The Universal Credit Act now has been granted Royal Assent. The two child benefit cap is now gone and from next month, this new law will come into force. This was a failed Tory experiment that punished innocent children and held too many families back. It was wrong then and it is right that aContinue reading “450,000 children to be lifted out of poverty as two-child benefit cap is officially scrapped”
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Another lift lost on Oldham’s roads. Enough is enough.
This week another life was taken as a result of a road traffic collision in Royton. Another family has been left devastated, and my thoughts are with them. Our borough saw 8 people killed in 2024, that’s the highest number in a decade and of those 6 were pedestrians. There were more pedestrians killed inContinue reading “Another lift lost on Oldham’s roads. Enough is enough.”
Eid Mubarak!
As Ramadan draws to a close, I’d like to wish all Muslim constituents across Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton a prosperous & peaceful Eid-al-Fitr.
Tackling the scourge of fly-tipping
Local parks, lanes and country parks are being used as dumping grounds by rogue developers, landlords and dodgy waste firms. New proposals announced by this Labour government can’t come quick enough: 20 hours of community service for fly-tippers to pick up their own rubbish Fines of up to £300 Courts given powers to punish illegalContinue reading “Tackling the scourge of fly-tipping”
Ukrainian delegation to Parliament
It was a pleasure to meet with Ukrainian MPs visiting the Parliament this week with the Inter-Parliamentary Association as part of their delegation to the UK, many of whom we met during our cross party delegation to Kyiv a few weeks ago. President Zelenskyy was also in Parliament to address MPs and Lords at theContinue reading “Ukrainian delegation to Parliament”
Labour set to boost apprenticeships
Yesterday the Labour government boosted apprenticeships with £3k Youth Jobs Grant for employers who take on a young person unemployed for 6 months; and a £2k bonus for small and medium sized businesses taking on a young apprentice. An extension of long term unemployed jobs guarantee to 22-24 year-olds was also announced. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘Continue reading “Labour set to boost apprenticeships”
Happy St. Patricks Day!
Wishing all in the Irish community across Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton and the 70 million people around the world of Irish descent a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day. 𝘔𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰́ – 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨
Passing of Phil Woolas
I’m very sorry to hear that Phil Woolas has passed away. He was always hugely supportive in all the years he served the borough as an MP. He served many ministerial offices including as Minister of State for Local Government too, and he was a great advocate for councils and councillors. My thoughts are withContinue reading “Passing of Phil Woolas”
Jim McMahon OBE MP 