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Fight to save Fitton Hill’s hidden gem continues – Holy Rosary Church

Thank you to representatives of the Catholic Diocese of Salford, Save Britains Heritage, Spark Oldham and the Hungarian community for meeting with me to see the potential of the Holy Rosary church. The beautiful 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 was recognised for its heritage value when it received Grade II listed status in August 2022 following aContinue reading “Fight to save Fitton Hill’s hidden gem continues – Holy Rosary Church”

Statement on the incident in Oldham town centre

I’m deeply concerned by the news of the building collapse on King Street in Oldham today. My thoughts are with anyone affected, and I want to pay tribute to the emergency services who have responded quickly and professionally to what is a serious incident, and to those providing the emergency rest centre for residents affected.Continue reading “Statement on the incident in Oldham town centre”

Get between Oldham & Manchester City Centre through the night

Big step forward for our borough as the 83 service will run 24 hours a day Thursday to Saturday, linking Manchester, Failsworth, Hollinwood, Werneth & Oldham town centre. A proper night bus to get people to work at night, home safely, and give a real boost to our night time economy. Across the Bee Network,Continue reading “Get between Oldham & Manchester City Centre through the night”

Tommyfield Market closes ahead of new indoor market opening – but the heritage remains …

A big moment for Oldham yesterday as Tommyfield market closed its doors ahead of the new indoor market opening next week. For generations, Tommyfield has been at the heart of our town. Our market charter dates back to 1849, serving a booming industrial Oldham and the thousands of families who built this place. That historyContinue reading “Tommyfield Market closes ahead of new indoor market opening – but the heritage remains …”

This week in Parliament

A quick round-up of my week in down in Westminster 𝐒𝐭. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 It was wonderful to spend time with friends at the Irish Embassy this week celebrating St. Patricks Day, thank you for having me. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 Labour is boosting apprenticeships with the expansion of the Youth Guarantee. IContinue reading “This week in Parliament”

450,000 children to be lifted out of poverty as two-child benefit cap is officially scrapped

The Universal Credit Act now has been granted Royal Assent. The two child benefit cap is now gone and from next month, this new law will come into force. This was a failed Tory experiment that punished innocent children and held too many families back. It was wrong then and it is right that aContinue reading “450,000 children to be lifted out of poverty as two-child benefit cap is officially scrapped”

Another life lost on Oldham’s roads. Enough is enough.

This week another life was taken as a result of a road traffic collision in Royton. Another family has been left devastated, and my thoughts are with them. Our borough saw 8 people killed in 2024, that’s the highest number in a decade and of those 6 were pedestrians. There were more pedestrians killed inContinue reading “Another life lost on Oldham’s roads. Enough is enough.”