Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader and party spokesperson for Greater Manchester transport councillor Howard Sykes MBE has urged the Labour government to protect cash from the scrapped HS2 rail project so that it can be spent fixing roads and infrastructure.
Plans for the expansion of Metrolink will leave Oldham borough a “public transport wasteland” according to local councillor Sam Al-Hamdani.
Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader councillor Howard Sykes has blasted Labour and so-called Independent councillors for cutting the Council Meeting (10/07/24) short by two hours to watch the football.
The announcement that the Labour Government plans to continue with top-down planning targets means that future building in Oldham borough will continue to be developer-led and on green belt, and fail to address the borough’s needs
Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader councillor Howard Sykes MBE has welcomed news that new funding is to be made available for the Oldham Coliseum Theatre.
Labour-run Oldham Council has been slammed after failing to undertake summer planting while the weeds continue to grow around the Borough “like Day of the Triffids”.
