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Shakuntala Beadle is a child psychotherapeutic counsellor who works with children and young people across Tyneside. She says: ‘Children’s mental health is my passion and if I am elected I would work to encourage Gateshead schools to employ mental health professionals. This was in both the Labour and Liberal Democrat’s general election manifestos but the Government have not yet provided the necessary funding. I would also push the Council to train everyone who works in schools about children’s mental health.
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
