Author Archives: JimfromOldham

Today Oldham West and Royton MP, Jim McMahon, has backed Oldham’s campaign to Save Our Services, since the start of the pandemic Team Oldham have been working round the clock to do what needed to be done. They were promised that government would fund ‘whatever it takes’ only to have that retracted at a laterContinue reading “I’m backing the Save Oldham’s Services Campaign”

Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon made his first constituency visit since lockdown began in March, to Chadderton’s Butler Green House. The site located off Wallis Street in South Chadderton, provides enhanced intermediate care for those with short-term care needs; whether it be upon discharge from the hospital for rehabilitation or to regain independenceContinue reading “Jim visits Butler Green House”

https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/139/main-news/135113/local-mp-calls-for-government-support-on-rough-sleeping Here in Greater Manchester we urgently need the government to do more to help out locally, there’s almost 800 people still in hotels in GM and it can’t be right that they just be kicked out back onto the streets when the funding runs out.” The action government took in March shows that roughContinue reading “Govt needs to support rough sleepers”

Just after I’d finished filming the above video, the government announced that it was once again U-turning. This time it was on providing Free School Meal vouchers to children that need them over the summer holidays. We must of course pay a massive thank you to Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford for usingContinue reading “Holiday Hunger”

On the back of their successful webinar with Oldham based businesses, Jim McMahon MP and Debbie Abrahams MP are hosting an online support session for community and voluntary sector organisations based in Oldham and Saddleworth. On Thursday 11th June at 12pm, Jim and Debbie will host the event. Panel guests will be Rebekah Sutcliffe (StrategicContinue reading “Community and Voluntary Sector Webinar”

I’ve marked World Bicycle Day (3rd June 2020) with a letter to Oldham Council encouraging them to look towards off-road routes for future cycling and walking infrastructure projects in the borough. In my letter to Deputy Chief Executive Helen Lockwood, I have welcomed the funding that has recently been announced to bolster schemes in ChaddertonContinue reading “World Bicycle Day 2020”

For some time, it’s been clear that the impact of Covid-19 wouldn’t be evenly felt, and fears that some people would be more at risk because of the job they do, underlying health conditions or age group, and while much of that was covered by government early in to the lockdown, for instance by insistingContinue reading “COVID-19 & Disparities Review”

22nd of May is a difficult day for many of us here in Greater Manchester, this year marks the third anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing. 22 innocent lives were taken from us far too soon. Today my thoughts are with the family and friends of those 22, all those who were injured, and theContinue reading “Remembering the Manchester Arena Attack”