http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Mark Hunter MP en-GB Mark Hunter MP http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Mark Hunter MP 2010-03-11T21:58+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000612/energy_companies_overcooked_energy_profits_to_13_million_across_stockport.html Research into new Ofgem figures by local MP Mark Hunter has shown that energy companies have made an estimated £13 million profit just across the Borough of Stockport over the last year - with a 40% increase in over the last three months. 2010-03-02T16:57+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000611/mark_delivers_speech_to_the_stockport_group_of_institute_of_advanced_motorists.html Cheadle MP Mark Hunter was the special guest speaker at the most recent meeting of the Stockport Group of the Institute Advanced Motorists (IAM). 2010-02-26T17:22+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000610/local_mp_committed_to_beating_cancer.html Local MP Mark Hunter has joined hundreds of MPs across the country in signing up to Cancer Research UK's Cancer Commitment, aiming to make UK cancer outcomes among the best in Europe in the next ten years. 2010-02-24T16:44+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000609/mark_hunters_quarterly_expenses.html Dear Residents, 2010-02-24T10:44+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000608/mark_joins_with_local_restaurant_to_celebrate_chinese_new_year.html Last Saturday (20th February) local MP Mark Hunter joined with the staff of Rainbow 88 in Cheadle Hulme and dozens of local residents to celebrate Chinese New Year and support local traders in the Cheadle Hulme Shopping Centre. 2010-02-23T15:43+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000605/residents_and_politicians_united_against_town_cramming.html A planning appeal to replace a bungalow with three town houses in Bramley Close, Bramhall has united residents and local MP Mark Hunter in opposition to the proposals. The controversial proposal was rejected by Stockport MBC Councillors against the planning officer's recommendation last year. The land owner a Mr A Mayer of Cheadle Hulme, who does not live in the bungalow; is now attempting to redevelop the existing bungalow with three houses and three accesses and has appealed to the Government. 2010-02-22T15:01+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000606/cheadle_kingsway_sports_club_major_refurb_a_great_success.html Last week local MP Mark Hunter joined club members and supporters at Cheadle Kingsway Sports Club to open their clubhouse after a major refurbishment. 2010-02-16T00:00+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000607/hunter_says_no_to_hunting_foxes.html Local MP Mark Hunter has restated his opposition to fox hunting amid Conservative hopes of the Hunting Act being repealed. 2010-02-08T00:00+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000604/ink_firms_international_success_wins_praise_from_mp.html Cheadle-based Ink Technologies UK Ltd (ITL) showed local MP, Mark Hunter, how it has used government support to cut its costs, safeguard jobs and expand internationally. 2010-02-04T14:22+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000603/hunter_calls_for_high_speed_rail_to_stop_in_stockport.html Cheadle MP and Shadow Liberal Democrat Transport Minister Mark Hunter has challenged Transport Secretary Sadiq Khan in the House of Commons to guarantee that any new High Speed Rail links between London, the North of England and Scotland will include a stop at Stockport as the current West Coast Mainline does. 2010-02-03T14:17+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000602/hunter_demands_rethink_on_rejection_of_lifesaving_heart_pill.html Local MP Mark Hunter has blasted NICE, the agency which authorises all prescribed drugs, over its controversial decision to refuse patients a new heart disease pill Dronedarone which costs just £2 a day that would save an estimated 40,000 lives per year, and has demanded a meeting with NICE - the organisation that gives permission for all prescription drugs to be used on the NHS - calling for a major rethink. 2010-01-29T14:01+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000601/mark_hunter_mp_signsup_to_protect_polar_bears.html Local MP Mark Hunter today (28th January 2010) signed a special parliamentary motion in the House of Commons which calls on the government to support increased protection for polar bears. 2010-01-28T16:21+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000600/cheadle_hulme_station_success.html Radical improvements are to take place at Cheadle Hulme Railway Station - including disabled access - after a lengthy campaign by local MP Mark Hunter and the local Liberal Democrat team. 2010-01-26T18:17+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000599/courageous_local_firefighters_in_haiti_get_parliamentary_praise.html Local MP Mark Hunter has co-sponsored a special parliamentary motion congratulating fire-fighters from Greater Manchester Fire Service on their search and rescue efforts in Haiti and extending sympathies to the hundreds of thousands affected by the recent catastrophe. 2010-01-26T11:57+00:00 http://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/news/000598/hunter_warns_of_deadly_carbon_monoxide_risk.html Local MP Mark Hunter has urged Cheadle residents to protect themselves against the deadly threat of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. New research shows that 88% of households in the North West - equating to roughly 35,000 in the Cheadle parliamentary constituency - are putting themselves at risk of poisoning by not having an audible Carbon Monoxide alarm. Carbon Monoxide is a highly poisonous gas that has no colour taste and smell, making it impossible to detect without an alarm. 2010-01-25T13:55+00:00