At a meeting of Oldham Liberal Democrat councillors on Wednesday 7th May, Shaw councillor Howard Sykes MBE was unanimously re-elected to lead the party on Oldham Council.
Oldham Council have tried to offload the cost of accessibility improvements to the road at Hopwood Court onto the care provider for the accommodation – suggesting a much more expensive design that moves the changes on to private land.
Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader councillor Howard Sykes MBE has again hit out at the Council’s ruling Labour Group and those that prop them up after it was revealed that Oldham Council has failed to issue a single penalty notice for dog fouling in 2025.
Shaw and Crompton Lib Dems have written to the local GMP Neighbourhood Inspector to demand action and a meeting about why crimes, vandalism and anti-social behaviour (ASB) are seemingly going up and appear to not being dealt with.
Reform UK have been slammed for pledging to refuse to fly flags such the Lancashire and Yorkshire roses, and distracting from real issues such as the state of local roads and clearing up fly-tipping.
Labour Government’s refusal to remove Oldham from Places for Everyone (PfE) branded a “betrayal of democracy”
