Guardian journalist Helen Pidd noted some disturbing responses from potential voters in the Westwood area of Oldham which once again calls into doubt the mass use of postal and proxy votes, a system which offers…
Figures released today show that total net migration in the year ending June 2015 has hit a new record high of 336,000, up 82,000 on the year ending June 2014. 88% or 295,700 of total…
The latest Labour Oldham leaflet for Jim McMahon gives his “5 pledges to you” which either insultingly treats everyone as a single generic Oldham persona all receiving tax credits and all with a singular set…
New figures released today show that at the end of the second and third quarters of 2014 Oldham had the highest rolling teen pregnancy rate for under 18’s in Greater Manchester fourth quarter figures have…
New figures released today show in 2014 Oldham had the highest percentage of business deaths compared to new business births in all Greater Manchester, some 13% higher than the England average.
The Annual Hours & Earnings survey provisional results for 2015 shows that average pay in Oldham still remains the lowest in Greater Manchester, a position it has occupied for almost 11 years. Using the median…
A recent Freedom of Information request has revealed that in the year to 31/03/2015 the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust which includes the Royal Oldham Hospital has spent £1,543,898 on face to face interpreting costs,…
In 2014 we challenged the Labour Party on the lack of women involved in their electioneering within Oldham’s Bangladeshi community. Click here see the challenge from 2014. On the 15/11/2015 the Labour Party stated at…
After the GMCA snubbed Oldham as being unworthy of creative service investment Labour Oldham are to consider funding a Digital Enterprise Hub with another £200,000 of public finances to add to the £278,600,000 long term…
As it is election time again in Oldham let us reiterate, as we have for every election, we have no connection with any political party, nobody involved with chronic-oldham is a member of a political…
The TaxPayers’ Alliance published figures in November showing Labour Oldham Council, which is currently led by Oldham West & Royton Labour candidate Jim McMahon, has more staff earning £100,000 than any other North West authority….
In a crime figures exclusive from the Manchester Evening News they reveal that there have been 231 crimes on or near Plate Street between January and September this year. Click here to read the full…
Is press sanitisation afoot in the wake of the impending by-election for Oldham West and Royton? Oldham Council appear to have removed the press release for the opening of “Our House” which closed after just…
At tonights full Council meeting MP hopeful Jim McMahon said that Labour Oldham Council won’t stand for any more Government cuts affecting their deprived communities, of course it is all very well and commendable to…
The Not for profit `Our House` rent to buy shop in Oldham run in partnership with the council has closed just five months after opening. Parent not for profit company FRC Group had set up…