Email: Email: hello@gatesheadlibdems.org.uk
Sophia Beadle, 21 works in the arts. She says: ‘When I was growing up in Low Fell I was able to go to theatre and dance classes and they changed my life. The Lib Dems plans for a new Youth Service are about giving opportunities like this to every young person and not only those whose parents can afford it. It’s one way of making life a little less unfair and a lot more enjoyable for people growing up in Gateshead. Working on this would be my top priority if I am elected.
Email: hello@gatesheadlibdems.org.uk
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.
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.
Liberal Democrat Councillor for Low Fell, Ron Beadle, has been re-elected as Leader of the party and Opposition on Gateshead Council.
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.
A council leader has said he should have been "more clear" about checks to a flyover shut on safety grounds.
Gateshead Council agreed budget plans on Thursday that include a council tax rise and spending £11 million of its reserves, but says that frontline service cuts have been avoided
