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MPs call for free bus passes for young people to reverse ‘decade of decline’

Bus travel should be free for everyone aged under 22 in England and local authorities should commit to minimum levels of service being provided,...
Newcastle

St James’ Stack faces legal challenge as Newcastle bars and pubs fear they are at ‘serious risk’

An alliance of more than 100 Newcastle bars and pubs has mounted a legal challenge against the Stack fanzone outside St James’ Park. Earlier this...
North East

Outrage as every university in North of England excluded from Government’s £54m talent fund

The Government has been accused of undermining the North of England, after excluding every one of its universities from a £54 million talent fund. Mayors,...
News

North East councils could be ‘big losers’ in huge Government funding reforms

Parts of the North East could be “big losers” from a Labour overhaul of how crisis-hit town halls are funded, a new report has...
Newcastle

Senior minister says Labour ‘serious’ about backing huge Newcastle regeneration project

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander was in the city on Wednesday morning to launch a new development company tasked with building up to 40,000 homes...
Newcastle

Up to 40,000 new homes on railway land

Labour’s transport secretary will be in Newcastle today (Wednesday,, 30 July) to launch a new initiative that could help kickstart a major Tyneside regeneration...
North East

£28m child poverty plan in North East

A £28.6 million action plan to cut child poverty in the North East has been unveiled. Mayor Kim McGuinness has published a new strategy aimed...
North East

Vandalism hits new Swiss-made Metro carriages

A window of one of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains was smashed this week, in the first major act of vandalism against...
North East

£450m arts and culture funding gap between London and the North revealed

A £450 million “culture chasm” between London and the North of England is adding to a “vicious cycle of regional inequality”, a new report...
Campaigns

Newcastle Leaders ‘pledged’ meeting activists demanding shutdown of Israeli-owned arms factory

Leaders in Newcastle have pledged to meet activists demanding a shutdown of an Israeli-owned arms factory in Newcastle, as city politicians called for an...
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