I have been approached for help by Oldham based building contractor Johnson Bros Ltd who have been left with unpaid invoices of over £145,000 following the collapse of the construction giant Carillion. I’ve been running my Be Fair – Pay on Time campaign for several
A happy new year to everyone in Oldham and Saddleworth! The New Year is traditionally a time for reflections and resolutions. Looking back over 2015, there are a number of issues I am proud to have championed and made some progress in. There are others, though, where I know I’m in for the long
I hosted a cross party meeting in Parliament to address the issue of ‘retentions’ , the withholding of payment until the completion of a job which is a practice rife in the construction industry often resulting in smaller companies losing money. As my campaign Be Fair – Pay On Time was
This week I was invited to be a guest speaker at the credit industry’s annual conference called CCR-interactive organised by Credit Collections & Risk, to talk about “Be Fair – Pay on Time”, my campaign to tackle the scourge of late payments by predominantly large
I made my speech on the Summer Budget on Monday, highlighting the regressive nature of the Chancellor’s proposals and the effects that his policies will have on people in Oldham East and Saddleworth. The Chancellor has presided over increased borrowing, increased public sector debt and
Four days since Polling Day, the analysis of why Labour lost the 2015 General Election is underway. At this stage, we do not have the benefit of comprehensive data, and by that I mean not just hard data on who won what seats by how many, but an understanding of why people voted in the […]
My ‘Be Fair – Pay on Time’ campaign against late payment has received another national award, this time a special Gold Award at the construction industry’s ‘Oscars’, the H&V News Awards, hosted by BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull and attended by 1,300
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) research – (released 4/3/15) states incomes are still below 2007/08 levels and I believe that boosting the UK’s productivity is crucial for improving living standards. The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ (IFS) report confirms that working people are
I was shocked to hear the news this week that Premier Foods are demanding payments from their suppliers using a so-called ‘pay and stay’ scheme. In my view, this is just another example of large companies using bullying tactics against small businesses by demanding money to finance
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