Stockport Labour Group

26/10/2026

⏰ 5 days to go

Secondary school applications close on Saturday 31 October. If your child is in Year 6, make sure you’ve applied for their place for September 2027.

Apply here: www.stockport.gov.uk/topic/secondary-school-admissions

24/10/2026

🕐 Don’t forget, the clocks go back tomorow. At 2am they’ll go back to 1am, so you get an extra hour in bed.

21/10/2026

Stockport Labour Group and Navendu Mishra have written to the Chancellor ahead of the Budget, calling for Local Housing Allowance to be unfrozen.

LHA is the support that helps low-income households pay rent in the private sector. It has been frozen while rents keep rising, and in Stockport it’s now almost impossible to find a home to rent within it.

We back this Government’s plans to build more council homes, and with over 9,000 Stockport households on the waiting list, they can’t come soon enough. But families struggling right now need help this winter.

Unfreezing LHA would keep people in their homes and stop public money ending up in the pockets of landlords profiting from the housing crisis.

We’re joining Crisis, Shelter and the Chartered Institute of Housing in calling for action in this Budget.

Read the full letter below 👇

10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is “Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change”.

Across Stockport, people living with mental health conditions know better than anyone what helps and what doesn’t. Their voices should shape the support and services that are there for them in our town. You can find out more here: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/campaigns/world-mental-health-day

If you need someone to talk to, Samaritans are available day or night on 116 123.

09/10/2026

Thank you Navendu Mishra for highlighting this important week.

This , my thoughts are with all parents and loved ones who have experienced the heartbreak of baby loss.

I want to thank Councillor Karl Wardlaw for his continued dedication to this cause, and it was good to see him raise Baby Loss Awareness Week at the recent Stockport Full Council meeting.

Together, we can help ensure that bereaved families receive the understanding and support they deserve.

Cllr Karl Wardlaw - Labour in Brinnington and Stockport Central

29/09/2026

The government's fireworks consultation closes at midnight on 7 October. It asks whether the noisiest fireworks should be restricted to professional users, and how the current rules are being enforced.

If fireworks affect you, your pets or someone in your house, this is the part where your view counts. It takes a few minutes:

www.gov.uk/fireworks-consultation

22/09/2026

Brilliant news for Reddish. £240,000 is being invested to transform play areas at Houldsworth Park, South Reddish Park and Unity Park, funded through the Government's Pride in Place programme.

This is a big win for the area, and one that our Reddish North Councillors Rachel Wise and David Wilson plus our MP Navendu Mishra have been pushing hard for.

Local children and families will get a say in shaping the designs too, through community engagement sessions at each site.

Great to see government investment landing directly in Reddish's parks.

Houldsworth Park, Unity Park and South Reddish Park will all benefit from the Pride in Place funding

09/09/2026

Thank you to Navendu Mishra for raising the issue of the deteriorating state of the homes in our Stockport Homes mid and high rise blocks.

This is no more evident than on Lancashire Hill, but is replicated in Edgeley, Victoria Park, Hillgate, Heaton Norris and Brinnington.

We know good homes are essential for a good life, bringing our existing homes up to a decent standard along with building more council and social homes will allow all of our residents to share in Stockport's success.

09/09/2026

Great news for Stepping Hill!

£26 million is coming to the hospital to build a new pathology building, protecting the vital testing services our doctors and nurses rely on every day.

It's part of a Labour government's £1.5 billion investment to make NHS hospitals safer and more resilient across the country.

More info below 👇

More than 950 projects will make NHS hospitals safer, more resilient and better equipped to care for patients.

09/09/2026

Today we say thank you to the police officers, firefighters, paramedics and control room staff who look after Stockport, including on the nights the rest of us are asleep.