Council decisions, policy updates and local democracy.
Howard Sykes MBE, who served as Leader of Oldham Council from 2008 to 2011, was presented with the President's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Local Government at the…
Oldham Council met on Wednesday 16 September but the political deadlock still couldn't be resolved.Though five motions were on the table from five different parties, cov…
At the Full Council meeting on 16 September, a report from the Assistant Director of Governance, Heather Moore will be submitted for consideration by Councillors. The re…
Anti-racism campaigners are expecting a good response to their unity call urging people from across Greater Manchester to join a march and rally celebrating hope and pea…
At the Oldham Council extraordinary meeting this evening (Thursday 20) there were two items on the agenda to address.The first being the Section 5 report from the Direct…
On 31 July, Oldham Council’s Monitoring Officer and Director of Legal Services, Alex Bougatef, issued a Section 5 notification to all 60 of Oldham’s councillors.This not…
On Thursday 30 July, the Greater Manchester electorate will be voting for a new Mayor to replace Andy Burnham.The election will use the first-past-the-post voting system…
Last night was the first full council meeting outside the protracted Annual Meeting to be held in this political year.At the meeting, the future of the Council’s legal s…
Local Liberal Democrat Councillors Howard Sykes and Alicia Marland both received prestigious awards to recognise their commitment and service to civic duties at the rece…