Oldham Council should have responded to my freedom of information request within 20 working days with the information requested or refused my application for information. My request was about the costs of abandoned versions of…
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Good to know your local socialist MP’s who constantly tell you they can identify with their constituents problems Oldham’s very own austerity champions Jim McMahon & Debbie Abraham’s claimed £50,000 in accommodation expenses in a…
By October 2017 cash strapped, austerity challenged Oldham Labour Council had spent £2.1 mill on its new human resource and payroll system it now plans on spending another undisclosed six figure sum on a human…
Announced in 2014 by serial regeneration scheme failure Jim McMahon the “Prince’s Gate” development at mumps was described as “a ‘gamechanger’ regeneration scheme aiming to transform the town centre’s eastern gateway with new shops, quality…
Labour Oldham Council are hiking council tax by nearly 4%, cutting 24 full time staff, removing the £45,000 grant to the dial a ride service but will maintain their marketing team which has seen no…
Today’s NI figures release shows that adult immigration from the EU to Oldham was at the same level in 2018 as it was in 2017. This contradicts figures that show migrant numbers from the EU…
In the last 2 years the number of households on Oldham council’s social housing register has increased from 10,000 to 24,118 more than triple the number in neighbouring local authority areas. As a result Oldham…
“Oldham night time economy task force” not the latest superhero movie but another publicity opportunity chaired by the same inept politicos who have in recent years failed to deliver four out of every five town…
Oldham Council that wonderful institution that champions equality and an inclusive society, those forward thinkers who removed funding and green flag status from five of the boroughs parks because of budget cuts but then continued…
Cash strapped Labour Oldham council who have a £4 million shortfall in the education budget, used £14 million of reserves to balance their last accounts and just borrowed £12.5 million for the link road at…
Labour MP Debbie Abrahams tweeted a fake news story told at the Labour party conference about a pregnant woman who was beaten by her low life husband. Betraying her feminist stance on other stories you…
Here’s Oldham Labour Council’s response to our freedom of information request on the numbers of foreign born children in Oldham schools. Apparently the Council the body who oversee school admissions don’t actually collect any data…
Figures released yesterday show that in the last year 42% of the increase in unemployment benefits claims across all 10 local authority areas that make up Greater Manchester occurred in Oldham.
Oldham Council is yet again searching for yet another development partner for its ill thought out Oldham town centre masterplan. Quote from the latest press release from Oldham Council “Oldham Council is set to formally…
(Eighth update) Streets full of dog-mess, overflowing bins, fly-tipping, two green flag parks where the borough used to have seven yet cash strapped Oldham Council has spent has spent another £7,471 in August and £4,720…