Gateshead
Save Winter Fuel Payments
The new Labour Government is failing older people across the country, with their cuts to the Winter Fuel Payments.
JW
28 Sep 2024
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Gateshead Focus
Gateshead
Birtley Students Want a Fair Deal
Students agree; if we do not stand up for what we believe in, a democracy doesn't progress!
JS
22 Sep 2024
Gateshead
Council motion on winter fuel allowance
Council motion on winter fuel allowance
22 Sep 2024
Gateshead
Tim Farron MP, endorses Gateshead campaign and gives message to Gateshead
MP Tim Farron met Lib Dem campaigners battling Labour to win the Bridges by-election in Gateshead. Tim gave an impromptu speech covering how Labour had won the general election by default but there was no great enthusiasm for Starmer.
9 Sep 2024
Gateshead
Tim Farron MP endorses Jonathan Aibi for Bridges Councillor
Tim Farron MP, visited Gateshead to support and endorse Jonathan Aibi in his Bridges Ward campaign.
JA
8 Sep 2024
Gateshead
Take children out of poverty
Jonathan Aibi said “The child benefit cap means families don't get financial support for more than two children. It is unfair and cruel.
4 Sep 2024
National Focus
Home Affairs
Improving Access To Justice
Years of Conservative cuts have hollowed out the legal aid system, leaving millions without access to timely legal advice. Our new policy will legal aid a guaranteed right, ensure no one is left without help.
BM
by Ben Maguire
22 Sep 2025
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Housing
Ending Fleecehold and the Great Property Rip-Off
Millions of people are still trapped in England’s broken leasehold system. Our plan will end the leasehold rip-off, strengthen building safety, and give residents the control, fairness, and dignity they deserve in their own homes.
GA
22 Sep 2025
International Affairs
Protecting the Rights of Hong Kongers
Hong Kongers living in the UK, and across the world, face an increasingly robust and alarming campaign of transnational repression from Beijing. Our new policy will protect pro-democracy activists and ensure this intimidation has no place in the UK.
LT
22 Sep 2025