News from Labour North

• LABOUR WELCOMES “FANTASTIC NEWS” OF A LIKELY DEAL BETWEEN SSI AND CORUS

  

  Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland today welcomed the news that SSI has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Teesside Cast Products. Tom said: “This is...

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• “Under this government, London and Whitehall now seem very far away from this region.” – McKinnell

  

  Responding to today’s announcement by Eric Pickles, Communities Secretary, that he is scrapping Government Offices for the North East, Catherine McKinnell, Labour MP for Newcastle North said; “Under...

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• EMBARRASSMENT FOR GOVERNMENT AS TORY COUNCILLORS CONDEMN VAT RISE

  There is embarrassment for the Tory/Lib Dem Government today after Conservative councillors in Hartlepool joined with Labour members to condemn the planned VAT rise. Two Tory Councillors, including the...

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• The ConDem government risk reversing Labour’s cuts in crime rates

  

  Labour has today welcomed the publication of annual Home Office statistics showing a large drop in recorded crime in the North East. According the Home Office, compared with last year,...

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• Labour hits out at £6.1m of ConDem policing cuts for the North East

  Labour MPs in the region have today hit out at Tory/Lib Dem Coalition budget proposals that will cut £6.1m from the police grant to North East forces. A vote in...

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• LABOUR STEPS UP PRESSURE ON LIB DEMS OVER VAT RISE

  

  Labour has today stepped up the pressure on the region’s Liberal Democrat MPs over the coalitions plans to increase VAT to 20%. The highly regressive measure, which will hit the...

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• Government wrong on healthy school meals

  

  Two North East MPs have accused the Government of getting it wrong on school food after a week which saw Health Secretary Andrew Lansley launch a war of words with...

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• "A dark day for Teesside" which could hamper attempts to find a steel plant buyer

  Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, today expressed what he called his 'raw anger' at news that the government were to go ahead with abolishing England's nine...

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• COALITION BREAK PROMISE AS DETAILS OF CUTS TO REGIONAL SUPPORT ARE ANNOUNCED.

  POWERS MOVED AWAY FROM REGION BACK TO LONDON Labour in the North has today condemned the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition’s announcement of cuts to support for the North East and...

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• Tory Lib Dem Budget will hit North families

  The Region’s MP have today condemned the Tory-Lib Dem Coalition Budget which will hit working families across the North East and Cumbria. Roberta Blackman Woods Labour’s MP for City of...

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• AXE FOR NEW HOSPITAL IS “CRUEL AND UNNECESSARY” –BURNHAM

  Local people across the Tees Valley and South Durham have reacted with anger at the decision of the Tory Lib Dem coalition government to cancel a £450m plan to build...

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• SCRAPPING FUTURE JOBS FUND BAD FOR NORTH EAST - GOODMAN

  

  Helen Goodman MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions has today urged the Tory – Lib Dem government not to cut support for jobs and the economy, as figures...

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• “CAMERON DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE NORTH EAST.” - BLENKINSOP

  

  Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop today denounced David Cameron's speech in which he said 'everyone was in the same boat' as a speech from 'someone who...

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• Gordon Brown - Fighting for your future

  

  CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader, speaking today at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland to launch Labour's culture and creative industries manifesto, said:...

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• LABOUR TAKES CAMPAIGN AGAINST CAMERON’S CUTS TO THE STREETS OF THE NORTH EAST

  

  Labour today took the campaign against David Cameron’s regional cuts to the streets of the North East. Five David Cameron’s descended on North Shields Town Centre to highlight the...

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• LABOUR CHALLENGE THE TORIES OVER SUPPORT FOR TEESSIDE

  Labour have today challenged the Tories over the future of a £60m funding package for Teesside over fears it could be axed under a Conservative government. The Labour Government announced...

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• Cameron's admission on North East cuts has derailed the Tories campaign in the region.

  Labour has today stepped up its attack on the admission by Tory leader David Cameron that the Conservative government would target the North East for public spending cuts. During...

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• DAVID CAMERON’S CUTS WOULD CRUSH OUR CHANCES OF SECURING A DECENT ECONOMIC RECOVERY - NICK BROWN

  Responding to tonight's David Cameron’s interview with the BBC's Jeremy Paxman, where he targets the North East for public sector cuts, Nick Brown, Labour’s Minister for the North East said;...

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• TOO SOON TO CUT JOBS HELP IN THE NORTH- YVETTE COOPER

  LABOUR TODAY SET out new plans for a job guarantee for the long term unemployed in the North and vowed to continue support for jobs and the economy until the...

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• LABOUR LAUNCHES MANIFESTO FOR THE NORTH EAST

  

  Labour has launched our manifesto for the North East by highlighting plans to secure the region’s economic recovery and the risk posed by the Conservatives. Labour’s General Election Manifesto...

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