Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and English Devolution)

Jim McMahon OBE MP

Biography

Jim McMahon was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 6 July 2024. He has been the MP for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (and its predecessor Oldham West and Royton) since December 2015.

Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and English Devolution)

• Strategic oversight of English local and regional government structures
• Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions)
• Local government policy (including the Office for Local Government, stewardship, local audit, and governance reform)
• Mayoral Combined Authorities and pan-regional bodies
• Planning casework

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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• Woking Borough Council: Ministerial response to Commissioners’ third report
  • 20 November 2024
  • Correspondence
• Slough Borough Council: Ministerial response to Commissioners’ fifth report and update letter
  • 22 October 2024
  • Correspondence
• Birmingham City Council: Ministerial response to the Commissioners’ first report
  • 22 October 2024
  • Correspondence
• Oflog: review of long-term role, and short-term remit
  • 10 September 2024
  • Correspondence
• Liverpool City Council: Letter to Council Leader (5 August 2024)
  • 09 August 2024
  • Correspondence
• Significant measures to tackle worsening backlog in local audit
  • 31 July 2024
  • Press release
• Chancellor vows 'big bang on growth' to boost investment and savings
  • 20 July 2024
  • Press release

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