An Oldham MP has voiced concerns over plans for a new police station, after it emerged the site would have no holding cells to keep suspected criminals.

Jim McMahon, who represents Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton, is demanding a ‘better outcome’ for a place where ‘so many people feel that justice has left town’.

He said: “Our borough has seen some of the most visible frontline cuts in Greater Manchester, impacting confidence in justice and policing and I am concerned that designing a downgraded police station will bake this in for decades to come, spending millions of taxpayers’ money in the process.”

Oldham Council has been working with GMP to replace the station on Barn Street, which is reportedly ‘falling apart’.

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