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People in Sunderland will feel betrayed by austerity budget
Local Lib Dems have slammed a return to Labour austerity as the Chancellor unveils her Budget
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Sunderland's Labour Council Leader urged to refuse any more freebies as ‘shameful’ perks list published
The Labour leader of Sunderland City Council is being asked to ‘do the decent thing’ and stop taking freebies and donations after it was revealed that he took a donation of 2 SAFC season tickets, as…
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Sunderland's Labour MPs have ‘shamefully failed local people’ on Winter Fuel Payment vote
Wearside Lib Dems have slammed Sunderland Labour MPs for voting to scrap Winter Fuel Payments for tens of thousands of pensioners in the city.
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Lib Dems lodge Parliamentary bid to protect 46,000 pensioners in Sunderland from Winter Fuel Payment cut
Liberal Democrats are attempting to block the Government’s cut to Winter Fuel Payments for local pensioners after it was revealed around 46,000 pensioners in Sunderland will miss out.
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No hope on Leamside Line re-opening and fears for huge Council Tax rises after Chancellor’s statement
People deserve better than a new age of Labour austerity, say city Lib Dems.
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Demand for emergency Sunderland Council meeting as disabled kids respite breaks plan delayed
Lib Dem councillors are calling for an emergency Sunderland Council meeting to be called to get to the bottom of why plans for a new venue for Council-run short respite breaks for disabled children…
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New Sunderland Council leader “running scared” after silencing opposition councillors at key council meetings
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors have slammed the new Leader of Sunderland Council for refusing to answer questions in public on his decision-making by silencing democratically elected…
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Councillor defection: people deserve better than Sunderland Labour bickering and backstabbing
Local people suffering from rising Council Tax bills and slashed services deserve better than months of this Sunderland Labour bickering and backstabbing.
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Childcare desert: Sunderland sees 875 childcare places lost since 2019
There has been a 875 fall in the number of childcare places in Sunderland since 2019, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
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People of Sunderland deserve better than a lame duck Sunderland Labour leader
The Labour politburo has imposed on Sunderland residents a lame duck leader who doesn't have the support of his own councillors.
