After a dramatic election night, Labour has lost its overall majority in Oldham council for the first time in thirteen years. The group saw seven seats go to independent candidates.
After a dramatic election night, Labour has lost its overall majority in Oldham council for the first time in thirteen years. The group saw seven seats go to independent candidates.
Councillor Arooj Shah has unanimously re-elected as leader of the Oldham Labour Group. It means she has secured her continued role as leader of the council until May 22.
Labour has lost its majority at Oldham council. The party which has been in power since 2011 no longer controls the council - but it could remain in charge as the largest party.
A “no confidence” motion put forward by an Oldham opposition group has sparked a backlash from council bosses. Council leader Arooj Shah accused the Conservative councillors pushing a call for the government to intervene in her leadership of “harassment” and “gutter politics”.
Council tax in Oldham is going up. Bosses have confirmed a hike of 5 per cent - the maximum possible - from April. They said it was 'fundamentally unfair', criticising the government over its funding package for local authorities.
Labour have chosen the leader of Lancashire county council to fight the Rochdale by-election sparked by the death of sitting MP Sir Tony Lloyd. Coun Azhar Ali had been named on a shortlist of three to succeed Sir Tony who died on January 17 aged 73, alongside Rochdale-born Paul Waugh, chief political commentator for the i newspaper, and Wigan councillor Nazia Rehman.
More than 100 people are objecting to plans to erect dozens of of ‘ugly’ 15m poles carrying a new aerial broadband network across Oldham. IX Wireless has applied to the council for 29 poles to be installed in various locations around the borough. But they have been met by a furious backlash from residents who argue they’re not needed and will ‘ruin the appearance’ of neighbourhoods.
Oldham’s chief executive is to remain at the authority until 2026 after announcing plans to postpone his imminent retirement.
Proposals to create a new ‘enhanced’ public space in Oldham town centre to hold outdoor art and culture events have been submitted by chiefs.
Work to restore Oldham’s Old Library has taken a step forward with scaffolding taken down as the major restoration project advances.
Tributes have been paid after it was announced a former councillor and mayor of Oldham nicknamed ‘Mrs Lees’ has died.
Bosses in Oldham have stepped in to save a specialist care home looking after a hundred vulnerable residents after it went into administration.
Whistle-blowing former GMP detective Maggie Oliver, who campaigns for survivors of abuse, has confirmed her position on reviews into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester.
A heated row broke out out during a motion calling for mandatory reporting of concerns of child sexual abuse as councillors were heckled and calls for a further public inquiry in Oldham were defeated.
Proposals for a new industrial park will be the latest step forward in a masterplan for Oldham which aims to create more than 700 jobs.
The chief executive of Oldham council is to leave the authority by the end of the year, it’s been announced.
Death threats, 'conspiracy theories' and police escorts – an ousted ex-leader has revealed what it’s really like heading up Oldham council.
‘We’re not paedophiles’ a councillor proclaimed as he railed against ‘evil’ election campaign smears in an astonishing town hall outburst.
Oldham’s first openly gay council leader has been formally appointed by councillors.
The first female Muslim council leader in the North has said she was 'dehumanised' by a deliberate 'smear campaign' after she became the second Labour leader of Oldham Council to lose her seat in as many years.
An empty unit in Spindles shopping centre has been brought back into use by Oldham Council to show off the best of local businesses.
Leaders say that they have been ‘all talk and no action’ on regeneration but forthcoming concrete plans for Oldham will prove to be a ‘game changer’.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner and other MPs will join striking bus drivers this week as passengers are warned all buses from First’s Oldham depot will again be cancelled on days of action.
Council tax is set to rise for Oldham residents with chiefs pledging to use the extra cash to pay more than 4,000 carers a ‘real living wage’.
The publication of Oldham’s long-awaited review into allegations of child sexual exploitation in the borough has been delayed again.
Women live with a ‘constant drumbeat of fear’ say councillors who have called on Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to improve handling of assaults and abuse.
Oldham’s council leader says she has been sent death threats and ‘physically threatened’ since taking up the role.
Controversial plans for a huge £150m waste-to-energy plant in Oldham could be off the table in their current form.
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