Gateshead
New CCTV for Durham Road
Durham Road will be getting two new CCTV cameras from Northumbria Police.
1 Sep 2025
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Gateshead
Lib Dems - the real alternative to Labour in Gateshead
Lib Dem Focus Team - Working hard all year round!
1 Aug 2025
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
National Focus
A Liberal councillor who made LGBT+ history
Sam Green was the first openly gay politician ever elected in the UK – and possibly the world.
ED
by Ed Davey
19 Nov 2025
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
Trans Awareness Week
November 13−19 2025 marks Trans Awareness Week. It is a time to listen to and act on the voices of transgender and non-binary people, celebrate their contributions and resilience, and recognise the barriers they continue to face.
13 Nov 2025
Federal Party News
Josh Babarinde elected as the new President of the Liberal Democrats
Members have elected Josh Babarinde, MP for Eastbourne, as the new President of the Liberal Democrats.
12 Nov 2025
