After weeks of fraught negotiations and a challenge to the leadership, Labour remains in control.
Labour have just clung on to control of Oldham council after a heated afternoon in the council chambers . The gathering saw a bid for leadership by a ‘rainbow alliance’ made up of Oldham’s Lib Dem, Conservative and Oldham Group councillors.
Coun Shah told the LDRS: “I’m absolutely delighted. The right decision was made today. People recognised that we’ve delivered in the past and we will continue to do so. But we also need to stop and listen. He said: “The people of Oldham didn’t want the Labour Party to be in administration. It’s a shame that when the mandate was given to some independents, that they could not utilise it and get rid of this toxic administration - the most divisive in recent history.”
Coun Marc Hince said he looked forward to a new Labour cabinet that was ‘held accountable by true independents’.
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