Recession opens up £100 million black hole in council finances
Local authorities in England and Wales have forecast losses in revenue of up to £100 million for the last financial year. A comprehensive survey of local authorities by the Shadow Housing Mini...

Arkley: working together for North Tyneside
Newly elected Mayor of North Tyneside, Linda Arkley, has fulfilled one of her campaign promises on week one in the job. Linda has repeatedly called on the political parties to work together for th...

Callanan: Conservatives are serious challengers in the North East
North East Conservative MEP Martin Callanan says last night's European election results show that the Conservatives are mounting a serious challenge to Labour in the North East. Mr. Callanan was r...

Arkley wins North Tyneside Mayoral contest
Linda Arkley has been declared the elected Mayor of North Tyneside. Commenting, Linda said: "I am absolutely delighted with this result. This has been a fantastic day for North Tyneside and a h...

Senior Conservatives throw their weight behind efforts to save Steelmaking on Teesside
2nd June 2009 A delegation from the Conservative Party, met with the Chief Executive of Corus, Kirby Adams, to discuss the future of the threatened steel plant at Redcar at the company’s head...