Simon Danczuk MP

Fighting for Rochdale, Littleborough and Milnrow

Local News

• Letter from Parliament, 10 May

  

  The world of football prepared to bid farewell to one of its greatest managers this week, as Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement. Just about every superlative has...

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• Turnaround specialist pours cold water on council’s town centre regeneration plans

  

  One of the UK’s leading retail turnaround specialists has warned Rochdale Council that they should not be looking at building more retail space to regenerate the town centre....

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• Lower leagues being left behind by unfair settlement, says MP

  

  Huge Premiership ‘parachute payment’ increases are creating an ever-widening gulf between the top flight and lower leagues, Rochdale’s MP has warned. Commenting on next year’s 40...

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• Letter from Parliament, 26 April 2013

  

  In recent years we’ve seen thousands of people line the streets to pay their respects to Britain’s soldiers. From Wootton Basset to Handforth, Cheshire and Littleborough here in...

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• MP’s dinner to raise funds for mayor’s charity appeal

  

  Simon Danczuk MP is hosting a dinner this Friday at Rochdale Town Hall to raise funds for the mayor’s charity appeal. The three course dinner will...

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• We can’t ignore the tragedy of people’s potential going to waste

  

  It is already happening, whether politicians like it or not. In pubs, on factory floors and at bus stops the welfare debate that George Osborne called for this...

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• Enterprise culture taking root in Rochdale, says MP

  

  Rochdale’s MP Simon Danczuk has welcomed a report showing that new companies are on the rise in Rochdale as a sign that a stronger enterprise culture is taking...

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• MP congratulates Littleborough business

  

  A Rochdale start-up has been recognised as a leading local business after being shortlisted in a Newspaper Society competition. The Local Business Accelerators competition is looking for the most promising...

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• Why a Rochdale Red Cross worker should make the Queen stay away from Sri Lanka

  

  This November David Cameron and the Queen are set to fly out to Sri Lanka for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. There they will meet with politicians...

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• Letter from Parliament, 14 March, 2013

  

  Commentators often talk about politics in terms of different positions on a left, right political spectrum. But given that much of politics has shifted towards the centre ground...

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