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St James Labour Councillors Hit Out At Unfair Planning Law Over Haven Lane Housing Plans

Labour councillors have hit out at weaknesses in the planning system as further details of a £7 million housing development in Moorside come to the Council for consideration. Proposals for 23 homes near Haven Lane were rejected by the Planning Committee in 2016, before the decision was overturned by the…

Council Bosses Take To The Streets in Clean Up Drive

When Cllr Arooj Shah became the new leader of Oldham Council in May, she said her top priority was to clean up Oldham’s streets, and come down harder on fly-tippers. Having tasked council officers with determining what more resources are needed, she has now taken senior Council figures on a…

Labour Slam Opposition “Gerrymandering” and “Indifference” to Failsworth Boundary Proposals

Two local Labour Party branches have blasted what they describe as attempts to ‘gerrymander’ Oldham Council’s ward boundaries by the local Conservative Party. The allegation comes in a letter from Failsworth East and West branch Labour Parties to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) in response to the…

Car Park Improvements Have Been “A Long Time Coming” Say Councillors

A planning application for new ‘retail pods’ that would include reconfiguring a Failsworth supermarket car park have been welcomed by local Councillors. Preston-based architects Cassidy and Ashton have submitted a reserved matters application for the Failsworth Precinct site on Ashton Road West. The application provides details of the appearance, landscaping,…

Royton Councillors Reach Out to Community Over Thornham Mill

Residents near a proposed redevelopment at Thornham Mill in Royton have been canvassed for their views on the plans by Royton North’s Labour Councillors, Hannah Roberts and Clint Phythian. Developers Blackmores D Ltd are proposing to knock down the derelict mill, replacing it with 72 flats. Amazingly, of the 60…

Statement Re Ferranti Technologies in Oldham

The recent scenes in Gaza have been appalling. We urgently need the Government and the international community to take stronger action to bring the bombing to an end and seek a lasting resolution. The news of a ceasefire is welcome, but doesn’t change the underlying situation. Oldham Labour Group has…

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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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