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Half a million North East households affected by single person council tax discount

Almost half a million North East households could see their council tax bills rise if the government scrapped the single person discount. Labour’s Deputy Prime...

Funds to help struggling North East households extended after warning of winter ‘cliff edge’

Help for North East households struggling with food and energy bills will be extended through the winter months, after councils warned that families faced...

Newcastle e-scooters to stay until 2026 as Neuron trial extended after council demands changes

Newcastle’s orange e-scooters are set to remain until 2026, after city bosses backed another extension to the trial. Newcastle City Council has signed off on...

L&G launches fund to break inequality chain in North East

Major investors in the North East have been urged to help “break the chain” of huge inequalities holding back the region. Financial services giant Legal...

Scrapping of one-word Ofsted judgements welcomed by North East Schools

The scrapping of “simplistic” one-word Ofsted grades for schools has been welcomed by North East head teachers. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson announced on Monday that...

Wildlife campaigners protest against “horrible” plans for new path through nature reserve

Wildlife campaigners have called for “horrible” plans to build a new path through a Newcastle nature reserve to be dropped. Proposals from the developers behind...

“I don’t want to wait.” North East Mayor Kim McGuinness announces ambitious plan to eradicate child poverty

The North East mayor is expected to announce new plans to combat child poverty – and insists she will not back down on a...

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness to improve Tyne and Wear Metro trains

The Tyne and Wear Metro must improve its services and release clear plans for the introduction of its desperately needed new train fleet, the...

Eccentric candidate King Teare makes his way to Westminster

An eccentric candidate who had hoped to become the nation’s “first democratically elected king” has made his way to Westminster, despite falling short in...

Campaigners issue call to bring back North East street trams decades after closure

Transport campaigners have urged the North East’s leaders to revisit dreams of installing a network of street trams across the region. There are renewed calls...

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