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Special News from your local MP - Mark Hunter

  • Mark Hunter requests rethink on rejection of "Life-Saving" heart pill.

    Published: Sat, 30/01/2010 10:07
    Local Cheadle MP Mark Hunter has blasted NICE, the agency which authorises all prescribed drugs, over its controversial decision to refuse patients a new heart disease pill Dronedarone which costs just £2 a day that would save an estimated 40,000 lives per year, and has demanded a meeting with NICE - the organisation that gives permission for all
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  • Bankers set to bounce cheque out of Britain?

    Published: Tue, 15/12/2009 14:42
    Cheadle MP Mark Hunter is apparantely leading a cross-party campaign to stop top bankers from deciding to abolish cheques at a top level meeting of the Payments Council tomorrow (Wednesday 16th December).Many people - particularly the elderly, disabled and housebound - still rely on cheques as a means of payment. Due to the sheer volume of cheques
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  • Mark Hunter tells government "Stop Short-changing Stockport"

    Published: Sun, 13/12/2009 10:54
    People across Stockport are getting a raw deal from the Government because of a "monumental fiddle" costing Stockport council tax payers 3.5 million over the next two years, local MP Mark Hunter told Parliament last Wednesday night in a House of Commons debate.
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  • Mark Hunter MP launches "Save the cheque" campaign

    Published: Sat, 28/11/2009 00:36
    Cheadle MP Mark Hunter has launched a new campaign to "save the cheque" after growing concern over news that high street banks are planning to stop the use of cheques.
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  • Mark Hunter MP Demands Action on Cheadle Hulme Station

    Published: Fri, 20/11/2009 08:25
    Local MP and Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesman Mark Hunter has welcomed Tuesday's Government announcement that will bring improvements for Stockport Railway Station, but has written to Secretary of State Lord Adonis to draw his attention to the need for urgent improvements at Cheadle Hulme Station and has invited him to visit Cheadle Hulme stati
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  • MP's get flu jab and urge 'at risk' groups to do so

    Published: Thu, 19/11/2009 09:23
    Recently local MP Mark Hunter joined peers and other MPs from all parties to receive a seasonal flu vaccination in a bid to encourage their constituents to be vaccinated against flu for this 2009/10 winter season.
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  • Tory benefit plans give little help - Mark Hunter MP

    Published: Tue, 06/10/2009 07:26
    Yesterday''s Conservative announcements of plans on welfare reform are more about political posturing than tackling unemployment, research by Liberal Democrat MP Mark Hunter suggests.As unemployment figures in Stockport reach their highest point since the Major Government, the Tories have announced new measures on welfare.
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  • Longer Rail Franchises will put Stockport on the right track

    Published: Fri, 02/10/2009 18:42
    A new Cheadle Train Station and high speed rail links to Manchester will not be possible unless the Government extend the length of rail franchises, Cheadle MP Mark Hunter told Lib Dem Conference last week.
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  • Mark Hunter visits sk8 community groups

    Published: Mon, 07/09/2009 23:38
    I've had the opportunity to visit several care homes in the area including Wellcroft and Willow Court in Gatley the PACE Rehabilitation in Cheadle providing highly specialised services such as prosthetic limbs to people (including serving and ex-soldiers), Bill's Allotments, the Youth centre in Gatley. A big congragulations to Oak Meadow...
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  • Save the Royal British Legion Club by Mark Hunter MP

    Published: Sat, 25/07/2009 18:38
    I'm actively supporting the campaign to save the Royal British Legion Club in Cheadle Hulme, which the owners are threatening to sell. For those of you who don't know the club well, it's an important community resource where many people can come together and take an active part in social activities, fundraising and community work.
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  • MP's expenses - Mark Hunter

    Published: Thu, 14/05/2009 12:26
    Given the current controversy over MPs' expenses I thought local people might be interested in the views of their own MP on this fiasco. Let me start by saying that I share the outrage and disappointment that people across the country have expressed about this issue. For too long a number of MPs from all parties have used their expenses to boost th
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  • Mark Hunter on Anorexia, Business Link, Baby P...

    Published: Tue, 10/03/2009 10:07
    Anorexia, Cheadle Eating disorder clinic and Fern Cotton, Lum Head Primary School, Highfield Park friends, SME's and Business Link, Baby P and NSPCC, Autism and Rail User Group...
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  • Mark Hunter MP - Local Public Transport Financing, Train Fares, BT price rises, Patsy Calton memorial......

    Published: Fri, 13/02/2009 12:48
    We've had a lot of good news on the local transport front since I last posted on this website - in particular our campaign against the unfair and ill thought-out Greater Manchester Congestion Charge was successful and the proposals heavily defeated. I am now campaigning for money set aside by the Government for the Transport Innovation Fund to stil
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  • Mark Hunter - Safety in Train Stations, NHS Dentists, Amnesty International, Cheadle Mosque

    Published: Sun, 05/10/2008 23:26
    Since I last wrote to you Parliament has been on recess, so I've been enjoying spending my time at home, in our local area, meeting local residents and taking local meetings. One particular meeting which I know will interest many of you was with the Chief Inspector of the British Transport police. Several constituents had contacted me recently with
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  • Mark Hunter - Congestion Charge, Tatton Cinema and Post Office Closure

    Published: Wed, 16/07/2008 16:44
    Mark Hunter MP talks about the Greater Manchester Congestion Charge, Post Office Closures and the Tatton Cinema Development
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  • Your Local MP Mark Hunter's 2nd instalment

    Published: Thu, 10/04/2008 15:37
    Hi everyone, and thank you for checking back to read another instalment of my regular column.
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  • Your local MP Mark Hunter

    Published: Fri, 15/02/2008 16:14
    I'm delighted to have been asked to make frequent postings and hope that what you read here will be of interest to local residents.
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