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Promoted by Robert Barrowcliffe, Reform UK Party Limited, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP

28/10/2026

‼️ Why should Tameside families pay for Labour’s failure to tackle illegal immigration? ‼️

Cllr Allan Hopwood has written to Andy Burnham demanding action.

Rent costs in Tameside rose faster than anywhere else in the country between 2019 and 2024, yet the government is offering landlords above-market rents through Serco for asylum accommodation.

Local families are being forced to compete with taxpayer-backed contracts just to find a home.

Wigan has already stopped further Serco procurement and Tameside should get the same treatment.

The Reform Tameside Group is calling for procurement to stop and for contractors to be capped at Local Housing Allowance rates.

Violence is never acceptable, but residents’ concerns must be taken seriously.

A Reform-led council will put Tameside first.

Andy Burnham, the letter is on its way. We look forward to your response!

27/10/2026

The Monitoring Officer and Independent ADVISOR to the Tameside Council was NOT happy with a democratic decision made by ELECTED members!!!

Tameside Council rejected Angela Rayner’s planning scheme 26–22. From the 31st October, more decisions on what gets built would be taken by UNELECTED officers, not your councillor.

We voted no and we will vote no again! If Tameside can block it, so can your council.

This is an egregious overreach of power, by this Labour government and we must stop it now!

25/10/2026

Your local Reform team were out in Stalybridge yesterday to help put up poppies for Remembrance Sunday.

Thank you to Ruth, John, Jason and Gemma for organising. Every year local businesses support this to raise money for the Royal British Legion.

📸 Correspondent

24/10/2026

🚨 Cllr Allan Hopwood, Leader of the Tameside Reform UK Group, has written an open letter to the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham ‼️

Residents across Tameside are feeling the impact of Home Office asylum contracts on local housing. Tameside saw the highest average rent increases in the country between 2019 and 2024.

Contractors such as Serco are approaching landlords with guaranteed, long-term, above-market rents, competing with local residents for homes and pushing prices up beyond wages and Local Housing Allowance rates. Ordinary family homes are also being taken out of the local market for these contracts.

The letter asks the Prime Minister to:

1. End the procurement of new asylum accommodation in Tameside (as the Home Office has already agreed with Wigan).

2. Cap what contractors may pay landlords at Local Housing Allowance rates.

If the government will not act, a Reform-led Tameside Council will use every available power, including rigorous HMO licensing, planning enforcement and inspection of every Home Office property in the borough.

This is unfair, and it has to stop NOW!

23/10/2026

‼️ FOI Request Submitted – Bus Stop EH0728, Stockport Road / Cross Street, Mossley ‼️

An FOI has been submitted to Tameside Council regarding the recent “enhancement” works at the existing bus stop on Stockport Road/Cross Street in Mossley.

The bus stop was already there. What is new is the 24-hour clearway and waiting restrictions that have taken away 5 or more parking spaces in an area where parking is already extremely limited. Residents are now facing daily hardship as a result.

The request is asking the council for full transparency on:
• Exactly how many parking spaces have been lost and the precise extent of the new clearway.
• Whether any parking occupancy survey was carried out before the decision.
• What consultation took place with local residents and businesses.
• Any Equality Impact Assessment looking at the effect on elderly, disabled residents, local shops, and households with no off-street parking.
• Whether alternative options (such as a shorter clearway or bus cage only) were considered.
• What mitigation, if any, is being offered for the lost parking.

It also asks why parking has been removed from this existing stop in Top Mossley at the same time as a stop in Bottom Mossley/Blackrock has been removed. This has left elderly and carless residents with no service and a dangerous walk.

The council has 20 working days to respond. The answers will be shared when they come in.

If this has affected you or your family, feel free to share your experience in the comments.

Tameside Reform Group

22/10/2026

‼️ THE GULLY CLEANING WARNING WAS THERE - NOW THE REPORT CONFIRMS IT ‼️

When Cllr. Audra Murray Reform Uk raised blocked gullies and flooding at Full Council, It was asked why Tameside Council was unable to complete it’s planned gully-cleaning programme, how many gullies were overdue, and when residents could expect the backlog to be cleared.

The answer was not clear enough. The new report now confirms the underlying problem. There are not enough staff and resources to keep up with the work.

Tameside has around 48,000 road gullies. The Highways Asset Management Plan requires 55,256 cleanses each year, because higher-risk routes need more frequent attention.

Yet the current service has two gully wagons and six skilled operatives. Even under ideal conditions, this provides capacity for around 39,750 cleanses a year. In reality, staff are repeatedly diverted to reactive flooding and emergency work, so planned cleanses are missed and the backlog grows.

This did not happen overnight. The service previously had more capacity, but resources were reduced over time. Residents are now seeing the consequences: blocked gullies, standing water, flooded roads and, in some cases, water threatening homes.

The Council’s own evidence says that around £370,000 of additional annual investment is needed to restore capacity to approximately 58,000 cleanses a year.

This also exposes a wider skills failure. Tameside has residents who want secure work and a route into practical careers, yet the Council says it lacks the skilled capacity to keep basic drainage maintenance on track.

We need immediate recruitment of qualified operatives, alongside a paid highways and drainage apprenticeship or traineeship route for local people. That would build a reliable local workforce, create real careers and help stop the cycle of missed cleanses and reactive flooding work.

Prevention is cheaper, safer and more responsible than waiting until a road or home floods.

The Reform Tameside Group will continue pressing for:

1. a published ward-by-ward cleansing programme
2. the number of gullies overdue and missed
3. clear timescales for clearing the backlog
4. proper funding for staff and gully wagons
5. a local skills route into these essential frontline jobs.

Residents should not have to wait for flooding before basic drainage maintenance is taken seriously.

21/10/2026

‼️ Transparency matters: Land South of Greswell Primary School ‼️

We welcome any councillor who is prepared to listen to residents and support their right to object to development proposals.

However, residents deserve the full background.

On 30 September 2026, Cllr Andrew McLaren (Deputy Leader of the Tameside Labour Party) with responsibility for Growth, Housing and Homelessness, brought the Cabinet report forward for the Homes, Spaces, Places Regulation 19 Local Plan.

That plan included the proposed allocation of Land South of Greswell Primary School for around 78 homes, alongside proposed sites at Exeter Avenue and Meadow Lane. Cabinet approved publication of the plan, including those allocations.

This is not planning permission, and residents have every right to object during the consultation. But it is important that Cllr McLaren’s role in taking this plan forward is understood.

Councillor Dan Bennett and I have been working with local residents from the outset, raising concerns about the loss of valued green space, traffic and highway safety, wildlife and the effect on the surrounding community.

This campaign belongs to residents. We will continue to support them, ensure their voices are heard and press for the proposed allocation to be removed.

If Cllr McLaren’s position has changed, residents deserve a clear explanation of when it changed, why it changed, and whether he now supports removing the Greswell allocation from the plan.

Regards,

Cllr. Audra Murray Reform Uk
Deputy Leader, Tameside Reform Group

20/10/2026

On behalf of Councillor Audra Murray Reform Uk and Councillor Dan Bennett.

They said they’d be there and we were, and they could barely get through the door. 😂

Last week, Cllr Audra Murray and Cllr Dan Bennett attended a packed meeting at the Jolly Hatters in Denton. Residents turned out in force to discuss how to submit representations against Allocations 7 and 8 in the Homes, Spaces, Places Local Plan.

A big thank you to the Jolly Hatters for hosting us, and to everyone who came along. The strength of feeling in the room was clear, many in Denton are against these proposals, and so are we.

We’ve been asked what planning grounds people can raise. Here’s a straightforward summary:

• Highway safety, additional traffic on Town Lane, which is already congested.

• Drainage and flood risk, concerns about water runoff, flooding, and recent sinkholes in the surrounding area.

• Infrastructure capacity, whether local services and roads can cope with the extra demand.

• Impact on habitats and open space, loss of regularly used green space, and the effect on wildlife, including bats. Bats don’t only roost in trees, they also forage over grassland and use hedgerows and trees as commuting routes. These issues need proper ecological assessment.

• Utilities, Cadent gas has major infrastructure in the area that must be considered before any development.
These are legitimate planning matters. A site doesn’t have to be designated Green Belt for its development to raise serious concerns about suitability. This is the Local Plan stage, exactly the right time to question whether these sites should be allocated in the first place.

If you want your views heard, please submit a representation. If you need any help drafting one, get in touch with us.

Thank you again for the fantastic turnout.

16/10/2026

REFORM UK STANDS WITH RESIDENTS TO PROTECT VALUED GREEN SPACE

Councillor Audra Murray Reform Uk and Councillor Dan Bennett are supporting residents who have raised serious concerns about the proposed development affecting the Yew Tree Estate and Auburn Road area.

Reform UK believes previously developed brownfield land should be prioritised before valued local green space and recreational land is lost. Green spaces are not simply “empty land” they matter to families, children, wellbeing, wildlife and the character of our estates.

Tameside has identified significant brownfield capacity across the borough. Residents are right to ask why valued green space should be considered before suitable brownfield opportunities have been properly explored.

We will stand with residents to make sure their voices are heard.

Residents’ meeting: Monday 19 October, 5pm at The Jolly Hatters, Town Lane.

A huge thank you to Ian and Rachel, the landlord and landlady of The Jolly Hatters, for kindly offering us a space to meet and discuss the proposals.

15/10/2026

Cllr Raymond Dunning has resigned the whip for personal reasons and is no longer a Reform UK member.

We would like to thank him for his service thus far. He continues as the Councillor for Waterloo Ward, and it is our understanding that he will continue as an independent councillor moving forward.

Regards,

Cllr Allan Hopwood
Reform UK Group Leader, TMBC
Longdendale Ward

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