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Oldham’s Labour Council Says #keepthelifeline

Oldham Council has joined a growing coalition backing the national #keepthelifeline campaign against the government’s planned welfare cuts. The £20 a week Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit uplift is due to end in October – a cut of £1,040 a year to many of Oldham’s lowest income households. The…

Conservative Government removes residents’ right to have their say

Changes to planning rules from 1st August 2021 mean that residents have no say in even more planning decisions. The Conservatives have widened Permitted Development Rights (PDR) allowing developers to convert vacant shops, restaurants and gyms to housing without needing to apply for planning permission. Developers can do more or…

Failsworth Labour slam Independents’ Green Belt ‘Betrayal’

FAILSWORTH Labour Party have slammed the Failsworth Independent Party Councillors’ betrayal of local people over proposals to open the green belt in the area up to developers. In a crucial vote at a special meeting of all Oldham Councillors all three Failsworth Independents voted for a Liberal Democrat amendment to…

Councillor talks rubbish with Mayor

Oldham’s representative on the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, Councillor Pete Davis, attended the launch of Oldham’s ‘Renew’ shop at Arkwright Street Household Waste and Recycling Centre alongside Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham last week. The Oldham Renew shop is one of three across Greater Manchester which re-sells repaired and…

Failsworth Traffic Calming Schemes Near Top of List

Failsworth West Labour Councillors Elaine Garry and Pete Davis were out on Propps Hall Drive last week sharing news that a traffic calming scheme was approaching the top of the priority list for investment by Oldham Council. Earlier this year Pete, Elaine and former Failsworth West Councillor Sean Fielding had…

‘Too many’ HMOs says Failsworth Councillor

A Failsworth Councillor is calling for residents to respond to Oldham Council’s Local Plan consultation setting out their concerns about the number of Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the area. Oldham Council has launched their ‘issues and options’ consultation ahead of devising a new Local Plan for the Borough.…

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Debbie Abrahams: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Kashmir’s Call for Written Evidence

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Kashmir (APPKG) is conducting an inquiry to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic across Kashmir, with a focus on health, healthcare and humanitarian impacts. The APPKG would like to collect written evidence on: health, healthcare and humanitarian impacts, for example access to oxygen, ventilators…

Debbie Abrahams: Debbie welcomes Dame Julie Walters’ Support on Dementia Research Funding

As Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, I welcome Dame Julie Walters’ support in calling on the Government to deliver on its election promise to double funding for dementia research. This comes as Alzheimer’s Research UK reveals 94% of dementia researchers are very concerned progress is at…

Jim McMahon: Our New Constituency Office

We are relocating our constituency office in Oldham. Many of you will know that for the past few years we’ve been located on the top floor of the GMB building on Union Street, but from tomorrow we’ll be based at Chadderton Town Hall. When the lease at Union Street came…

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