I spent some time in Birmingham this week speaking to the Co-operative Party and at the Co-op Congress about our priorities for government.
The four key themes were co-operative growth, local ownership, community energy and safer high streets; with plans for achieving each endorsed in Labour’s manifesto.
As the Chair of the Co-operative Party, I am passionate about our plans and excited for what a Labour and Co-op government could do to effect co-operative change which could transform the lives of people all around Britain.
Parliament has now been dissolved until after the General Election meaning there are no Members of Parliament sitting during this period.
In the time since I was elected in 2015, my local office has been supporting over 8000 cases per year and we are proud of the hard work undertaken on behalf of constituents.
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I am now the Labour and Co-op candidate for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton. Thank you!
Promoted by Kyle Phythian on behalf of Jim McMahon both at Oldham Labour Party, Kershaw Road, Failsworth, M35 9PU.
It was great to appear on BBC Politics North West on Sunday morning to put forward Labour’s plans to end the cost-of-living crisis, rebuild our public services, and get Britain’s future back.
No amount of Tory unfunded spending commitments will make up for the chaos and cost working people have paid thanks to the Conservatives. After party-gate, the mini-budget market crash and years of record high waiting lists, the country is ready to turn the page on 14 long years of Tory government.
Making sure we can have pride in our communities has always been a driving passion of mine in the 20+ years I have been in public life.
That is why for the people of Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton, if re-elected as your Labour & Co-op MP, I have a plan for creating a thriving local economy, providing decent homes, ensuring a safe place, and fostering community ownership.
Achieving these will require increasing the number of decent, well-paid jobs; increasing the amount of police on the street to address both incidents and causes of violent crime; tackling HMOs and poor quality housing with family homes for local people; and safeguarding heritage, community venues, and sports grounds.
Our changed Labour party is for stability over chaos, for service over self-interest and for change over more of the same. Labour is ready to fight for every single vote at the General Election on 4th July.
Last week, I spoke in the debate on rail investment. I do think sometimes when connectivity is talked about, while the great powerhouses that are our cities are rightfully mentioned, our towns are too often ignored.
On a more local level, these projects, along with Labour’s plan to bring rail back into public ownership, present us with an opportunity to really bring forward plans to have an orbital tram route for the north-east of Greater Manchester. It could connect the Bury line to Middleton, Chadderton and Oldham (with a spur to Royton) and then through to the existing Ashton line.
Further to this, Oldham deserves better heavy-rail connectivity, after all, since the light-rail system was introduced, Oldham town centre has been without a heavy-rail station. Why can’t we have that national connectivity at Mills Hill, Moston and the currently defunct Middleton Junction station? Each could be joined onto the line Lumo have proposed from Rochdale to London Euston via Manchester Victoria line, and properly serve the people of Oldham, Chadderton and Royton?
We can create a multi-model public transport service that constituents of mine deserve, one that can revitalise local investment and reignite community ownership – ensuring the North is no longer undersold by their government.
This week, I spoke in Parliament regarding the HS2 phase 2 cancellation and the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.
I believe that generations to come will look back at this period of our history, when the Prime Minister woke up one morning and decided to cancel HS2, with regret and see it as a missed opportunity to really invest in the future of our country. Rishi Sunak, on a whim, ripped up over a decade of Conservative promises to deliver High Speed Rail to Greater Manchester through a high-speed line from London and has since dragged his feet about providing a high-speed line across the major cities of the North.
The double standards on display are shameful. Yes, the proposed £12 billion of investment in rail from Manchester to Liverpool is of course welcomed but London didn’t have to choose between HS2 and the Elizabeth line that cost £19 billion. If London doesn’t have to choose, why on earth should the north of England have to choose on the same basis?
We can create a multi-model public transport service that constituents of mine deserve, one that can revitalise local investment and reignite community ownership – ensuring the North is no longer undersold by their government. In the end, if London didn’t have to choose between its sub-regional investment and its national investment, why on earth should the north of England have to?
