JimfromOldham

Tackling the scourge of fly-tipping

Local parks, lanes and country parks are being used as dumping grounds by rogue developers, landlords and dodgy waste firms. New proposals announced by this Labour government can’t come quick enough: 20 hours of community service for fly-tippers to pick up their own rubbish Fines of up to £300 Courts given powers to punish illegalContinue reading “Tackling the scourge of fly-tipping”

Ukrainian delegation to Parliament

It was a pleasure to meet with Ukrainian MPs visiting the Parliament this week with the Inter-Parliamentary Association as part of their delegation to the UK, many of whom we met during our cross party delegation to Kyiv a few weeks ago. President Zelenskyy was also in Parliament to address MPs and Lords at theContinue reading “Ukrainian delegation to Parliament”

Labour set to boost apprenticeships

Yesterday the Labour government boosted apprenticeships with £3k Youth Jobs Grant for employers who take on a young person unemployed for 6 months; and a £2k bonus for small and medium sized businesses taking on a young apprentice. An extension of long term unemployed jobs guarantee to 22-24 year-olds was also announced. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘Continue reading “Labour set to boost apprenticeships”

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Wishing all in the Irish community across Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton and the 70 million people around the world of Irish descent a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day. 𝘔𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰́ – 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨

Passing of Phil Woolas

I’m very sorry to hear that Phil Woolas has passed away. He was always hugely supportive in all the years he served the borough as an MP. He served many ministerial offices including as Minister of State for Local Government too, and he was a great advocate for councils and councillors. My thoughts are withContinue reading “Passing of Phil Woolas”

This week in Parliament

It’s been another full-on week in Westminster, covering everything from supporting workers & families to protecting our communities, strengthening democracy, and backing co-operative farmers, all while keeping an eye on the big challenges facing the country abroad. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 I raised an Oral Question to the Chancellor asking HMRC to refresh mileageContinue reading “This week in Parliament”

Food security is national security

That’s why in the Commons yesterday I pressed the Leader of the House for time to debate how we expand farmer-owned co-operatives here in the UK. There are around 430 agricultural co-ops in the UK, with 150,000 farmer members and nearly £10bn in annual turnover, helping deliver high-quality food produced to some of the highestContinue reading “Food security is national security”

Oldham event with the team at Manchester Airport later this month!

Campaign success! After sustained lobbying of Manchester Airport when raising issues with unfair parking charges, we’ve been pushing for better access for Oldhamers to good jobs at Manchester Airport. With our local council being a shareholder and the airport being such an important institution to our city-region & the North more widely, it is rightContinue reading “Oldham event with the team at Manchester Airport later this month!”