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Labour’s plan to fix our railways

The railways have been allowed to be run into the ground with passengers paying the price. Its high time they were brought back into public ownership and run the national interest. Anyone who uses trains in England will know they are expensive, unreliable and not up to standard after a decade of underinvestment. It’s notContinue reading “Labour’s plan to fix our railways”

24 convictions follow 2019 Limeside disturbances

Court reporting restrictions have been lifted following the sentencing of the 24 men involved in the disturbances which hit Limeside in May 2019, centred around the visit of Far Right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, commonly known as ‘Tommy Robinson’. All of us know the dark days of 2001 are never too far away when we hearContinue reading “24 convictions follow 2019 Limeside disturbances”

Whitegate End Primary School visit

What a wonderful visit to Whitegate End Primary School in Chadderton with local Councillor Graham Shuttleworth. I’ve been to the school a number of times before and they are active at bringing young people to the Parliamentary Education Centre too. Each time it is really uplifting to see students thriving and the staff who goContinue reading “Whitegate End Primary School visit”

Visit to Greater Manchester Police HQ

Meetings took place today with Greater Manchester Police to discuss a range off issues affecting the constituency such as tackling gang and violent crime, and organised crime impacting our communities. It was a good opportunity to meet with Chief Superintendent Estelle Mathieson who has taken on the leadership of the Oldham Division, with her significantContinue reading “Visit to Greater Manchester Police HQ”

Inspiring official opening of Brian Clarke CE Academy

It was a real pleasure to attend the official opening of the Brian Clarke CE Academy in Oldham. The opening today has been the result of many years of hard work. Lead by the Cranmer Education Trust it has grown out of the Blue Coat School with an admissions policy designed to create a schoolContinue reading “Inspiring official opening of Brian Clarke CE Academy”

High Streets campaign pledges to rebuild our town centres

High Streets are the centre of the community but too often left vacant as retail and social habits change, planning policy shifts to residential conversation, and essential facilities like banks and post offices are lost. We’ve seen that in Oldham, Chadderton and Royton. Labour’s plan for high streets tackles head on many of the issuesContinue reading “High Streets campaign pledges to rebuild our town centres”

Avro FC stadium funding support

Thanks to Rob Fuller and the team at AVRO FC for taking the time to talk through plans to improve the Whitebank Road ground. Since the move to Whitebank Road a number of years ago a great deal of effort has gone into transforming the former Oldham Town FC ground and clubhouse into a thrivingContinue reading “Avro FC stadium funding support”

Progress on Co-op Party campaign – protection for retail workers

From the shop floor to the floor of the House of Commons! A significant campaign win for Co-operative movement and Usdaw the trade union as the Government commits to backing our calls for assault of shop workers to be made a stand alone offence. As well as being essential frontline workers they are tasked withContinue reading “Progress on Co-op Party campaign – protection for retail workers”