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Mark Alcock Shadow MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton

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I hope you find this site informative - As the Shadow MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, I will be updating this site with all the news you need about how Oldham West & Royton Liberal Democrats and I are holding your MP to account, as well as our campaigns and plans for better representation for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton in Parliament. If you have any questions or concerns, or even if you just want to say hello, and to help our campaign to have a Liberal Democrat MP after the next General Election, I encourage you to contact me by one of the methods below:

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Finally if you have any issues you would like to raise or any questions you want to ask me please get in touch.

By email: mark@markalcock4our-mp.org.uk

By telephone: 01706 880018

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Mark Alcock Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton, including Chadderton.

Latest Chadderton Prison News

Quote from MEN 6th November 2009, full article below...

Quote from MEN 6th November 2009, full article below...

Please click on image to sign our petition against Labours Chadderton Prison Plan.

Please click on image above to sign our petition against Labours Chadderton Prison Plan.

STOP THE 100,000 TONNE A YEAR INCINERATOR IN CHADDERTON

Cllr Mark Alcock has sent a letter and petition form to all the houses in the South and Central Chadderton wards alerting people to the potential plan for an 100,000 tonne a year 'Energy from Waste Plant' (incinerator) behind Lidl and McDonalds off Broadway on the site of the Rugby Mill and surrounding land.

Today 13th October 2009 at a meeting of the Joint Committee today members were advised that a revised plan has now been submitted by the landowners.

The site has been reinstated in consultation proposals put forward as part of the Greater Manchester Waste Joint Development Plan.

Legal advice had also been received stating that it would be inconsistent with established procedures to refuse to seek public views on the proposal.

A formal consultation period is now set to run from November 13, 2009, until January 8, 2010.

if you have not signed the petition yet,

Incinerator

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GREATER MANCHESTER HOSPITALS HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER VETERANS HAVE RECEIVED PRIORITY TREATMENT - ALCOCK

Fri 15th Jan 2010

The Government's scheme for giving war veterans priority NHS treatment is being ignored by most Greater Manchester hospitals according to research from the Liberal Democrats.

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Mark Alcock Calls on the Government to Repay VAT to Mountain Rescue Heroes

Thu 14th Jan 2010

Following weeks in which Mountain Rescue Teams across the country have been providing vital emergency support to help deal with the adverse conditions caused by blizzard like weather, Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, Mark Alcock has called on the Government to show their appreciation by delivering some much needed financial support to the organisation.

6,000 Oldham pensioners will miss out on Cold Weather Payments says Mark Alcock

Thu 14th Jan 2010

Up to 1.7m pensioners will miss out on Cold Weather Payments triggered by the recent weather, according to analysis of Government figures by the Liberal Democrats.

Nick Clegg Launches the Lib Dem Four Step Plan to a fairer Britain!

Mon 11th Jan 2010

Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg launched the Lib Dem plan for a fairer Britain, contacting members and supporters with the following announcement:

Nick Clegg & Vince Cable (photography: Mark Alcock)

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE FORCE'S £3.1 MILLION HIRE CAR BILL - ALCOCK

Mon 4th Jan 2010

Greater Manchester Police Force has spent £3.1 million over the last five years on hire vehicles, according to figures uncovered by Liberal Democrat MP Andrew Stunell.

Greater Manchester police

NORTH WEST NHS BUREAUCRATS RISE BY A FIFTH IN FIVE YEARS - ALCOCK

Sun 20th Dec 2009

The number of bureaucrats hired by the NHS has increased by a fifth over the last five years, according to new figures obtained by Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, Mark Alcock.

NHS Screening Plan

"Brown must keep prescription charge promise" - ALCOCK

Wed 16th Dec 2009

Local Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, Mark Alcock is urging Gordon Brown to keep the promise he made over a year ago to abolish prescription charges for people with long-term conditions in England.

INNOCENTS TO REMAIN ON DNA DATABASE FOR SIX YEARS - Alcock

Wed 18th Nov 2009

Commenting on the Government's decision to retain profiles of innocent people on the DNA Database for six years, rather than the twelve years announced previously, Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, Mark Alcock said:

Mark Alcock pledges to "do his bit" for British Armed Forces

Wed 11th Nov 2009

Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, Mark Alcock, has pledged to do his bit for the British Armed Forces family.

Titan prison fears 'based on fantasy'

Thu 5th Nov 2009

AN MP has accused a councillor of 'scaremongering' over claims that a prison could be built in Oldham.

Mark Alcock signs up to the 10:10 campaign

Fri 30th Oct 2009

WHAT IS 10:10?

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Profoundly worrying that violent crimes not recorded - Huhne

Fri 23rd Oct 2009

Commenting on the police inspectorate's finding that one in three decisions to record a violent incident as no crime having taken place were wrong, from a sample of 479 decisions, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:

Chris Huhne

Government has shied away from action on shocking fuel poverty figures - Hughes

Wed 21st Oct 2009

Commenting on the latest Government figures showing the number of people in fuel poverty rose to 4m in 2007, Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary Simon Hughes said:

fuel poverty

Government building world's biggest DNA database by stealth - Huhne

Wed 21st Oct 2009

Commenting on the DNA Database Annual Report, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:

Carcinogen bound in DNA double helix. (photography: Courtesy of www.pdimages.com)

Labour has failed yet again to match climate rhetoric with real action - Hughes

Wed 21st Oct 2009

Commenting after the defeat of a Liberal Democrat Opposition day motion calling for Government, Parliament, and all public sector bodies to cut their carbon pollution by 10% by the end of 2010, Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary Simon Hughes said:

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Truancy rates have rocketed under Labour - Laws

Tue 20th Oct 2009

Commenting on today's Government truancy figures, Liberal Democrat Shadow Children, Schools and Families Secretary, David Laws said:

David Laws MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Lib Dem Cllr Mark Alcock calls time on super cheap booze in Oldham Borough

Tue 20th Oct 2009

Liberal Democrat Cllr Mark Alcock, is calling time on supermarket alcohol promotions. Responding to research by the North West health campaign, Our Life, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Oldham West & Royton inc Chadderton, Cllr Mark Alcock called on supermarkets to stop selling alcohol as cheap as 14 p per unit.

Bottles of alcohol and glasses (photography: Susan Brooks)

LOCAL STUDENTS COULD FACE £7,000 TUITION FEES - Alcock

Mon 19th Oct 2009

Mark Alcock fears local students could face £7,000 student fees.

University students

A Pension Increase of £2-40 a week will not cover Pension Inflation

Sun 18th Oct 2009

"An extra 34p a day will not cover the inflation rate for most pensioners who face the double whammy of mounting food and fuel costs and soaring council tax bills," said Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, Mark Alcock.

Vince Cable and Mark Alcock (photography: Mark Alcock)

ALCOCK CALLS FOR BIG PAY RISE FOR OLDHAM BOROUGH SOLDIERS ON THE POVERTY LINE

Tue 13th Oct 2009

Troops fighting in Afghanistan, including the 75 Engineer Regiment (V), which draws recruits from Oldham Borough, should be given a £6,000-a-year pay rise, according to Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton Mark Alcock.

Nick Clegg meeting Troops in Afghanistan

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