Oldham Council urged to bid for government electric vehicle charging cash
Oldham Council is being urged to bid on new government cash being made available to fund electric vehicle charging gullies ahead of the ban on new petrol cars in 2030.
Oldham Council is being urged to bid on new government cash being made available to fund electric vehicle charging gullies ahead of the ban on new petrol cars in 2030.
Council’s across the country are facing a £4.1 billion funding gap according to research conducted by the trade union Unison.
Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader councillor Howard Sykes MBE has argued for the Eton Star sixth form college project in Oldham Town Centre to be scrapped.
Oldham Liberal Democrats have demanded answers over the non-attendance of the Cabinet Member for finance – Abdul Jabbar – from audit committee meetings discussing the failings of payroll, and in particular on councillors’ allowances.
The campaign for a new police station in Oldham with facilities to lock up prisoners has taken another step forward after the Liberal Democrat group put forward a motion to Council committing it to support the policy.
The long-delayed replacement for Greater Manchester Police’s IOPS system has been delayed again, after questions from Liberal Democrat councillor Sam Al-Hamdani revealed that the new system has now been scheduled for April 2027.