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1 Aug 2025
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Gateshead
Labour demolishes greenbelt
After years of battles in Gateshead Council, the bulldozers have been sent into the fields to the south of Whickham Highway. Labour’s housing plans for 570 houses on former greenbelt are taking shape.
1 Jul 2025
Gateshead
Gateshead Lib Dems call for Winter Fuel Payments to be backdated for local pensioners
Under the Government’s plans, all pensioners earning £35,000 a year or less will now have their Winter Fuel Payments reinstated this winter. However, those who are now eligible but lost out last winter won’t be reimbursed under the Government’s plans.
JW
19 Jun 2025
Gateshead
It shouldn't be like this! Croft Estate
Too many properties on the Croft Estate are boarded up. Residents suffer from graffiti. Homes are left empty for too long at a time of a housing shortage. Fire damaged properties stand dangerously. It shouldn’t be like this!
JW
2 Jun 2025
Gateshead
Lib Dems call for experts to assess the risks!
Local residents have raised concerns with your local Lib Dem Focus Team about the proximity to each other of the Flogas site, the lithium ion battery farm and KMK Pallets on Newburn Bridge Road.
JW
1 Jun 2025
Gateshead
Thumbs up for housing proposals in Birtley
Plans to build 276 houses on a derelict and empty site in Birtley have been welcomed by one of the town’s Liberal Democrat councillors.
12 May 2025
In Other News...
Gateshead
Anger over exclusion of press and public over Losses at Regent Funeral Services!`
Questions raised over £1m loss in Gateshead Council-ran funeral service.
3 Mar 2025
Gateshead
Flyover checks were 'almost weekly' - leader
A council leader has said he should have been "more clear" about checks to a flyover shut on safety grounds.
28 Feb 2025
Gateshead
Gateshead Council's opposition Lib Dems have posed further questions over historic inspections of the closed flyover
Gateshead Council leader defends 'proper stewardship' of A167 flyover.
27 Jan 2025
Gateshead
Lib Dems question inspections of flyover
Gateshead Lib Dems question inspections of flyover
27 Jan 2025
Gateshead
Keir Starmer refuses to commit to Tyne Bridge's final £6m of restoration funding
The Prime Minister blamed his Conservative predecessors for leaving 'unforgivable' gaps in transport spending plans which have threatened the Tyne Bridge repairs project.
21 Jan 2025
Gateshead
Government making no promises on Gateshead Flyover as minister visits a month after closure
Labour roads minister Lilian Greenwood saw the closed A167 flyover on Thursday, but big questions remain about the crumbling structure's future
17 Jan 2025