North East MP Chi Onwurah has slammed the government’s £1 billion deal with the DUP, citing the lack of investment in the Northern Powerhouse Project. Ms Onwurah the MP for Newcastle Central highlighted the lack of investment in the North East in light of the much-publicized investment in the Democratic Unionist Party […]
A Tyne & Wear MP is fighting for a lucrative government shipbuilding contract in his constituency. When the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, first gave his statement on the National Shipbuilding Strategy on 6 September, Stephen Hepburn, the Labour MP for Jarrow was quick to see the opportunity […]
A local MP has spoken out regarding the changes to state pension age for women, calling it “a disgrace” in the case of one of her constituents. Mary Glindon, MP for North Tyneside, spoke in a Parliament debate regarding the changes for state pension for women, which affects 5,000 of her constituents. […]
A Local MP has called for more family doctors for the Sunderland area. Labour MP, Bridget Phillipson, raised concerns over the decline of family doctors in Sunderland after numbers had “plummeted” over recent years. Phillipson claimed that Sunderland has the “greatest need to recruit and retain general practitioners.” During a […]
Labour’s Chief Whip called on the government to set out a clear plan to increase safety in high-rise tower blocks in Newcastle. The Grenfell Tower Disaster claimed the lives of 80 people with another 70 injured; a lack of sprinklers, safety regulations and highly flammable plastic cladding helped the fire spread. Speaking […]
Sunderland MP Julie Elliott has called for more Government money in order to remove dangerous cladding from the tower blocks. Mrs Elliott discovered that five tower blocks in her constituency were found to have dangerous cladding and they were all removed in less than 24 hours. “I praise the housing authority, the local authority […]
Theresa May has announced she will form a Government that will “provide certainty”, despite having no majority. The Conservative leader, who was facing calls from Labour and the Liberal Democrats to step down, has pledged to form a Government with support from the Democratic Unionist Party. Britain currently has a hung […]
Britain has a hung parliament, with no party able to reach the 326 MP’s needed to achieve an absolute majority in the House of Commons. Prime Minister, Theresa May, called a snap election in the hopes of increasing the Conservative party’s majority and strengthening their position for Brexit negotiations. However, as the […]
It came with no great shock that the Labour party held all three Sunderland seats. The city has been a Labour stronghold for numerous years and there was very little chance of that changing in the 2017 election. Bridget Phillipson, Julie Elliot and Sharon Hodgson all held their respective seats […]
LAST night’s unprecedented Labour party electoral battle – which began in the North East under the slogan ‘For the many, not the few’ – held a little-remembered historic resonance for Sunderland. For many may not realise that the socialist movement which has led to Jeremy Corbyn’s modern leadership started with North East electoral rebellion in the name of ‘the many, […]