Sewage scandal close to home

The sewage pollution campaign is now mainstream and awareness of what’s been happening is growing all the time. That England’s largest lake, Windermere is used to dump raw human sewage by United Utilities is symbolic of the treatment of the country by the Tory governmental they’ve taken our money in £billions of dividend payments insteadContinue reading “Sewage scandal close to home”

School visit to Oldham Hulme Grammar School

It was wonderful to meet with pupils from Oldham Hulme Grammar School both at an assembly and in a question and answer session later, before the Easter break. We discussed a wide range of issues in politics locally, nationally and around the world; all impressively prepared for. School visits here and to Parliament itself areContinue reading “School visit to Oldham Hulme Grammar School”

Digital Infrastructure Roundtable

Today I virtually attended a roundtable regarding the ongoing concerning digital infrastructure developments and installations we are seeing in Oldham, Greater Manchester and across the country. The roundtable was encouraging, with many MPs committed to tackling this issue and asking the government to look at what they can do on an urgent basis to addressContinue reading “Digital Infrastructure Roundtable”

Death of the Mayoress of Oldham

We are devastated that Afsheen Chauhan has passed away at such a young age. Our love and prayers are with Zahid, their wonderful children, her parents, family and friends. She was an outstanding mum, a dear friend, and a warm Mayoress of Oldham supporting Zahid in his mayoral year. We will miss her greatly. MayContinue reading “Death of the Mayoress of Oldham”

Bee Network Comes to Oldham

The Greater Manchester Bee Network expands to Oldham, Chadderton and Royton today. Buses will run more frequency, later into the evening, earlier in the morning, and operate in the public interest. Single ticketing across bus and tram and live bus times will make life much easier, and hopefully attract more people to use public transport.Continue reading “Bee Network Comes to Oldham”

5G Masts – Westminster Hall Debate

Today I held a Westminster Hall Debate in Parliament regarding the current issue with the installation of 5G & telecommunications masts and changes to national planning law which make these installations, among other issues like HMO conversion, far too easy for developers to secure. The installation of equipment, whether it’s 5g or wireless broadband coversContinue reading “5G Masts – Westminster Hall Debate”

Tomorrow’s Parliamentary Debate on 5G Masts

My office has been supporting a number of residents from across the constituency impacted by the roll out of 5g/wireless masts. We have been engaging with the main equipment installer, IX Wireless, and held a residents workshop to go through each of the sites where concerns were raised. Some progress has been made, and followingContinue reading “Tomorrow’s Parliamentary Debate on 5G Masts”

Visit to Boundary Park with Frank Rothwell

It was great to join the inspiring Frank Rothwell last month at Boundary Park for a celebration of his stunning achievement rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic (for the 2nd time!!) in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK, raising over £1.3 million with his latest magnificent effort. Though we didn’t secure a win at home toContinue reading “Visit to Boundary Park with Frank Rothwell”