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Has a politician ever shown as great an understanding of the issues facing young people as Jeremy Corbyn does when he says that young people "deserve a break"? Labour’s policy of free bus travel for under 25s would give our generation…
Ever since we joined the European Union, the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been a contentious issue for British ministers heading to Brussels. We’ve all read the articles about overfishing, discards and quotas. We’ve all seen our…
You may have seen the news reports over the Christmas break of the devastating car park fire in the centre of Liverpool at our arena and conference centre. A single vehicle triggered what even fire and building experts have described as a…
Labour lost a north-east council seat to the Lib Dems on a night of two by-elections. Jeremy Corbyn's party saw the deprived Pallion ward in Sunderland go to the Lib Dems after huge swings in vote share. Labour's vote dropped by around 16…
Yorkshire and Humber MPs have banded together with the shadow transport secretary to demand action from the Tories on the shameful rail upgrade betrayal. Andy McDonald has coordinated a letter to the transport secretary Chris Grayling…
A Labour MP has criticised Theresa May for a "snub" to the people of Teesside after arranging a visit today without listening to the community over the impact of the crisis in the steel industry. Anna Turley also accused May of ignoring…
Tony Blair is to close his sports foundation, one of three charities he set up after leaving office, saying that it has "reached the end of its natural life" after a decade. The foundation was created to increase the number of coaches…
Since the end of the second world war many people have seen the period between the two conflicts as one of unmitigated economic failure, marked by mass unemployment and hunger marches, including the famous Jarrow March of 1936. For the…
Len McCluskey will tomorrow tell Theresa May to "go, and go now" when he addresses tens of thousands of people at the iconic Durham miners' gala tomorrow. The Unite general secretary will demand ministers put "people before profit" when he…
Labour has held two council seats including one in the north east heartland borough where it suffered a shock defeat last year. Jeremy Corbyn's party retained wards in Enfield in by-elections in London and in Stockton. It was in the latter…
Labour has narrowly lost the metro mayor contest in the Tees Valley. Tory candidate Ben Houchen pulled off a narrow victory on second preferences in the Labour heartland area. The leader of the Tory group on Stockton borough councillor won…
A Unite activist and Labour councillor has won the race for a prized north-east seat as the party continues to announce a new wave of candidates. Laura Pidcock won the selection for North West Durham after Pat Glass, a former shadow…
