Certainty for our town centre retailers
Putting the online and the on-street on a level playing field
Redressing the imbalance between the out-of-town and the in-town
1 million properties protected from any inflationary increases next year
Driving footfall, to breathe new life into communities
Our Business Rates reforms have now become law, with the passage of the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Act 2025. The Tories has 14 years to address these problems and they did nothing, whereas this Labour government has brought these reforms after only 9 months in office.
High streets and town centres are more than just a place to do business; they are a place for a community to come together and foster co-operation – and this law delivers for them.
This law will go further to make sure state schools get the money that they need to break down the barriers to opportunity for all children, building on our free breakfast club programme in every primary school, which is set to launch this month.
Labour in power at every level is working together on shared goals to deliver change for small businesses: the government passing this new law and bolstering workers rights; our Labour Mayor creating the Mayoral Development Zone at Atom Valley to stimulate more good jobs in our borough; and Labour-led Council running projects to protect heritage and increase footfall including building the new Market Hall in Spindles, saving Oldham Coliseum, restoring Royton Town Hall, and more.
While there is much more still to do, we have started to deliver: ending the years of chaos & decline, beginning to rebuild communities like Oldham, Chadderton & Royton, and driving up living standards, with wages now rising faster than prices.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 