The Budget has been about tough decisions, but also about Labour choices, Labour values, and the Labour ambition to protect working people. We have kept our manifesto commitment not to increase income tax, VAT, or employee national insurance. Working people will not fit the bill for the £22bn Tory black hole.
In Oldham we have a higher employment rate than the national average, as well as it being over 2% higher than the rest of the North-West.
The National Living Wage will rise to £12.21 per hour, and there will be a 16.3% wage increase for 18–21-year-olds. More than 7000 people will directly benefit from this in Oldham alone.
My pledge if re-elected was to prioritise good jobs for the people of Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton. A key step to making this happen is by ensuring work pays and people feel the benefit in their pocket.
The party of working people, on the side of working people.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 