VILLIERS: CHANGE OF POLICY VITAL FOR NORTH EAST
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Theresa Villiers has announced that the A1 in Northumberland will be included on a list of roads considered for funding from the national budget. Currently ...

BRISTOW: TAX THREATENS FIRMS ON TEESSIDE
The Conservatives have launched their proposals to abolish increased taxes on ports including at Teesport. Paul Bristow, Conservative candidate for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, and Lord Ba...

Clarke: 95,000 manufacturing jobs lost under Labour in the North East
New figures uncovered by the Conservative Party show that 94,857 manufacturing jobs were lost in the North East between June 1997 and November 2009. Additionally, the number of advanced manufacturing ...

WHARTON: TIME TEESSIDE MPS GOT THEIR ACT TOGETHER OVER CORUS
8th March 2010 James Wharton, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Stockton South, is calling on the Tees Valley's Labour MPs to end their confusion and self-interest which is damaging the pros...

Trevelyan: Council Magazine is an insulting use of £200,000 of taxpayers' money
Anne-Marie Trevelyan has invited local MP Sir Alan Beith to join her campaign to scrap the unwanted County Council magazine Northumberland News. Anne-Marie, the prospective Conservative MP for th...

Opperman: change the basis of power and bring it back to the people
Northumberland Conservatives are calling for more power to be given to local authorities with key decisions being taken closer to those they affect, instead of in Whitehall. At a meeting of all tw...

Wharton: Tees Valley can be UK energy hub
Following recent revelations that during the deep freeze the UK had only eight days of gas storage remaining, a leading Teesside Conservative says this area could provide the necessary skills and stor...

Bates: Clegg must suspend Stone for comments on MPs
North East based Conservative Peer, Lord Michael Bates has today called on Nick Clegg to suspend Greg Stone as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Newcastle upon Tyne East whilst his cond...

Year for Change
Conservatives in Tynemouth started the new year in campaigning mode with the unveiling of a new poster stating that this is the ‘Year for Change’. David Cameron launched the health section...

Callanan: Budget hangover
North East Conservative MEP Martin Callanan has today expressed his anger that North East pubs were once again on the wrong end of the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report (PBR), announced on Wednesday. ...