Hazel Grove
ITV cover adoption pay campaign
ITV news cover Lisa Smart MP's campaign for fair adoption pay.
18 Feb 2025
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Hazel Grove
MPs challenge Stepping Hill funding uncertainty
Stockport MPs Tom Morrison and Lisa Smart have challenged the Government to show where capital funding for Stepping Hill Hospital is going, after receiving a letter referencing £11.5 million in funding, but no information on what it is being used for.
6 Feb 2025
Hazel Grove
United Utilities need to foot the bill – not customers
The announcement of an immediate £86 rise in water bills, and a 32% increase over five years, has been criticised by Stockport MP Lisa Smart after it was revealed that the price rises would also fund increased dividends.
31 Jan 2025
Hazel Grove
MPs challenge Government over Stepping Hill exclusion
The failure to include Stepping Hill Hospital on the New Hospitals Programme – despite the looming £130 million repair bill – has been challenged by local MPs Lisa Smart and Tom Morrison in a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
27 Jan 2025
Hazel Grove
MP directly challenges Minister to deliver Adoption Pay
Local MP Lisa Smart directly challenged Government Minister Andrew Western over the inequalities in adoption pay which leave self-employed people without the same support that biological parents or employed people get.
15 Jan 2025
Hazel Grove
Adoption pay set for debate
Local MP Lisa Smart’s call for equal pay for adoptive parents is gaining traction, with a debate in Westminster on the subject set for this week.
10 Jan 2025
Hazel Grove
Response demanded from Transport Secretary
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has been asked to make a statement to the House on the transport delays across the Northern network, following Lisa Smart MP’s recent question to the Commons.
3 Jan 2025
Hazel Grove
MP challenges Government over spending settlement
Hazel Grove MP Lisa Smart has promised to challenge the Government on the local government spending levels which have forced the Council to consider charging for collection of garden waste.
20 Dec 2024
Hazel Grove
WASPI women deserve better
Responding to the Government announcing that there will be no compensation for WASPI women, Hazel Grove MP Lisa Smart said: “There are estimated to be over 5,000 women in Hazel Grove constituency who are affected by this.
19 Dec 2024
Hazel Grove
MP demands United Utilities show progress on cutting sewage dumping
Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart has written to the chief executive of United Utilities, Louise Beardmore, asking for information showing that the company has made progress on cutting sewage dumping in the constituency.
17 Dec 2024
Hazel Grove
Stockport MPs call Government dropping A&E wait time pledge an “insult to patients”
Liberal Democrat MPs Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove) and Tom Morrison (Cheadle) have called the dropping of the government’s pledge to meet the A&E four hour waiting time target by the end of the Parliament an “insult to patients”.
12 Dec 2024
Hazel Grove
Minister pushed on support for postmasters
High Lane postal services have been held up while decisions are taken on terms for postmasters
28 Nov 2024