Welcome to my official website. I’m very proud to be the Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston and am committed to supporting all local residents. Here you can see exactly how I’m doing this by reading through news stories and articles – which are regularly added – as well as the Twitter updates down the right-hand side. You can also find out about my background, my campaigns, and there’s information about the different ways to get in touch with me.

Best wishes
Kate

Evidence of poverty invited by MPs’ commission

Individuals and organisations from across Greater Manchester are invited to submit their experiences of poverty to a newly-formed commission set up to examine the extent and impact of poverty in the sub-region.

The Greater Manchester Poverty Commission aims to identify the key components of poverty within the Greater Manchester conurbation and to suggest solutions that will improve the lives of people who live in poverty. It will also challenge those who can make a difference to respond.

Initiated by a small group of Greater Manchester MPs, (including Kate Green MP) the Commission includes representatives from key sectors, such as community and faith, advice and welfare, trade union, social housing, business, public and the media. The Bishop of Manchester is the independent chair of the Commission. GMCVO is part of the secretariat supporting the Commission.
Click here for more information about how to contribute.

Kate celebrate pre-employment training programme

Life-changing and award-winning pre-employment training programme designed to get people into work has its Graduation day.

16 men and women from the community of Trafford attended a graduation ceremony that signalled the change that they have made to their lives. They gathered at Longford Park Stadium in Stretford to mark the achievement of successfully completing the challenging 16 week long Bridging the Gap Scheme. Bridging the Gap is a unique and innovative training programme that has won national recognition for its outstanding work with former alcohol and drug mis-users in training them to become substance misuse support workers. This is a visionary programme which has the potential to transform the lives of not only those that undertake it, but many people who they will then go onto help themselves.
Click here for the rest of the article.

Labour’s Campaign for Equal Marriage

Kate has joined Labour’s campaign to ensure equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.

Labour strongly believes that gay and lesbian couples should have an equal right to marry and deserve the same recognition from the state and society as anyone else. Couples who love each other and want to make a long-term commitment to each other should be able to marry, regardless of their gender or their sexuality.

The campaign comes in response to the launch of the Government’s Equal Civil Marriage consultation, which is intended to come into force by 2015.

Click here for the rest of the article, including Kate’s comments.

Kellogg’s gives local school a helping hand at breakfast time

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School welcomed a special visitor to their breakfast club last week. Local MP Kate Green dropped in to have breakfast with the children after hearing that they had received a grant towards their breakfast club worth £450 from cereal company Kellogg’s.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is one of 500 schools from across the country to receive a grant after research by Kellogg’s revealed that one in eight breakfast clubs have been forced to close because of budget cuts.

Click here for the rest of the article.

Keep Stretford and Urmston Labour
Stretford and Urmston is a key seat here in the North West. It has been a constituency of strong Labour support for some time now, but that doesn’t mean we’re taking it for granted. I’m passionate about communicating with local people and learning more about the issues that matter to them. Donations can help us better connect with residents.

If you can give £20 today to Stretford and Urmston Labour Party, we’ll be able to print over a thousand leaflets asking people to take a second look at Labour, and take a long hard look at the Tories. If you give £100, this will enable us to make 100 calls to target voters.

Any donation you can afford will be very much appreciated.