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Action taken against United Utilities
The water company for the North West has failed to properly handle requests for important environmental information from the public.
Why it’s time to overhaul the law on taxis
I met with the minister responsible for taxis, Simon Lightwood MP, to express my concerns about illegal and unlicensed private hire vehicles operating in Blackpool.
Recovery on the Horizon
In a town where many people deal with multiple complex challenges, Horizon is a service that understands the intersections between many of them them. The council-funded programme offers support to Blackpool residents around drugs and alcohol, sexual health and within the LGBTQ+ community.
What I’ve achieved in my first 100 days
Blackpool first, party second. That is the principle I have stuck to while working as your MP for the past 100 days. It’s the approach I will always take for my constituents.
Reflections on World Mental Health Day
In 2022-23 the prevalence of GP diagnosed depression here was the highest in the country, at 21.6 per cent of the population. 3,000 people in my home town have a severe mental illness.
Chat With Chris: Marking 100 days
Join me to mark my first 100 days in office this Saturday, 12th October.
Gas company provides Centres for Warmth
Cadent has a strong ethos of social responsibility – actively working towards having a greater, positive impact on its customers and communities.
Could you be entitled to pension credit?
I’ve called on the government to allow those with small occupational pensions to claim them too.
Supreme Court rules that fire and rehire is not lawful
Labour's Plan To Make Work Pay will ban this awful practice
School breakfast club grants available
I’m encouraging all schools to apply for these £1,000 grants aimed to help improve or extend existing breakfast provision in schools.
Cost of Living grants available
Energy payments of £200-£300 are available for vulnerable households to apply for before 30th September.
The future of the Grundy Art Gallery
Blackpool has a rich cultural heritage and thriving arts scene, with the Grundy Art Gallery at its heart since 1911.
Food parcels, furniture and toys available from Blackpool charity
The Kensington Foundation is a Blackpool-based charity which aims to promote the relief of homelessness, poverty, deprivation and distress.
I will work with WASPI women to deliver a fair remedy
The Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign has been fighting for justice for all women born in the 1950s affected by the changes to the State Pension Age (SPA).
Blackpool School Pupils invited to join The Great Lancashire Debate
The Great Lancashire Debate is Lancashire County Council's public speaking competition, to get young people involved in democracy and debating.
Visiting The Harbour
The Harbour is a local mental health hospital that provides specialised care and treatment for adults experiencing severe mental health conditions that cannot be managed safely at home.
Surgeries in the community
At my recent help and advice surgery at South Shore Pitstop Cafe, I met with members of my constituency to listen to their concerns and discuss their feelings about our local area.
Update on the Metropole Hotel
This week, I had a crucial meeting with the Asylum Minister to address the pressing concerns I have regarding the accommodation of asylum-seeking families at the Metropole Hotel.
Blackpool receives £600k to recover from violent disorder
The money is targeted at activities to improve community cohesion, clean ups and repair, and to improve community security and communications. The fund is flexible meaning local areas can decide how best to deliver support to the areas most affected.
Minister for Employment Alison McGovern visits Blackpool
Under the new Labour government the DWP is not a department to be feared – one that punishes and scapegoats people who have the least. It’s one that will lift people out of poverty and take care of people when they need it.