Author Archives: JimfromOldham

It was great to visit Chadderton Hall Park Day Centre to take a look around their fantastic facilities and, most importantly, spend time speaking with service users about their experiences and the support the centre provides. It is an inspiring place. The care and sense of community was clear to see. Places like this playContinue reading “Visiting Chadderton Hall Park Day Centre”

Today marks four months since the King Street building collapse, yet this vital road through our town centre remains closed. Everyone understands that public safety must come first, but four months on local people are rightly questioning what’s going on. Why is it taking so long? What is causing the delay? And when will KingContinue reading “Enough delay. It’s time for answers on King Street”

I’m looking forward to driving the next stage of devolution. We laid the foundations through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act, which established devolution by default, introduced the right to request, and delivered £12 billion of integrated settlements alongside new mayoral authorities. The next stage must ensure that every part of the country canContinue reading “I am delighted to be appointed by the Prime Minister as a Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).”

Congratulations to Riaz Ahmad OBE and Bernard Judge on being awarded the title of Honorary Alderman. Both served Oldham with distinction as Labour councillors and as Mayor, dedicating decades of their lives to public service and making a lasting contribution to our borough and its communities. Local government often demands long hours and a greatContinue reading “Congratulations to Riaz Ahmad OBE and Bernard Judge!”

Good to see plans for a new building for Hathershaw College gaining momentum after my visit to the school and meeting with the principal earlier this month. It’s clear there’s a real commitment to giving every young person the best possible start in life. A new school building would help make that ambition a reality,Continue reading “Plans for a rebuild of Hathershaw College gain momentum”

I wish Andy well, and I am delighted he will serve as the first ever Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister, especially as we go into our centenary year in 2027 as sister party to the Labour Party. And what an iconic front page of the MEN today.

Thank you to First Choice Homes Oldham and the Vistry Group for giving me a tour of the £15.7 million project to build a hundred affordable and energy efficient family homes off Rosary Road. It was a pleasure to hear the pride in the project from its team, including local residents leading the now awardContinue reading “More new affordable family homes coming to Fitton Hill”

This is an end of week thank you to my amazing constituency team for once again delivering a great summer school this year, I know how much work goes into making it a success for months in advance. And to the 12 fantastic young people who attended, thanks for the time you gave and theContinue reading “Summer School 2026”