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Four exciting projects are now set to transform Oldham town centre after the borough was awarded another £24.4m, this time from the Government’s Towns Fund.
Date Published 09/06/2021
Senior council officers and councillors have been taken to see the extent of fly tipping in Oldham.
Date Published 08/06/2021
Oldham's Liberal Democrats want to see the promised report from the review on historic allegations of child sexual exploitation to be published in advance of the July 14 meeting...
Date Published 07/06/2021
Councillors, residents, voluntary groups and organisations across Oldham will be doing their bit to tackle litter and fly-tipping by taking part in the Great British Spring Clean...
Date Published 27/05/2021
Oldham Council has unveiled a new Cabinet line-up to take the borough forward in 2021/22.
Date Published 21/05/2021
Oldham Council has successfully bid for £10.7 million to boost the ongoing regeneration of Oldham town centre.
Date Published 19/05/2021
New Oldham Council Leader Arooj Shah has re-affirmed her determination to deliver on her recent local election pledge to 'clean up' the Borough.
Date Published 14/05/2021
To celebrate Foster Care Fortnight, Oldham Council’s fostering community have come together to share #WhyWeCare
Primary school applications are much lower in Oldham this year – and Oldham Council is urging parents and carers with school age eligible children to make their application if...
Date Published 12/05/2021
Arooj Shah has been confirmed as the leader of the Labour group on Oldham Council. It means - as the largest party - that Cllr Shah will be confirmed as the new leader of the...
Date Published 10/05/2021
Cllr Arooj Shah has been elected as the new leader of Oldham’s Labour Group and is set to be confirmed as council leader.
At a Group meeting held on Saturday (May 8), the Oldham Borough Liberal Democrats appointed, unanimously and un-opposed, councillor Howard Sykes MBE as their Leader and councillor...
Following Oldham’s dramatic election shock in the early hours – which saw council leader Sean Fielding lose his seat – the question of his successor looms large.
The local council elections take place in Oldham this Thursday. There are 96 candidates looking for your votes across the borough.
Date Published 05/05/2021
A dedicated community group – the Failsworth Litter Busters – have been left puzzled by Oldham Council’s request for them to ‘hold off’ carrying out their collections.
Date Published 29/04/2021
A total of 97 members of council staff across Greater Manchester’s 10 boroughs are being paid more than £100,000 a year.
An Oldham GP and an Oldham Mosques' Council Development Officer have urged Muslims to have the Covid-19 vaccine during Ramadan.
Date Published 16/04/2021
With businesses across the borough preparing to re-open – a new animation from Oldham Council celebrates the past, present and future of the town centre.
Date Published 09/04/2021
Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, Leader of the Opposition on Oldham Council and Liberal Democrat candidate for Shaw in the forthcoming local election, is giving his backing to a...
Date Published 06/04/2021
Oldham had the highest number of young people that took part in last year’s ‘Make Your Mark’ consultation.
Date Published 05/04/2021
A row has broken out after the Liberal Democrat Deputy Group Leader on Oldham Council, Councillor Chris Gloster, said he was 'fuming' at the cost of a letter sent to every...
Date Published 30/03/2021
Coronavirus testing in Oldham is undergoing a restructure this week to assist residents in gaining more wide-ranging access to sites.
Date Published 29/03/2021
As part of its ongoing commitment to tackling discrimination, Oldham Council has agreed to officially adopt the definition of Islamophobia, as set out by the All-Party...
Date Published 27/03/2021
Oldham Council has vowed to provide financial support for food for thousands of local familes in the two-week Easter school holidays.
Date Published 24/03/2021
Liberal Democrats endorsed Howard Sykes’s plea for more government and council support for the hard-pressed pub and hospitality trade at a special online fringe meeting hosted by...
Date Published 22/03/2021
Oldham National Education Union chiefs have saluted what they have described as a ‘useful’ members’ meeting with Councillor Shaid Mushtaq, the Education portfolio holder on Oldham...
Members of four Oldham Rotary Clubs have expressed concern over the reduction in funding to the town's community hub for young people.
Date Published 09/03/2021
Oldham Council has joined forces with a range of Oldhamers, including young people, Oldham College and even a Rugby League great to film a video to celebrate social workers across...
Date Published 08/03/2021
A majority of Oldham councillors have voted for a 2.99pc council tax increase and millions of pounds of cuts that will see residents’ bills rise by at least £30 from April.
Date Published 05/03/2021
Oldham is gearing up for the return to classrooms on Monday as young people begin taking regular coronavirus tests.