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This Thursday, Bolton Councillors will be making a decision on a planning application that will have the biggest impact on Westhoughton in a generation.

I was delighted to help plant the very first tree of our new Northern Forest on the Smithills Estate and I’m so proud that this historic project has begun here...

Despite our best efforts, it appears that we are too late to stop a scrap metal firm from moving close to houses on Chanters Industrial Estate in Atherton...

I am writing in order to submit my objections to planning application number 02781/18, regarding the 174 dwellings on land at Bowlands Hey. I remain concerned...

One of the issues most often raised with me by local people is planning. For the last couple of weeks, my mailbag has been overflowing with questions, concern...

Delighted to meet with students at St John Rigby College to talk about my work as an MP - lots of interesting questions and points raised, from Brexit to votes...

Great to welcome Conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis to Westhoughton with some of our fantastic councillors, candidates and activists to launch our local...

It was fantastic to speak to the pupils at St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School in Westhoughton about my role as their MP. We even did a referendum on whether...

Looking forward to Lostock 6 this weekend, which I'll be running in and also firing the starting gun! There are still a few places available so if you fancy a...