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The scheme is set to cost more than replacing the current Metro fleet with new trains (see above).

Urgent talks needed on Metro £500m black hole with deadline set

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Ken Livingstone suffering from Alzheimer’s, family announces

Liz Truss has been claiming from fund for ex-prime ministers despite only 49 days in office (Getty Images)

Liz Truss claims from fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

The Labour Party has confirmed that Alan Haworth died on holiday in Iceland on Monday morning - Credit: Gov/Wiki

Labour politician Lord Alan Haworth dead at 75

Keir Mather. Credit: Getty

Johnny Mercer launches attack on Keir Mather - what was said

Sir Keir Starmer heckled on stage by green protesters who demand ‘no more U-turns’ from Labour leader

Watch: Sir Keir Starmer heckled on stage by green protesters

Teachers promised £2,400 bonus by Labour to cap ‘mass resignations’

Labour plan to offer teachers £2,400 bonus to cap mass resignations

This weekend is the Great Get Together celebrating Jo's ‘More in Common’ values, seven years after her murder.

Husband of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox to remarry

Glenda Jackson has died aged 87 (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)

Tributes paid to actress and MP Glenda Jackson who died aged 87

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

Swansea West MP Geraint Davies was suspended over inappropriate behavious allegations. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Female MP says she was warned to “watch out” for Geraint Davies

Local elections 2023: Where are they taking place in May 2023 and why isn’t my council having them?

Where are local elections taking place & is my council holding them?

Labour MP Diane Abbott attends a Stand Up to Racism rally outside Downing Street. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty

Diane Abbott has Labour whip withdrawn after “deeply offensive” letter

The next general election is set to take place towards the end of 2024

Autumn 2024 outlined for next UK general election

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer publishes tax details

Former PM Boris Johnson leaving his home for the Commons Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson Privileges Committee: what we learnt from hearing

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Watch live as Boris Johnson faces MPs at Privileges Committee

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. Credit: PA

Boris Johnson’s Partygate hearing - Who is on the Privileges Committee

Mobile phone ‘Armageddon alert’ date set: UK primed for new public warning system siren test

‘Armageddon alert’: UK primed for mobile phone public warning siren

Eddie Izzard changes name to fulfil a dream she’s had for over 50 years - find out what to

Eddie Izzard changes name to fulfil lifelong dream

Rishi Sunak talks to local business leaders during a visit to a Coca-Cola factory in Lisburn, Northern Ireland yesterday (Picture: Liam McBurney/WPA pool/Getty Images)

New figures show 54% of people in the UK would vote to remain in EU

Tearful Nadine Dorries confirms she’s standing down as MP amid Boris Johnson tirade - watch

Nadine Dorries quits as MP in tearful tirade - watch

Former Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O'Mara

Former MP Jared O’Mara guilty of expenses fraud to fund cocaine habit

Rod Stewart tells Sky News phone-in Tories should ‘give Labour a go’

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

Keir Starmer said he would raather sit next to Piers Morgan over Jeremy Corbyn at an Arsenal game.

Keir Starmer reveals who he would sit next to at an Arsenal game

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged health leaders at an emergency meeting to take "bold and radical" action to alleviate the winter crisis in the NHS. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

How to watch Prime Minister’s Questions live

Matthew Macfadyen plays John Stonehouse in the series (Photo: ITV)

How to watch ITV drama Stonehouse and full cast including Keeley Hawes

Keir Starmer will set out Labour's new vision for the constitutional future of the UK today.

Keir Starmer looks to abolish House of Lords in ‘transfer of power’

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer defends ‘responsible journalism’

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has pledged to ‘free the BBC’ and oppose the privatisation of Channel 4 should he become Prime Minister. Credit: Getty Images

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer defends ‘responsible journalism’

'Some people have been quick to say that politicians are all the same, but Keir Starmer is proving them wrong. He is a man of integrity and honesty.' Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Labour lead: latest polling would equate to 346 seat majority

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

Chi Onwurah energy bills

Shock figure Geordie homes could save with an energy price cap freeze

The whistleblower claims furlough money was abused (Image: Getty Images)

Whistleblower claims North Tyneside Conservatives abused furlough

Daniella was told she would be able to collect her passport on the bank holiday after the wedding, but was called in the morning and told they would actually be closed.

Newly wed heartbreak after missing honeymoon due to late passport

Free parking axe plans scaled back for Newcastle city centre

Miliband shared his love for Fender

Ed Miliband comes out as Sam Fender fanboy after Glaston dash

Labour MP Chi Onwurah (Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle MP tells story of Newcastle childhood of poverty and racism

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

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

Joyce McCarty, deputy council leader at Newcastle City Council. Newcastle City Council are cutting their paypoints and people will now have to pay online or in shops.

Labour accused of trying to ‘trick’ voters into backing councillor

North Tyneside Conservatives have been accused of furlough abuse (Image: Getty Images)

Tory wall of silence amid North Tyneside furlough abuse revelations

Chi Onwurah, here pictured in 2016, has called for a public inquiry (Image: Getty Images)

‘Women key to supercharge economy’: Newcastle MP on local talent

The National Minimum Wage will rise from April adding an extra 82p to hourly pay (Getty Images)

The National Minimum Wage is changing from April 1 - how it will impact you

Pornography websites will be legally required to verify users are 18 or over (Photo: Adobe)

Porn sites must legally verify users’ age under new robust checks

Time to find a job cut from three months to four weeks under Universal Credit ch...

New restrictions ‘unlikely’ to cancel Christmas despite Omicron surge

Emma Lewell-Buck MP

South Shields MP to vote AGAINST new ‘dictatorship’ Covid measures

Boris Johnson is fighting fires on multiple fronts today as more Downing Street party allegations have emerged (image: Getty Images)

Downing Street spin doctor ‘gave speech and handed out joke awards at illicit ba...

PM apologises for Downing Street video - but insists there was no Christmas part...

Boris Johnson bows to pressure and backs ban on some second jobs for MPs

Two new guest hosts will join Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain (Credit: Good Morning Britain)

Good Morning Britain reveals two new guest hosts will be joining hit ITV show

Surfers Against Sewage campaigners want steps taken to prevent sewage polluting Scarborough's coastline

Raw sewage ruckus gathering momentum - here’s how Newcastle MPs voted