2025 Summer School – Day 1

Today marks the first day of our annual Summer School for this year in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton! Students from Oldham came to my ๐‚๐ก๐š๐๐๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง about the week ahead, the role of an MP and how my office works to help local people in Oldham. InContinue reading “2025 Summer School – Day 1”

New law to protect football clubs and support fans completes passage through Parliament

Labour’s Football Governance Bill has now passed through Parliament and is set to get Royal Assent and become law, delivering on another manifesto commitment from last year. It introduces an independent football regulator, which will: Give clubs a stable financial footing Put fans back at the heart of the game Take on rogue owners ThisContinue reading “New law to protect football clubs and support fans completes passage through Parliament”

Pressing the GMP Neighbourhood Team to tackle crime on Royton Precinct

One of the points of concern raised by owners of restaurants, bars, and independent & chain stores that operate on Royton Precinct at the meeting we held with the leaseholder London & Cambridge Partnerships (LCP) in May was crime and antisocial behaviour on the precinct during working hours and in the night. One important wayContinue reading “Pressing the GMP Neighbourhood Team to tackle crime on Royton Precinct”

Weekly Ministerial Round-up

A busy and productive week in Westminster as we approach the House rising next Tuesday for the summer recess. We started with ๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, where I addressed the importance of fair funding for areas facing deprivation and reaffirmed our commitment to keeping communities central to our devolution plans. Later, I had a productive discussionContinue reading “Weekly Ministerial Round-up”

Oldham Council reaffirms support of West End St. pitches & acts to clamp down on HMO development

It is great to see that our Labour-led Oldham Council has been driving forward our shared priorities at last night’s full-council meeting. Each motion on small HMOs and investing in West End Street Pitches were passed by the Council, showing that with a Labour-led Council, Labour MP, Labour Mayor and Labour government – action isContinue reading “Oldham Council reaffirms support of West End St. pitches & acts to clamp down on HMO development”

Announcement: Votes at 16 and 17!

The Government has today confirmed that 16 and 17-year-olds will have the right to vote at the next General Election. This is not just a policy announcement – itโ€™s the culmination of years of hard work, campaigning, and belief that young people deserve a say in the decisions that shape their lives, all starting inContinue reading “Announcement: Votes at 16 and 17!”

Oldham Town Centre renewal takes another step forward …

Our new Market Hall & Events Space is almost ready to be opened to the public, meaning another part of our town centre regeneration jigsaw is almost in place. The new indoor market hall will bring Tommyfield from the edge of town right into the heart of it, as the events space will do forContinue reading “Oldham Town Centre renewal takes another step forward …”