Labour must now make it their top priority to make the Crown Works Studio development gets off the ground after Cain International pulled out.
Over 11,000 people in Sunderland are at risk of losing vital Personal Independence Payment support, but none of the city's MPs have signed up to a rebel amendment seeking to block the Government's changes to disability benefits.
People won’t see real improvements in vital services under this Labour government.
Lib Dem councillors say approval for a battery energy storage facility next to 2 scheduled ancient monuments in Sunderland is the wrong decision – and hope it isn’t one the Council regrets.
The Winter Fuel U-turn is better late than never – but it is clearly just a desperate and self-interested move to try and stop Labour losing support to opposition parties in the opinion polls and at the ballot box.
Lib Dem councillors are urging the Government to ban bonuses from being awarded to Northumbrian Water bosses after tonnes of sewage was dumped and after the death and illness of dogs being walked in an area under investigation for sewage leaks.
