First Anniversary of the passing of Afsheen Chauhan, Mayoress of Oldham

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ. Afsheen died peacefully at home on March 27, 2024, at the age of 45, after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Councillor Zahid Chauhan, the Mayor of Oldham, andContinue reading “First Anniversary of the passing of Afsheen Chauhan, Mayoress of Oldham”

Affordable Homes Funding for Oldham

Every single person in Oldham and across the country deserves to have a safe, secure place to call home. The reality, though, is that far too many are being locked out of home ownership or are struggling to find a rental property that doesnโ€™t break the bank. At the end of last year over 7,500Continue reading “Affordable Homes Funding for Oldham”

Weekly Ministerial Round-up

As well as the surgeries MPs provide to constituents ministers also offer the same for MPs in Parliament across parties so they can raise directly local issues they are working on for their own constituents. At a time when there is so much going on with devolution, local government reorganisation and council finances, itโ€™s neverContinue reading “Weekly Ministerial Round-up”

One ticket around Greater Manchester!

A major step forward for public transport in Greater Manchester! From today, you can travel on any bus or tram with just one ticket โ€“ thanks to the Bee Networkโ€™s new integrated tap-and-go system. This means daily and weekly fare caps across services, making travel simpler, cheaper, and more convenient for people in Oldham West,Continue reading “One ticket around Greater Manchester!”

Working Together to Prevent Knife Crime

Today in Parliament, the growing concern over knife crime was discussed, and itโ€™s clear that Greater Manchester is no exception, with a 94.6% rise in knife crime over the past decade. Knife crime devastates communities, tears apart families and leaves our young people vulnerable to exploitation, violence, and, in the worst cases, death. No oneContinue reading “Working Together to Prevent Knife Crime”

Tougher Action Needed on Tool Theft

Shockingly, 1 in 10 tradespeople can expect to have their tools stolen this year, with many of them already having been through this three times or more. ๐™‡๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ยฃ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™™๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™Š๐™ก๐™™๐™๐™–๐™ข, ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™š. Over 12,600Continue reading “Tougher Action Needed on Tool Theft”

Dangerous Driving

The incident last week on Block Lane in Chadderton, where a driver crashed into several parked cars before flipping his vehicle, is deeply concerning. Fortunately, no serious injuries were reported, but this serves as another stark reminder of the dangers posed by reckless driving in our community. We also saw a reckless crash on PeelContinue reading “Dangerous Driving”