Author Archives: JimfromOldham

Earlier this week, Tuesday 1st December, Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon hosted a roundtable meeting with over 30 people from the hospitality industry including GM Night Time Economy Adviser Sacha Lord, Oldham Council’s Director of Economy Emma Barton, John Townsend – Chartered Accountant, William Lees-Jones from JW Lees and neighbouring MP for OldhamContinue reading “A Hospitality Roundtable”

For seven weeks Oldham was placed under enhanced restrictions that places elsewhere, and some with higher infection rates – did not have to follow. The two key restrictions were that funerals that took place in Oldham were forced to have only 20 mourners, when the limit everywhere else was 30 and that Oldhamer’s were onlyContinue reading “Government unable to explain why for seven weeks Oldham was allowed 10 fewer mourners in Oldham”

I have been contacted by concerned constituents affected by the failure of Collective Spirit Free School following a social media post by its former CEO. In the post it is claimed that the allegations made against those who ran the school were proven to be false. While the post does not state which allegations, itContinue reading “Collective Spirit: November Update”

Christmas is going to be different for us this year, so I’m going to try something a little bit different too. This year I want your help in putting together my online Christmas card, I want you to send me your best pictures of the constituency. They don’t have to be recent, but they can’tContinue reading “Christmas Card Photo Competition”

On Tuesday 3rd November, Oldham West and Royton MP, Jim McMahon, hosted three virtual Parliament Week events with young people from across Oldham. Over the course of the afternoon Jim was joined by Year 7 pupils from The Radclyffe School in Chadderton, a mixture of Junior and Senior pupils form Oldham Hulme Grammar School andContinue reading “UK Parliament Week 2020”

Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon has written to the Health Secretary asking him to apply some common sense to Oldham’s local restrictions. In his letter to Matt Hancock, the Oldham MP states that ‘there is real confusion about the complexity of the rules applied to differing areas’, the letter contains two key asks.Continue reading “Government can’t let Oldham become a forgotten borough”

MY first and main responsibility in Parliament is to give a voice to people in Chadderton, Oldham and Royton, and that means always being willing to take on the government if they are failing our community. What is clear, that aside from the chaos that surrounds the messaging on Covid, and the confusion on whatContinue reading “The Government Doesn’t Have The Answers”

The Education Policy Institute’s 2020 Annual report on the state of education in England recently found that the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in Oldham has barely improved since 2012. The study finds that when compared to non-disadvantaged pupils nationally, disadvantaged pupils in Oldham are up to five and a half monthsContinue reading “Our kids don’t have a fair chance”