More evidence of the huge pressures placed on Oldham infrastructure and services by mass unskilled migration was delivered this week in the form of the ONS 2016 “output area” population statistics. Output areas (OAs) are…
The annual hours and earnings survey for 2017 was released today and there are no prizes or surprises for guessing how Oldham fared. So it’s well done to Labour Oldham for achieving an unprecedented twelve…
Since 2012 30.3% of all Oldham job seekers allowance sanctions have occurred in just four of Oldham’s 34 MSOA areas all of which have borders in Oldham town centre, these four areas also have the …
Oldham’s abysmal crime statistics for the year to June 2017 sees public order offences more than double, robbery up 62%, violence up 58% and sexual offences up 29%. Oldham crime has increased every quarter since…
Labour continually state the housing shortage has nothing to do with immigration yet Labour Oldham Council’s “Childcare Sufficiency Assessment” document shows immigration is driving Labour Oldham’s house-building plans. The council also want to build new…
Prince’s Gate scheme failure, the Town Hall Cinema four times over budget, Hotel Future became Hotel Failure and Foxdenton job predictions cut by 55% all show that Oldham Council’s financial and employment predictions for the…
Greater Manchester Police announcement “We are currently seeing an increase in distraction theft from persons in the Oldham area. It is reported that males are targeting elderly members of the public, approaching them and producing…
Here’s Oldham Council thanking Nicola Huckerby on twitter for picking up a piece of litter as part of its #1PieceOfRubbish campaign. They forgot to mention Nicola Huckerby runs the Devon based marketing company paid £49,000…
Updated 5/10/2017: Cash strapped Oldham Labour Council spent another £92,704 on its ailing new hr & payroll system in September taking the hugely over-budget project spending to £2.1 million (£2,115,961) some 13 months after the…
According to the UK official competitive index Oldham is the least competitive business place in Greater Manchester rating as the 15th worst out of 379 UK local authority areas. “competitiveness is considered to consist of…