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Residents fearful over flooding from Turfland site in Scarisbrick

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has been contacted by residents of Drummersdale Lane in Scarisbrick who have suffered from flooding and fearful of further incidents, which they believe is due to field runoff. MP Rosie contacted Lancashire County Council and Her Majesty’s Land Registry to ascertain the owners of the…

Rosie Cooper MP supports mystery district nurses

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has received correspondence from numerous District Nurses concerned over their future. The correspondence claims the number of district Nurses in England has fallen from 7,700 in 2010 to only 4,400 today and the funding for District nursing training courses is under threat. MP Rosie has…

Rosie Cooper MP Calls on Chancellor to Act as RBS Announces More Branch Closures

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has expressed her anger at the appalling decision by RBS to carry out 54 further branch closures, on top of the 162 closures earlier this year, with nearly half of the closures affecting branches in the North West of England. The latest announcement marks the…

Rosie Cooper MP Urges West Lancashire Residents to Have Their Say as Rail Fares Consultation Moves to its Final Week

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper is urging residents to have their say on what they want a future fares and ticketing system to look like, as a nationwide consultation on how to deliver easier fares draws to a close. The consultation has received almost 15,000 responses so far, after opening…

Rosie Cooper MP: “Last Chance to Engage in Leasehold Reform Inquiry”

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper is alerting residents of their last chance to make submission to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s inquiry into the Government’s leasehold reform programme. The inquiry in particular is looking at how existing leaseholders in both houses and flats facing onerous leasehold terms can…

Rosie Cooper MP Welcomes Shadow Minister for International Climate Change Barry Gardiner to Fracking Sites in West Lancashire and Preston New Road

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper invited Labour Frontbencher Barry Gardiner to West Lancashire’s potential fracking site at Altcar to see first-hand this area of countryside that would be devastated by the industry and to hear from local residents of their environmental and health concerns. As part of the visit, MP…

Rosie Cooper MP Backs Residents’ Petition Over Blakehall Power Outage

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has backed the residents of Nixons Lane in Blakehall, Skelmersdale following their power losses on 29-30 July 2018. Disappointed at the outages, the lack of communication from Electricity North West and no mention of any compensation for the many hours of lost energy, residents approached…

Rosie Cooper to Meet with United Utilities and the Water Regulator OFWAT Over Parbold Pong

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has secured meetings with directors at both United Utilities and the water regulator Ofwat to discuss residents’ concerns over the Parbold Pong. Odour emissions form the Wigan Wastewater Treatment Works has again become a nuisance for local residents who have turned to MP Rosie for…

Shadow Frontbench visit to West Lancashire and Preston New Road

Anti-fracking group ‘The Moss Alliance’ and West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper have arranged for the visit of the Opposition’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade and Shadow Minister for International Climate Change Barry Gardiner MP to proposed fracking sites at Altcar in West Lancashire and to Preston New Road…

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