Jo Platt: Last News

False promises and lack of funding has left a bitter taste in the mouth of many Leigh residents as they look ahead to the upcoming council elections on May 5. The majority of the people in the town centre believe that their Conservative MP James Grundy is battling with a Labour controlled council - resulting in a lack of action in the area.

According to NHS data, 1,844 people in Leigh faced a wait of 28 days or more to see a GP last month, and Labour’s Jo Platt is calling on Leigh MP James Grundy to take more action.

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direct to your inboxLast year, a local lad from Lowton had a long-term election strategy for Leigh as he campaigned to be the first Tory MP in the town.The Conservative councillor's realistic targets included narrowing Labour's margin of victory, holding the MP's feet to the fire, forcing her to vote for Boris's Brexit deal; all aims to set the groundwork in place so that in 10 or 20 years' time a 'young go-getting' Conservative candidate could finally win.But at around 2am on election night, candidates were shown the provisional results – and the Conservative Party's James Grundy was around 2,000 votes ahead of Labour's Jo Platt."And then they double checked it, came back to us and I knew with a majority of 2,000 there wasn't going to be a

Leigh. An impenetrable Labour stronghold for almost a century, many Leythers shed lifelong allegiances to elect a Conservative MP for the first time.The result wasn't even close.Tory candidate James Grundy won comfortably on the night, amassing almost 2,000 more votes than Labour's Jo Platt.The historic result was one of many in so-called 'Red Wall' seats that helped to secure a majority for Boris Johnson's party and highlighted how Labour had lost its grip on its traditional heartlands.In Leigh, the message was loud and clear - people wanted change.

direct to your inboxLast year, a local lad from Lowton had a long-term election strategy for Leigh as he campaigned to be the first Tory MP in the town.The Conservative councillor's realistic targets included narrowing Labour's margin of victory, holding the MP's feet to the fire, forcing her to vote for Boris's Brexit deal; all aims to set the groundwork in place so that in 10 or 20 years' time a 'young go-getting' Conservative candidate could finally win.But at around 2am on election night, candidates were shown the provisional results – and the Conservative Party's James Grundy was around 2,000 votes ahead of Labour's Jo Platt."And then they double checked it, came back to us and I knew with a majority of 2,000 there wasn't going to be a

hereThe government guidance also states that around 10 percent of mild coronavirus cases who were not admitted to hospital have reported symptoms lasting more than four weeks. A number of hospitalised cases reported continuing symptoms for eight or more weeks following discharge.Jo, whose sisters also still show symptoms, along with two of her children, said: “The epidemiologists within the group have said it’ll take years for meaningful research, but we can’t afford to wait.

former MP Jo Platt launched her own campaign to reinstate the Golbourne station, which was closed in the 1950s. She argued that it would improve connectivity and provide business opportunities to the town.