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Mark Hunter MP’s Notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 18 June, 2014

Dear Resident, Thank you as always for your continued interest in what I have been up to in our local area and down in Westminster.  Parliament was prorogued in May (the end of a Parliamentary session), which meant that attention focused on the Local and European elections for a couple of weeks. There were disappointing results […]

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This morning most of us woke up in our comfy beds. Roya Nobakht woke up in a cell in one of Iran’s toughest prisons. The 47 year old Stockport resident, a joint British/Iranian national, faces 20 years in prison. He crime? Not murder, nor drug smuggling nor anything else most of us would think might […]

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Mark Hunter MP’s notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 15 May, 2014

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read my latest update on what I have been up to here in Cheadle and down in Westminster.  Thanks to the recent parliamentary recess, I was able last month to spend more time campaigning around the constituency. Despite wet and blustery weather, a crowd of over a […]

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Mark Hunter’s Notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 3 April, 2014

Dear resident, It’s been another busy month both in Parliament and back in the constituency; there is never a dull moment!  I hope the following gives you a flavour of the issues I have been working on over the last few weeks. My first item this month however comes after a meeting I had with […]

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Mark Hunter’s Notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 5 March, 2014

Dear resident, Thank you for taking the time to read my regular bulletin of what I have been up to over the last month; this Report Back covers the Spring Recess – a week free of my usual Parliamentary schedule enabling me to spend more time working in the constituency. Life Leisure is the organisation […]

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Mark Hunter MP’s Notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 6 February, 2014

Dear resident, I can never believe how quickly the time for writing the monthly bulletin comes around.  This January has been one of positive signs for our local economy which has been a welcome way to start 2014. The month began however with the desperately sad passing of Paul Goggins, Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East.  Paul was a […]

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Mark Hunter’s Notes from Westminster, January 2014

by Lib Dem team on 8 January, 2014

Dear resident, Happy New Year!  I sincerely hope that 2014 is a year of health and prosperity for you and your family.  December was another busy month both here in the constituency and down in Westminster before the Christmas break. 9 year-old Lara Harding, a pupil at St Peter’s Catholic Primary School in Hazel Grove,won […]

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Mark Hunter’s Christmas Notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 21 December, 2013

Seasonal update with useful information View this email in your browser   Dear resident, I want to wish you a very Happy Christmas and a healthy and successful New Year. I am immensely proud and honoured to represent our area and I thoroughly enjoy working on behalf of all local residents. Whether it’s visiting local […]

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Mark Hunter MP’s Notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 1 November, 2013

Dear Resident, Thank you for reading the latest edition of my Notes from Westminster.  I’d like to take this opportunity to say that my family and I have been overwhelmed by the messages of condolence received from friends and colleagues in the local community following the sad passing of my dear wife, Lesley. The messages […]

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Mark Hunter MP’s Notes from Westminster

by Lib Dem team on 8 August, 2013

Dear Resident, Thank you for taking the time to read this month’s edition of my Notes from Westminster. The last month has seen some great news for our local schools.  Thanks to a new Department of Education initiative, there will be an additional £820 million spent to provide an extra 74,000 school places in areas […]

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