Author Archives: JimfromOldham

I prioritised creating a safe place for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton at the election, and now we are in power, we are delivering. Millions of pounds of new money to tackle shoplifting Tougher action against criminals who assault retail workers 13,000 additional neighbourhood police and PCSOs back on the street After a strong campaignContinue reading “Labour is tackling shoplifting”

I’d like to congratulate those from Ultimate Products for putting on such a successful charity giveaway event yesterday for local community groups. It is great to see work like this being done by and for local people. Well done!

‘When you go home tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today.’ To commerate those who died for our country, I laid a stake in Parliament’s Remembrance Garden for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton. It is important we take some time during Remembrance Day today to reflect and remember allContinue reading “Parliament Garden of Remembrance”

It was a great privilege to join faith and civic leaders this morning to pay our respects and lay a wreath at the Oldham Remembrance Service Those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, for freedom and for democracy will never be forgotten. We will remember them. #LestWeForget

Wonderful to see Oldham Civic Centre and Royton Town Hall lit up ahead of Remembrance Sunday. You can find your local service for tomorrow here https://www.oldham.gov.uk/remembrance2024

It was great to bump into the local Scouts group who have been at Morrisons fundraising for the Royal British Legion ahead of Remembrance Sunday. Keep up the great work!

The local Labour-led council is driving the improvement of our borough’s heritage, and it deserves credit for prioritising these schemes in very difficult circumstances. Just over the past few weeks, we have seen the reopening of Royton Town Hall – fully restored for community use and back to its former glory. Work on the OldContinue reading “Borough Regeneration”