2025 Summer School – Day 5

This year’s summer school in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton has now come to an end. To end the week of activities today, the students visited the ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž in Oldham Town Centre followed by a discussion at my Chadderton Town Hall Constituency Office. In the Council Chamber, ๐Ž๐ฅ๐๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฃ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ก spoke toContinue reading “2025 Summer School – Day 5”

Weekly Ministerial Round-up

As Parliament rises for the summer recess, itโ€™s been another packed week โ€“ both in Westminster and out in the constituency. I started the week on the campaign trail in the Wirral, supporting our brilliant Labour team ahead of key local contests. Itโ€™s always energising to be out on the doorstep, hearing directly from residentsContinue reading “Weekly Ministerial Round-up”

2025 Summer School – Day 4

Today this yearโ€™s Summer School students went on a trip to the ๐๐๐‚ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐”๐Š on Salford Quays. While there, the students were able to meet with producer Ryan Mills & reporter Kayleigh Watterson, who shared their insights into politics, the news, journalism & the BBC before giving the students a tour through theContinue reading “2025 Summer School – Day 4”

2025 Summer School – Day 3

During day three of this years Summer School the students participated in a visit to ๐Ž๐ฅ๐๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง to learn about the vital role the police play in the community. The students had a brilliant day talking to the team at the station, they discussed ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, different careers and roles that areContinue reading “2025 Summer School – Day 3”

2025 Summer School – Day 2

For the second day of this year’s Summer School the students came down to Westminster. We had a busy but rewarding day which started with a tour of Parliament, this included seeing Westminster Hall and going inside the House of Commons where the students had the opportunity to watch me answer an Urgent Question atContinue reading “2025 Summer School – Day 2”

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”