Category Archives: Jim McMahon MP news

It has been a big week in Westminster. We started with the 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 returning to the Commons for Report Stage. Great to see my Co op Party colleague Miatta Fahnbulleh leading on this. It is a real step forward in shifting power from Westminster to our regions and local communities.Continue reading “This week in Parliament”

This is a once in a generation chance to secure a new Oldham police station and get the facilities our borough deserves. After 14 wasted years of Tory cuts which resulted in the closure of the Magistrates Court & County Court in Oldham as well as police posts at Limeside, Chadderton & Royton; we areContinue reading “Keep on fighting to bring back our courts and custody cells”

To all in the historic, and surely the best county in England, a Happy Lancashire Day!

The budget has been delivered to parliament, and I spoke about the support being offered to people in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton as the detail was published yesterday. The cost of living crisis is still very real for many people. Even though progress has been made with five Bank of England interest rate cutsContinue reading “Budget 2025 – Tackling the Cost-of-Living”

It was great to be at the White Bank Road Vestacare Stadium this weekend to see Avro secure a solid 1-0 win over Nantwich Town, to move to joint top of the NPL West! Last month, we met with club director Rob Fuller, Oldham Council & Action Together, to discuss progress on investment in theContinue reading “Great win for Avro FC”

There’s been a lot of talk about the markets lately, and there’s no doubt they can make or break governments – just ask Liz Truss. But all politics is local, and the market I pay attention to is our own Tommyfield Market… or, to be precise, the people of Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton. IContinue reading “Co-op Conference Speech”

It was a pleasure to meet with William Lees Jones from the longstanding family run institution JW Lees Brewery about the pub and wider hospitality industry at the Boat & Horses in Chadderton. They do a great job, employ lots of local people and provide social spaces for the community to come together.

Thank you to those from Spark Oldham for having me, including founder Kim Rogers, at your community space in Fitton Hill earlier this week. It was a pleasure to get to see a glimpse of the fantastic work you do for our local community to boost mental wellbeing, engage young people, and promote volunteering &Continue reading “Great to see the work Spark Oldham does for the local community!”