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Football has been a dominant feature of political and cultural life recently. I have been on the Football Governance Bill committee and, during an evidence...

As always, the last month has been rather enjoyable and shows the breadth of activities that are going on locally and also those that MPs get invited to attend...

The Older Persons Fair I held at Brookfield Hall in Westhoughton was an amazing success though it is always rather difficult for me to judge. The stall holders...

Politics often has its competitive elements. Usually, this can be quite positive because it can drive improvements in service and outcomes but, all too often...

Christmas is often a time for looking back on the year that’s been but there is so much that is going on in British politics that my eyes will be focussed on...

The big political event of the last month was the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivering his Autumn Statement. It was more positive than I expected with tax...

Contrast and, to some degree, extremes add a huge element of flavour to business around the Bolton West constituency. A good example recently is when I listen...

As I pointed out at the start of my last article, variety is the spice of life and that there was a little Green Party protest outside my office. Unfortunately...