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COUNCIL REFUSES TO ALLOW QUESTION ON SECRET PAY OFF
A parish councillor was prevented from asking about the pay-off awarded to the former chief executive of Newcastle City Council at meeting of the full council last night. The council applied new ...

WESTERHOPE COUNCILLOR CHALLENGED TO A PUBLIC DEBATE
A prospective Conservative councillor has challenged his Lib Dem opponent to a public debate. Jason Smith, who is the Conservative spokesman for Westerhope Ward, made the call in the council chamber d...

RESIDENTS DEFEAT LIB DEM PLANS TO BUILD HOUSES ON PARKWAY SITE
Residents of Chapel House and Chapel Park learned of the Lib Dem plans to build 80 council houses on the Parkway site in the Evening Chronicle on 15 December. These plans completely ignored the result...

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IGNORE VIEWS OF RESIDENTS
Liberal Democrats have lost the confidence of people living near the former Parkway Special School site, say Local Conservatives. Angry residents demanded answers at a packed ward committee and a c...

LIB DEMS HAVE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE RESIGNS
Greg Stone was forced to resign today as the Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Newcastle East after the offensive comments he made. Dominic Llewellyn, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Newc...

SLASH CAR PARKING CHARGES TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESS
Local Conservatives have this week called for Newcastle City Council to suspend car parking charges in the city at weekends to support local businesses to compete with other shopping outlets such as t...

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS PUT NORTH JOBS AT RISK
British Liberal Democrat MEPs would rather see jobs lost in key British industries, including steel and aluminium, than take a pragmatic approach to climate change challenges a leading Conservative ME...