Council decisions, policy updates and local democracy.
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…
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New and long-standing members of the Oldham Green Party came together on Sunday to welcome Greater Manchester mayoral candidate Geraldine Coggins ahead of the upcoming e…
For the third time since the election in May, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council met under the banner of its annual meeting to nominate, elect and appoint a deputy mayo…
On 15 June the impasse at Oldham council was broken and a mayor was elected, but the council failed to elect a leader or cabinet members.The Annual Meeting on 20 May 202…
Today (20 May), should have been the Annual Meeting of Oldham Council. The meeting is a legal requirement in which a number of important positions are up for nomination…