SADDLEWORTH’S MP has questioned her own party’s controversial welfare proposals – claiming it is ‘balancing the books on the backs of disabled people.’ The Government’s…
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Letter to the editor: Rising child poverty in Oldham – who is responsible?
A letter to the editor from the Oldham & Saddleworth Green Party Shocking figures from End Child Poverty coalition* show that 38% of Oldham children…
View More Letter to the editor: Rising child poverty in Oldham – who is responsible?Saddleworth man’s social security sanction ‘felt like death sentence’
A DISABLED man from Saddleworth has described the effect of having his social security payments stopped by the DWP for five months as being ‘like…
View More Saddleworth man’s social security sanction ‘felt like death sentence’Oldham residents to be affected by benefit cap
AS MANY as 700 local residents could be hit financially by the Government’s new Benefit Cap, Oldham Council has warned. After 7 November, the maximum…
View More Oldham residents to be affected by benefit capOldham Council’s new social housing allocations scheme to go live
OLDHAM COUNCIL is making it easier for residents to apply for social housing and look for a new home. The local authority is changing the…
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