http://www.stunell.co.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Andrew Stunell MP en-GB Andrew Stunell MP http://www.stunell.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2009 Andrew Stunell MP 2009-07-04T15:51+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000520/local_mp_opens_new_mental_health_facility_at_stepping_hill_hospital.html Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell officially opened Stockport's new £1.8 million mental health facility, Bevan Place, at Stepping Hill Hospital last Friday. 2009-06-30T13:21+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000519/stunell_wins_uturn_on_mps_pension_plan.html Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell successfully called last week for a freeze on tax-payers' payments to the MPs' pension fund, and a sharp rise in MPs' contributions. 2009-06-29T11:32+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000518/stunell_teams_up_with_tanni_grey_thompson_to_call_for_improved_disabled_toilet_facilities.html Local MP Andrew Stunell has joined forces with Mencap and 11 times Paralympic gold medallist Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson to celebrate Learning Disability Week and call for an increase in the number of Changing Places toilets available in the UK. 2009-06-29T11:30+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000517/fire_service_answers_10_hoax_calls_each_day_in_greater_manchester.html Greater Manchester Fire Service is called out to almost 10 hoax calls each day, according to research from Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell. 2009-06-23T10:52+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000516/big_slump_in_the_number_of_affordable_homes_built_in_greater_manchester.html A big cut in new affordable homes being built across Greater Manchester is hitting families hard, according to figures revealed by Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell. 2009-06-23T10:45+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000515/schools_dont_just_need_to_look_good_they_need_to_sound_good_too__stunell.html Local MP Andrew Stunell has joined forces with the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) at an event this week in Westminster to call for schools to "sound good as well as look good". 2009-06-15T11:40+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000514/stunell_speaks_out_on_silent_calls.html Local MP Andrew Stunell has joined forces with consumer groups to highlight the problem of silent telephone calls, which cause misery for thousands of consumers. 2009-06-15T11:30+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000513/standing_up_to_the_bnp_is_the_only_way_to_stop_them.html Commenting on Nick Griffin's election as an MEP for the North West Region, Hazel Grove MP, and Lib Dem Local Election Campaign Chair Andrew Stunell said: 2009-06-09T10:10+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000512/lib_dems_top_stockport_euro_poll.html Stockport Liberal Democrats are today celebrating topping the European Elections poll in the borough for the first time in their history. 2009-06-09T10:00+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000511/improving_north_west_detection_rates_key_to_cutting_crime.html Nearly 50,000 extra crimes would be solved in the North West each year if all police forces in the region improved their clear-up rate to the level of the best forces in the country, according to research by Liberal Democrat MP Andrew Stunell. 2009-06-08T11:50+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000510/greater_manchester_youngsters_becoming_lost_generation_as_1_in_3_are_unemployed.html As unemployment continues to rise, young people are being hit hardest by the recession, according to research from Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell. 2009-06-02T12:00+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000509/warm_front_grant_still_leaving_people_out_in_the_cold.html Over 100,000 households have pulled out of the Warm Front scheme in the last five years, with a third of applicants now having to pay a top-up according to figures highlighted by the Liberal Democrats. 2009-06-01T12:07+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000508/stockport_students_face_135_million_debt.html Young people in Stockport applying for university this year will run up total debts of £135m between them, an increase of a third on last year, and amounting to over £20,000 each, Liberal Democrat MP Andrew Stunell has discovered. 2009-06-01T12:00+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000507/stockport_households_overcharged_27_million_last_year_by_energy_companies.html Stockport households have been overcharged more than £27million for gas in the last year - over £200 per household - Liberal Democrat MP Andrew Stunell has revealed. 2009-05-26T12:07+01:00 http://www.stunell.co.uk/news/000506/a_third_of_children_in_stockport_living_in_poverty.html New figures from Save The Children showing that more than a third of children in Stockport live in poverty have been branded a disgrace by local MP Andrew Stunell, speaking at an event last week in Westminster. 2009-05-26T12:05+01:00