Author Archives: JimfromOldham

This isn’t just a quick tidy-up. It’s proper deep cleaning, rapid fly-tipping removal, and a zero-tolerance approach to environmental crime – street by street, alleyway by alleyway, covering the whole of our borough. 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗵, 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁 & 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 have already seen major clean-ups, with teams tackling long-neglected alleyways, roads and hotspots. Just as important,Continue reading “Don’t Trash Oldham is delivering”

It’s been another busy week in Parliament standing up for Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton, here’s a snapshot of what I’ve been up to: 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 I questioned the Treasury in the Commons on the changes to business rates and what they mean for our borough. Our local pubs, cafés & restaurantsContinue reading “This week in Parliament”

We’re delivering another manifesto promise – the biggest shake-up of leaseholder rights in generations. Promise made, promise kept. Ground rents capped at £250 a year, saving some households hundreds of pounds Phasing in an end to the leasehold system altogether Current leaseholders will get the right to switch to commonhold More transparency on service chargesContinue reading “£250 a year cap for ground rents confirmed”

I welcome the announcement that pubs will receive a 15% discount on the business rates they pay. It recognises what pubs mean to our communities and our economy, and the real impact of revaluation at a time when costs are squeezing every last bit of headroom needed to survive. After 7,000 pubs closed during 14Continue reading “A welcome lifeline for our pubs, lets finish the job …”

81 years ago today, Auschwitz was liberated. We pause to honour the six million Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust, alongside people with disabilities, Roma & Sinti communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and all others who were persecuted & murdered by the Nazi regime. Peace is something we must protect together by recognising how division and intoleranceContinue reading “Holocaust Memorial Day”

Another good advice surgery this week helping local people with some complex cases, thanks to those who came along. Often unseen, it is the one-to-one support away from meetings, visits, and debates that makes the some of the greatest impact for local people and we are lucky that this is a constituency full of decentContinue reading “Advice Surgery”

Another good week down in Westminster, here’s the round-up 𝗙𝗶𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 Members voted on a range of government legislation this week, such as on the Sentencing Bill in its final parliamentary stages. We’re not afraid of taking the tough decisions needed to fix the broken justice system we inherited from the ToryContinue reading “This week in Parliament”