In another new report to add to the long list charting the demise of Oldham our borough is named as the second least liveable Northern area by the your housing group. So its well done…
Local and central Labour politicians thrive on demanding resignations within any political opposition party when a scandal is exposed so it makes you wonder why the three current Labour Oldham Councillors who broke the law…
Today’s crime figures release for Oldham show that in the year to December 2017 the number of public order offences grew by 127%, violence by 72%, weapons possession by 57%, stalking & harassment by 54%,…
Government statistics released today show that the 014 area of Oldham has the joint 7th lowest household income in England & Wales. This is the area which already has 44% more housing benefit claimants than…
Oldham Council very good at complaining about government budget cuts and not very good at managing diminishing finances, here are just a few of the things they spent money on in March. Architect, property management…
An international law enforcement operation has disrupted what is believed to be one of the most significant people smuggling networks operating between Iraq and the UK. National Crime Agency (NCA) officers arrested three suspected members…
We estimate the number of foreign born children in Oldham schools increased by between 700% and 800% in just four years. We are challenging Oldham Labour Council to display their so called transparent democracy and…
It is nine months since Oldham Council leader Jean Stretton was scheduled to announce a delivery partner for Prince’s Gate version 2 after version 1 which was originally due to open in 2017 failed &…
Oldham Labour Council have been debating a motion on adopting a modern slavery policy at their Council meeting on 28/03/2018. Now this would be admirable had it not been that one of their own Labour…
Schools census stats from January 2017 show minority ethnic pupils now make up 46.5% of primary school pupils in state-funded Oldham schools & 39.8% of pupils in state-funded Oldham secondary schools. According to Oldham Council’s…
We have all seen the report on the BBC about child poverty in Oldham which concentrated on tugging at the heart strings and chose to completely avoid an assessment of Oldham’s socioeconomic landscape or the…
Labour Oldham MP Jim McMahon is moaning about the latest employment figures for Oldham. This serial failure forgot to add that 3,130 minimum wage jobs he announced with a fanfare of press releases when serving…
In recent years the area around Foxdenton has been well and truly dumped on by Labour Oldham and the public sector enduring years of building work and loss of green space that is expected to…
Updated 20/03/218 Oldham Council spending records for January 2018 show that they paid the company commissioned to re-brand The Oldham Coliseum theatre, Creative Concern Ltd, £28,268. 29/01/2018 Cash strapped Oldham Council has just agreed to pay…
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…