Favourite pub in Oldham. Always happy to see them thriving. Might need to call in after I get back from my holidays and have a lovely pint

John Prescott was a true friend of local government and inspired so many. We thank him for all he did. Goodbye and rest in peace. 🌹🌹🌹

John Prescott’s coffin has arrived at Hull Minster for his funeral. Appropriately, the hearse was a Jag, as is the family’s car. A knowing wink you suspect. Two Jags to the end.

It’s not an “Elon Musk salute” it’s a bloody Nazi salute and they’ve gone fully mask off now haven’t they

Using rail lines and other existing infrastructure to unlock brownfield housing sites and develop more vital infrastructure (like doctors, shops etc) is a brilliant idea and we need to do more and more

This is a really difficult article to read from @charlotteliviahall.bsky.social, mainly because I know so many people in the same boat, and no matter what we try to do locally, things don't necessarily feel better. www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-feature...

🐝 Celebrating the Bee Network! 🚍 Almost a year since Oldham’s buses came back into public control—here’s what’s we've achieved ✅ £5/week savings with Bee Network Annual Passes 🎫 £2 hopper fares valid for 1 hour ⏰ More punctual buses #BeeNetwork #Oldham #BetterBuses 🔗 youtu.be/MxX-a43jZn0

Sexual exploitation affects all communities & doesn’t discriminate by gender. From my 14 years as a Crown Prosecutor, I’ve seen this firsthand. I asked the Home Secretary to ensure any review also examines the abuse of boys & young men. Every victim deserves justice.

Delighted to see HAF is continuing. It’s a lifeline for so many families in my own ward, and I’ve seen firsthand the difference it makes to kids, who otherwise would be stuck at home or out on the streets potentially being led astray.

The electoral commission needs to be given proper powers to investigate lies and malicious acts from candidates. The police often aren’t equipped to deal with this, leading to civil action being the only recourse… if you can afford it

Never known anything like the last two elections in the West Midlands for fakery and aggression. I hope this woman got a pretty penny for what she went through to start a new chapter with her baby. Her personal story will be taken and learned from in how we protect individuals and our democracy.

The dog has once again summed up my mood for the day

There’s being bold and there’s being plain bonkers. No-one who thinks for 5 minutes can believe means testing the state pension is a good idea - but that is what Kemi Badenoch says she’s up for

We need to do more to understand why this particular pattern of abuse is more prevalent among some groups of men. That’s not racism – it’s common sense. It's not religion or race that defines these crimes, it’s the crimes that define these men.

We welcome this announcement and indeed any action that the government takes to establish genuinely survivor-led inquiries into historical sexual abuse. Survivors must be at the heart of any inquiry into these horrendous failings.

A brief and incomplete history, not including serious case reviews, police and council inspections and others I can’t immediately recall Children’s commissioner: 2012 Rotherham: 2014, 2015 Manchester: 2020 Oldham: 2022 Telford: 2022 National: 2022

Kemi Badenoch’s comments on the grooming gangs show her to be incapable of doing the job she currently holds and unfit for the one she seeks:

Really glad to see the government taking action on this. Now to get on with reforming the housing market, building more homes and more council homes too! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The issue with being the person who takes the photo is that you can’t see that I was there too

The priority needs to be implementing the recommendations and making sure that children are kept safe

Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:

Dropped twitter almost permanently now. Only keeping it on my phone for work reasons, because it’s genuinely been a detriment to my mental health this week. Now to get on with the business of making 2025 the best year possible

Fantastic Christmas stall in Oldham with many chats and treats thanks to my amazing constituency team and councillors lending a hand. 🎄🎅 We had an opportunity to highlight the @coopparty.party.coop campaign to end violence against shopworkers which has a lot of local support.