Category Archives: Jim McMahon MP news

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”

It’s good to see GMP and Oldham Council working together to combat the dangerous behaviour of loan sharks, they prey on those who more often than not can least afford it. With the financial pressures that Covid has brought to many across Oldham we need to get the message across how important it is notContinue reading “Loan Sharks”

At the start of August the government’s failure to fund free TV licences for those 75 years old and over meant that 3,930 households in Oldham West and Royton no longer qualify for the for a free TV license.  That’s equal to 70% of 75-and over households in the constituency. Free TV licenses remain available forContinue reading “Free TV licenses for Over-75’s”

Today marks a year since the unilateral revocation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution, meaning it has been a year since Indian-administered Kashmir had its special status taken away. It’s been a year where people in Oldham have been constantly worried about the safety of their friends and family members in theContinue reading “A year since Article 370”

It’s been quite a week here in Oldham, a spike in positive Coronavirus cases means that the council introduced new public health guidance to try and curb the spread and prevent an extremely damaging full local lockdown and a deadly second wave. It’s so important ahead of the hot weather this weekend that we rememberContinue reading “Another update on Oldham’s public health guidance”

News that tighter restrictions will be in place from today in Oldham will come as a huge blow to all of us who were hoping that last week’s decreasing infection rate published by the Mayor of Greater Manchester were a sign that we were heading the right way. The article I wrote (here) following theContinue reading “Updated Local Public Health Guidance”