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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”

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”