@dsnorthnorth FYI - Might have been different if #RishiSunak's consituency was #Berwick but what did your predecessor @annietrev #AnneMarieTrevelyan know, given she was Minister of Transport in the infamous short-lived #Truss 2022 abomination?
Leaked docs show that DfT staff were ordered to stop working on dualling the A1 through Nthumberland in 2021.
Despite Tory posturing at NCC and in Ldn, the funding was withdrawn 4 years ago.
My focus remains on getting sensible safety improvements from Morpeth to Berwick.
🧵I recently became a trustee of my local theatre, we’re getting a new one! Whoop! It’s a massive investment for the town. We need it, because like most towns, retail is no longer the big draw. But oh boy! The negativity is driving me to distraction!
While victims of systemic failures like the Horizon scandal wait decades for justice, the Govt seems to be bending over backwards for the wealth defence lobby. Extending tax breaks for nondoms is a slap in the face to hardworking ppl who play by the rules https://t.co/lkaIZSXkub
'If you are a Labour Party member, a trade unionist...I suggest you take a moment today to read the bill, and take stock. This is what it means to have a Labour government.'
Our former editor @MarkFergusonMP unpacks the Make Work Pay reforms ✍️
https://t.co/UvIwaue7fy
I was pleased to add my name to this letter from Labour parliamentary colleagues, to the CEOs of the Big Six Energy Companies. It’s time - and there is headroom - for the energy giants to do more to reduce energy bills for customers.
I and a couple of my new team spent the afternoon today in HMP Northumberland on a routine visit. We met both staff and inmates, and got a sense of the challenges and opportunities that the prison has as a critical part of the criminal justice system in the North East.
⏱️🏃♀️🚶 You can still register for our global 10k taking place this Saturday.
And if you're coming to Bhaltos, you can order a t-shirt and pick it up on the day.
Register at https://t.co/zePdCeyrfC
If you missed this and live in the northeast please come and hear @aa51_ansari speak on #Iran in beautiful #berwickontweed 4.30pm on Friday 11 October. In fact come and make a weekend of it at the brilliant https://t.co/5HeYB5QJyu @BerwickLitFest
"The most popular policy choice amongst British working-class voters of those we polled was to provide more affordable non-degree pathways."
✍️ @claire_ainsley of @ppi on why Labour needs to be the champion for non-graduates too:
https://t.co/R8SWgZqnaQ
There are no more places at my upcoming surgeries in Alnwick and Berwick. However, we will be holding future surgeries across the constituency.
If you need urgent support please email me at [email protected].
Michelle and I think that Julie Mehretu’s art installation, titled “Uprising of the Sun,” will be one of the most important aspects of the Obama Presidential Center and an iconic contribution to the South Side and the city of Chicago. We can’t wait for you to see it.
When your local library or sports centre shuts down, the last bus routes are cancelled & social work can no longer protect the vulnerable, remember that the Tories were shovelling billions into their mates' hastily-contrived Covid contracts.
More details of upcoming Benefit Check Surgeries that my team are working with @NorthumbrianCAB on to help residents access benefits which they are entitled to.
The Curfew is recruiting. We're looking for bar staff, with prev experience. If you're interested, pop in & see us, or leave yr CV behind the bar and we'll be in touch. It's a great place to work, top-rated by everyone from CAMRA to Trip Adviser, & a Guardian UK Top 10 Micropub.