A SADDLEWORTH Councillor has branded Oldham representatives’ failure to work together and break the leadership deadlock is “the definition of madness”. Government commissioners are now set to…
View More Oldham Council deadlock means government intervention
PEOPLE in Saddleworth get the chance to decide who they want to represent them on Oldham Council as the area goes to the polls on…
View More Local elections 2026: Who you can vote for in Saddleworth South
PEOPLE in Saddleworth get the chance to decide who they want to represent them on Oldham Council as the area goes to the polls on…
View More Local elections 2026: Who you can vote for in Saddleworth North
PEOPLE in Saddleworth get the chance to decide who they want to represent them on Oldham Council as the area goes to the polls on…
View More Local elections 2026: Who you can vote for in Saddleworth West and Lees
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has apologised to his national party as he is investigated over a ‘spygate’ row. Mark Kenyon is subject to a standards probe…
View More Saddleworth councillor apologises amid ‘spygate’ row
By Charlotte Hall – Local Democracy Reporter TWO possible candidates for Oldham council’s leader have emerged after a week of ‘chaotic’ negotiations between the borough’s…
View More OLDHAM: The standoff for Oldham council’s leadership
PROPOSALS for ‘safer’ residential streets across Oldham have been tabled by the Liberal Democrat opposition group. The motion calls for a roll-out of 20 miles…
View More 20mph zone proposals to be tabled at Full Council
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council now has more of an amber tinge following Lynne Thompson’s by-election victory. In what was described as a ‘great result,’ the Liberal…
View More Liberal Democrats tighten grip on Saddleworth Parish Council with by-election victory
OLDHAM Liberal Democrat Leader councillor Howard Sykes MBE has slammed Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham after it emerged that his former deputy, Baroness Beverley Hughes…
View More Liberal Democrats slam Burnham’s “gravy-train of expensive deputy mayors”
THE LIBERAL Democrats were the undeniable winners of this year’s Saddleworth Parish Council election as they now have 13 representatives. And after Max Woodvine lost…
View More Lib Dems dominate Parish Council
OWNERS of land that has seen a river in Lees blocked by tons of soil has been told to act or they will face legal…
View More Legal action threatened over blocked Lees river
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has failed in his bid to force a letter of no confidence in Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham’s handling of Greater…
View More Saddleworth councillor expresses ‘no confidence’ in Andy Burnham
TWO new faces join a stalwart councillor to represent Saddleworth on Oldham Council. Liberal Democrat Alicia Marland and Conservative Chris McManus have been voted in…
View More New faces on council after local elections
CHRIS Davies is unrepentant, unapologetic and after Britain’s exit from the European Union also unemployed. His eight-month stint representing the North West as member of…
View More ‘I don’t want to be alone’ Former MEP on Britain, Brexit and that tweet
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council’s Liberal Democrat group has announced the election of their new group leader Sam Al-Hamdani, who was approved unanimously to replace outgoing leader…
View More Saddleworth Liberal Democrats announce new group leader
Oldham Borough Liberal Democrats have reaffirmed the appointment of councillors Howard Sykes as their Leader and John McCann as their Deputy Leader. The pair were…
View More Oldham Liberal Democrats announce Leader and Deputy
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