Greater Manchester Pension Fund has continued to stall on answering questions about its investment in fossil fuels – refusing to answer questions from an Oldham Councillor, and having not responded to a motion from Oldham Council for over 18 months.
Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader councillor Howard Sykes MBE has warned of working age families being “left without options” after new research revealed that 393 childcare places have been lost across Oldham since 2019.
Leader of Oldham Liberal Democrats councillor Howard Sykes MBE has welcomed the government’s decision to launch a campaign to encourage pensioners to apply for universal credit.
Leader of Oldham Council’s Liberal Democrat Group councillor Howard Sykes MBE has criticised the ruling Labour Party after a meeting of the council’s Audit Committee was cancelled recently.
Age UK's long-established lunch club run as a not-for-profit service is set to close in September 2024, after the Labour administration cut their funding.
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.