Category Archives: Jim McMahon MP news

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”

Yesterday marked the start of Mental Health Awareness week (18th-24th May 2020), and the theme for this year is kindness. The Mental Health Foundation want to get the message out there to as many people as possible that kindness is good for our mental health and everyone around us. The pandemic we’re in the middle of reallyContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week 2020”

This afternoon I asked Transport Ministers whether they would publish the evidence that suggests personal protective equipment and a change in cash handling procedures would not help save the lives of our frontline transport workers. It cannot be right that bus drivers are at a greater risk of dying from Covid-19 than the general populationContinue reading “18/05/2020 Transport Questions”

It really cannot be said enough times how damaging under-funding in local government is, if ministers do backtrack on their word and leave councils across England with a £10bn black hole it will require catastrophic cuts. For the last ten years councils have been the front line, delivering vital public services that people rely onContinue reading “Coronavirus and Council funding”

Earlier this afternoon I made my dispatch box debut as Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary in responding to Grant Shapps’ statement on the Covid-19 guidance for transport users and operators that his department had published. I am grateful for the positive and on-going communication that myself and the Secretary of State have had over the lastContinue reading “Covid19 Transport Guidance”

In this morning’s Times Red Box, I’ve written about how government needs to be much clearer with its message to commuters and the transport sector at large. In the midst of a public health crisis government advice must be clear and coherent, and when we look at the bus sector that is simply not theContinue reading “Comment: Commuters will need to mind the information gap”