Oldham Council’s expensive albatross around its neck Hotel Future now appears defunct and we appear to have a new “Hotel Oldham” scheme. With commercial sensitivity no longer being an issue it is time then for cash strapped, budget challenged, freedom of information refusing Oldham LABOUR Council to disclose how much public money was wasted on Hotel Future. Hotel Future another business and regeneration failure orchestrated by the Labour party resident local government and devolution expert Oldham MP Jim McMahon.