Author Archives: JimfromOldham

Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon has this morning written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, detailing three key asks based on Oldham’s experience of dealing with Coronavirus. In the letter Mr McMahon asks the Health Secretary to urgently reconsider the way the DepartmentContinue reading “A letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care”

I’ve been thinking about this story a lot since I read it on Sunday, and it has left me with a few thoughts. Oldham needs levelling up, and that means investment not withdrawing support. Ending the furlough scheme in October will be a mistake that could potentially devastate our town even more. Data from theContinue reading “Avoiding a cliff edge”

Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon has this morning written to all major supermarkets with stores in the constituency urging them to do more to increase compliance with wearing face coverings. From his own experience in shops around the constituency, comments and tweets from constituents on social media, and his casework inbox Jim knowsContinue reading “Supermarkets and face coverings”

MPs have been working with the council and its public health officials, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Mayor, and Government to seek an evidence-based intervention to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus. News that we have narrowly avoided a full lockdown will come as a huge relief, but we need to be clearContinue reading “Oldham escapes lockdown”

In a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Oldham’s three MPs, Jim McMahon, Debbie Abrahams and Angela Rayner, have urged Mr Hancock to give the town an extra two weeks before a decision is made on a local lockdown in order to see the impacts of recent interventions made locally. Continue reading “Debbie, Angela and myself have written to Matt Hancock”

Since the lockdown was introduced in March, people across Oldham have made some incredible sacrifices and made some incredibly important changes to our behaviour. Not seeing family and friends has been hard, not enjoying the things we usually enjoy is not easy, but it has been so important and for this hard work we mustContinue reading “Preventing a Local Lockdown”

Oldham MP Jim McMahon OBE has reacted to the news that the UK is in a recession for the first time in 11 years and is enduring the worst in Europe. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that in the second quarter of this year UK GDP plummeted by 20.4% “We saw onceContinue reading “The Recession”

Jim McMahon OBE, Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton, has today backed the ‘Time Out to Help Out’ campaign proposed by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotherham, and the TUC.  The campaign seeks to mitigate against those who would lose out on pay if requested to self-isolate, andContinue reading “Time Out to Help Out”