliament to stop them.


This doesn’t feel much like “taking back control” to me, and I think a lot of people who gave their votes to the Tories in December in Tameside and elsewhere will be wondering what else they might have been mis-sold.


** Gwynne calls for end to hospital parking charges
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Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has called for an end to charges for hospital parking.

During the Coronavirus crisis, car parking charges for NHS staff in England have been halted. However, the Government has put out mixed messages in recent weeks as to whether this will continue as the crisis begins to ease.

Gwynne has signed two parliamentary motions – one in the name of Labour MP Zarah Sultana and another in the name of Conservative MP Sir Mike Penning – calling for an end to hospital parking charges.

Andrew Gwynne said:

“We are all incredibly grateful for the amazing work that our NHS workers have done during this crisis to keep us safe. We owe them a great deal and free parking at hospitals was the very least they deserved.


“I am very concerned that charges may come back for NHS staff as the crisis eases and would call on the Government to ensure that this is not the case.


“Parking should be free at all NHS hospitals regardless of whether there’s a pandemic, and not just for staff, but for patients and visitors too.”

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Andrew in the constituency

🏆 CITIZEN’S AWARD: Nominated by the public, it was my great pleasure to present Nadia Ali from Heaton Norris with my Denton and Reddish Citizen’s Award this week. She’s done so much to help local residents in Reddish and Heaton Norris throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Well deserved!

FAIRFIELD STATION, AUDENSHAW: Notice from Northern.

Please see the letter above sent to me by Northern, which relates to ‘temporary’ changes to rail services because of COVID-19.

It unfortunately states that the service using Fairfield station in Audenshaw will not be be operating. They say this will be until December. They aren’t putting in rail replacement buses, but are instead asking passengers to use other modes of transport.

It’s far from ideal, especially for regular users with a season ticket. I’m making further enquiries with Northern and TfGM.

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Andrew in the media

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📻 LISTEN: Thanks to Matt Frei for giving me the opportunity to talk about my experiences of Long Covid on his Saturday LBC show. I think it's important to raise awareness of this condition, which is affecting thousands of people across the UK.

📰 READ: I also spoke this week to the Manchester Evening News about my Long Covid experience and my concerns that it isn't being taken seriously enough given the number of people affected, who may struggle to return to work as the lockdown eases.

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The Manchester Evening News reported on my letter to the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester News following the unacceptable scenes at the "car meet" at Windmill Lane in Denton last week.

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The MEN also picked up on my Facebook post updating constituents with the latest news on the destruction of the Audenshaw trough and transformer. The Council, local residents and Audenshaw's fantastic councillors are working hard to get the two landmarks restored and hopefully the cost of the repairs can be recovered from the driver who did the damage.

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Is your son or daughter interested in learning Rugby Union in a fun and safe environment? Sign up now for the September 2020 intake (Covid-19 allowing).

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