SADDLEWORTH’S MP has voted for the Government’s controversial benefits bill after last-minute concessions – but not before blasting it. Debbie Abrahams sided with Labour’s Work…
View More Saddleworth’s MP votes for welfare bill following last minute concession – after voicing concerns
SADDLEWORTH’S MP has blasted the ‘truly shocking’ support for former footballers now battling health issues. Studies have found evidence of a link between the sport…
View More Saddleworth MP backs footballers families’ fight for justice
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…
View More Saddleworth MP questions ‘balancing the books on the backs of disabled people’
SADDLEWORTH’S MP has played a key role in helping map out the future for Gaza. Debbie Abrahams chairs the Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group and discussed…
View More Saddleworth MP’s role in future of Gaza
SADDLEWORTH’S MP is to host an online event that will discuss critical steps towards ending violence against females. As part of the United Nations’ International…
View More Saddleworth MP hopes to help end violence against women and girls
SADDLEWORTH’S MP has hailed the efforts to save Dobcross Village Store and Post Office as a ‘glowing example’ of community work and hopes it inspires…
View More MP hails Dobcross Village Store co-operative as ‘glowing example’ of community work
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has thanked the members of the community who stepped out to join her fifth annual Memory Walk in…
View More Community steps out to support MP’s Memory Walk
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has asked residents from across her constituency to tell her their stories about how increasing costs from food,…
View More Saddleworth MP asks for residents’ experiences to expose unfair profiteering
SADDLEWORTH once again turned out in force to mark Yorkshire Day – and try telling those involved it is irrelevant. Almost 50 years may have…
View More Yorkshire Day as relevant as ever – 49 years after Saddleworth’s switch
THE OPERATOR of train services that travel through Saddleworth has had its licence stripped following customer complaints and cancellations. Services run by TransPennine Express (TPE)…
View More Rail contract change for Saddleworth services after MP’s call
DEBBIE Abrahams MP believes disabled people will only be further excluded from the train system under plans to ‘modernise the railways.’ And she highlighted one…
View More Saddleworth MP highlights exclusion from railways for disabled people
MEMBERS of Saddleworth Peace Group gathered to remember victims of the Holocaust at an Uppermill ceremony. And the area’s MP, Debbie Abrahams, signed a Book…
View More Saddleworth Peace Group joins MP in remembering Holocaust victims
TO MARK Holocaust Memorial Day Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, honouring those who were…
View More Debbie Abrahams MP signs Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment
SADDLEWORTH’S MP has hit out at the mess the NHS finds itself in, with a report into Royal Oldham Hospital highlighting the Government’s failure. Debbie…
View More Saddleworth MP slams Government over state of NHS
DEBBIE Abrahams has criticised the Government after it emerged more than 3,100 people in her Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency are waiting more than a…
View More Saddleworth’s MP hits out at GP appointment waiting times
THE SEARCH is on for young people aged 18-24 to take part in MP Debbie Abrahams’ ninth annual Working for Your Community summer programme. Since…
View More MP starts search for ninth summer programme participants
MORE than 60 local people join MP Debbie Abrahams on her third annual Oldham Memory Walk in Alexandra Park to bring together and support families…
View More Walkers step out in support of local people living with dementia
THE current Oldham East and Saddleworth parliamentary constituency could include two new areas at any elections after 2023. The Boundary Commission of England (BCoE) don’t…
View More Royton ‘move’ to Saddleworth parliamentary constituency has ‘merit’ says Boundary Commission
A GREENFIELD resident fears thousands of visitors to Dovestone Reservoir are putting the village at increased risk of coronavirus. Catherine Knowles has called on leading…
View More Greenfield resident urges political leaders to implement immediate Covid-19 risk assessment at Dovestone
TOWNS and city centres in Tier 3 areas will be severely damaged by the loss of Christmas trade and the Government’s failure to provide a…
View More Burnham calls on MPs to demand fair financial support for tier 3 areas
A CONSULTATION with “local people” is on the agenda as part of new plans to tackle ongoing traffic issues caused by increasing visitor numbers to…
View More Locals invited to have a say on issues at Dovestone Reservoir
BEFORE the second lockdown, Saddleworth Parish Council chair, Cllr Barbara Beeley, paid respects to the fallen ahead of Remembrance Sunday by laying their wreath on…
View More Parish Council and MP pay respects
DEBBIE Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, who has laid a wreath at Oldham’s town centre war memorial, is calling for people to pay…
View More MP promotes doorstep tribute for Remembrance Sunday
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has appealed to everyone across the area to play their part in beating Covid-19, saying, ‘we must all…
View More MP appeals to all to ‘play their part’ in beating COVID-19
IN a world that is turning differently thanks to Covid-19, supporters of the Saddleworth Palestine Women Scholarship Fund (SPWSF) turned to the virtual world to…
View More Saddleworth charity turns to virtual world to raise funds to support women’s education
Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton) and Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) are set to hold a webinar for businesses based in Oldham and…
View More Joint Business Webinar with Oldham MPs
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams has been denied entry to India and ‘deported’ from Delhi airport. Mrs Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth and also…
View More Oldham MP denied entry to India
THE legacy of Springhead suffragette Annie Kenney’s life is contributing to a brighter future for scores of women fleeing from war torn hot spots in…
View More CRIBS charity donation is made possible by Annie Kenney legacy
DEBBIE Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, will be supporting Earth Hour by taking part in the global lights-out event on Saturday, March 30 between 8:30pm and 9.30pm. …
View More MP supports Earth Hour across Saddleworth and Oldham
DEBBIE ABRAHAMS, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, is supporting World Book Day’s (7/3/19) national ‘Share a Story’ campaign – encouraging parents and carers to…
View More MP says ‘share a story’ on World Book Day
COUNCILLORS, special guests and the community were dressed to the nines for a glamorous Civic Ball in Uppermill. This year’s event, with a Scottish theme…
View More Guests get glamorous at Civic Ball
UPPERMILL pavements are in urgent need of repair, claim residents who are fed up of falling and tripping along the village High Street. The Independent…
View More Fix our footpaths plea from residents after falls and trips
PROPOSED changes to parliamentary boundaries have been slammed as “devastating” by Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth. Mrs Abrahams’s constituency currently covers Saddleworth…
View More MP slams boundary change plans as ‘devastating’ for Saddleworth
CLIMATE CHANGE campaigners from Saddleworth met with their MP outside Parliament as they took part in a 9,000-strong lobby. Gennie Slater, Bernie Slater, Catherine Jones,…
View More Climate change lobbyists from Saddleworth put concerns to MP outside Parliament
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