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Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

The first set of tolls began in Newcastle on January 30, 2023.

Clean Air Zone: £1 million has been spent on vehicle upgrades

Social spaces to get additional government funding as part of £70 million youth centre plans from Government (Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Social spaces to get additional government funding as part of £70 million plans

Local elections take place on Thursday, May 4

How to vote without ID in local elections using emergency proxy vote

South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck hosts Great North Run event in Parliament

South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck hosts Great North Run event in Parliament

Town Hall Rich List shows the top earners at Newcastle City Council

Kim McGuinness, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, took to social media as the decision came on Friday.

Northumbria PCC criticises plans to crackdown on anti-social behaviour

Newcastle City Council secures £4.14million for home improvements

North East Devolution Consultation in February at The Word, South Shields.

Consultation for North East devolution deal reaches final stages

Chancellor set to extend fuel duty cut beyond March

Council tax is rising across the North East

Chi Onwurah has celebrated the Strawberry Place development news today (Image: Getty Images)

Triumphant MP lauds Newcastle United re-purchase of Strawberry Place

Plans for a £120m transformation of Strawberry Place, next to St James’ Park.

Huge Strawberry Place development U-turn as £3 million funding shelved

North East mayor and devolution: What is the new title, why was it made and who has put their name forward?

All you need to know about the new North East mayor role

Government ‘will miss EV charger target by 20 years’, Labour says

Newcastle MP Chi Onwruah has been headstrong in confronting the club’s new links with Saudi Arabia (Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle MP takes aim at Saudi Arabia ahead of Magpies’ visit

MP Chi Onwurah is an advocate for Newcastle United (Image: Chi Onwruah / Getty Images)

Newcastle MP gives candid reflection on Newcastle United takeover

Kwasi Kwarteng has scrapped the top rate of income tax (Photo: PA)

The results of Kwasi Kwarteng’s first Autumn Mini-Budget.

Queen Elizabeth II and Newcastle United in 1995 (Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle MP pays brilliant tribute to Queen with heartfelt NUFC joke

Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks at her first Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Photo credit UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor /PA Wire

Energy Bill Plan: what help was announced by Prime Minister Liz Truss

Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend her first Prime Minister's Questions

How much expected Liz Truss bill freeze will save North East

MP Nick Brown is under investigation (Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle MP has Labour party membership suspended after complaint

Anne-Marie Trevelyan has a place in Lizz Truss’ cabinet (Image: Getty Images)

North East global warming naysayer MP lands place in new cabinet

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 05: New Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Liz Truss leaves Conservative Party Headquarters on September 5, 2022 in London, England. The Conservative Party have elected Liz Truss as their new leader replacing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who resigned in July. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Geordies react to Liz Truss becoming Prime Minister

Lizz Truss has been elected Prime Minister

NE1 chief exec issues strong warning to Prime Minister Lizz Truss

Members of Surfers Against Sewage hold a “toilet protest” August 8, 2001

How did my Tyneside MP vote on raw sewage in rivers and the sea?

Rishi Sunak in Darlington on Tuesday night (Image: Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak says North East won’t judge him ‘by bank account’

The Utilita Arena is ready to welcome the event

Utilita Arena keen to host Eurovision 2023 if event comes to Newcastle

The Prime Minister has the support of Northumberland MP Guy Opperman.

Mixed response to Hexham MP’s minister resignation

Cat McKinnell in parliament

Newcastle MP demands Government appoint Independent Ethics Adviser

Miliband shared his love for Fender

Ed Miliband comes out as Sam Fender fanboy after Glaston dash

Geordies have their say on the Tyne Bridge

Geordies ‘overjoyed’ at news that ‘tatty’ Tyne Bridge will be restored

Here’s how your nearest Tory MP voted

How Tory MPs in Northumberland and Durham voted on Boris Johnson

Labour MP Chi Onwurah (Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle MP tells story of Newcastle childhood of poverty and racism

The North Tyneside Local Elections 2022 count gets underway at the Park Leisure Centre in North Shields. Photo: James Robinson.

Newcastle local election 2022: who won council elections in my area?

Newcastle Local Elections 2022

‘Very tight’: Ouseburn Lib Dem only Newcastle candidate to gain seat

Counting is underway in the Newcastle local elections

Minute-by-minute: How Newcastle voted at the local elections 2022

Polling stations will be open all day and into the night

Newcastle local election candidates 2022: who is standing?

Residents across Tyneside will be heading to the polls today

Newcastle local elections 2022: how to vote and deadline to register

A whistle blower claimed the North Tyneside Conservatives abused furlough

Deafening Tory silence on fraud accusations ahead of local elections

Election day is 5 May (Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire).

Newcastle local council election 2022 result details

Your vote will may well make a difference to the outcome, and so will your transfers, a factor not appreciated by many voters

Newcastle local elections 2022 - everything you need to cast your vote

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