News from Labour North
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A THINNER BLUE LINE AS CAMERON AXES HUNDREDS OF THE REGION’S POLICE OFFICERS
534 Police Officer posts cut in the North East and Cumbria since General Election New official figures released today show the true extent of the cuts to the region’s police...
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Labour calls for government action to help the North's ailing town centres
LABOUR has today called for government action to help the North's ailing town centres. As statistics for 2011 show, the North's city and town centres are struggling in the...
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Tory-led government's NHS changes are the wrong prescription for the North East & Cumbria
Andy Burnham and Shadow Health Team visit as figures show a £224m cost for Cameron's plans in the region. LABOUR'S Shadow Health Team visited the North East...
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Making the energy companies offer the cheapest tariff to elderly consumers in the North East & Cumbria
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, this week has called for energy companies to be forced by law to guarantee that elderly customers over 75 years old be...
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£125m of regional funding put at risk by ministers' failure to act
Millions of pounds earmarked for the North East lie unallocated while growth has flatlined Labour is calling on the Tory-led Government to get a grip and sort out...
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REGION’S STUDENTS PUT OFF FROM APPLYING TO UNIVERSITY
Newly released figures show that more of the region’s students are continuing to shun university education after the Tory-led government’s decision to treble tuition fees. Statistics released by UCAS, the...
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YOUNG PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE - Wright
Labour has today released analysis of unemployment figures in the North East which show a 111% increase in long term youth unemployment. House of Commons Library research show that since...
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Families, pensioners and businesses in the North East know it’s hurting, and today we’ve found out it isn’t working
Hard-pressed families and pensioners, young people out of work and businesses in the North East already know that the Tory-led Government’s economic plan is hurting, but today, we’ve found out...
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Thousands more young people in the North East not in education, employment or training
New figures released today show that 4,000 additional young people in the North East are now not in education, employment or training when compared to the last quarter. Statistics from...
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Tory-led Government has failed on growth and jobs for the North East
Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, said the Tory-led Government is crushing business confidence, holding back growth and stalling job creation in the North East in a Parliamentary debate...
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Northern Rock has been a symbol of George Osborne’s poor judgement - Leslie
Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Treasury Minister, in response to the sale of Northern Rock, said: “It was right to take Northern Rock into public ownership back in 2008 to...
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ED MILIBAND CALLS FOR JOBS PLAN ON VISIT TO THE NORTH EAST
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, visited Wearside today as official statistics showed that unemployment in the North East has climbed again by...
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Labour calls for action on youth unemployment in the North East
Labour’s Shadow Business Minister and Hartlepool MP, Iain Wright is today (Wednesday 9 November) backing Labour’s call in parliament for action to tackle youth unemployment across the UK. Unemployment in...
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Growing Places Fund launch is admission scrapping RDAs was wrong
Commenting on the launch of the Growing Places Fund, Hilary Benn, Labour’s Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, said: "This announcement is a huge admission from the Tory-led government that...
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Metal theft is becoming an epidemic, and urgent action is needed from the Home Office to put a stop to these sickening and dange
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary is calling on the Home Office to take urgent action to tackle metal theft as figures show that the North East remains a...
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“The last round of the Regional Growth Fund showed that the Government prioritised publicity over delivery." - Wright
Responding the to government’s announcement of awards in Round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund, Iain Wright, Labour’s Shadow Business Minister and MP for Hartlepool said: “I welcome all investment...
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"There are more losers than winners in the North East from this Government’s growth fund." - Onwurah
Responding to the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's visit to the North East today, Chi Onwurah MP, Labour's Shadow Business Minister and MP for Newcastle Central said: “I...
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TEES VALLEY TORY 'CALLS FOR CUT TO OLD AGE PENSIONS AND THE DOLE’ – TOM BLENKINSOP MP
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, today (20th October 2011) called for a debate in the House of Commons over comments made to a national newspaper by...
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Reality of the Regional Growth Fund: 22 press releases issued. Only 2 businesses helped. None in the North East & Cumbria
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, highlighted at Prime Minister’s Questions today how the Tory-led Government’s plan for the economy is not working. The Regional Growth Fund has...
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Labour launches plan for jobs and growth in the North East
Iain Wright, Labour's Shadow Business Minister and MP for Hartlepool today (Monday 17 October) launched Labour's plan for jobs and growth in the North East. Iain Wright visiting Newcastle City...
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