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Minister to take up our roads challenge

Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman has agreed to visit the North-East to see for himself the problems on the region's roads. Read

£1.34 a head is all we get for our roads

The Government was accused of trying to "paper over the cracks" of the North-East's congestion problems yesterday - after figures revealed they are spending just £1.34 for each person in Tyne and Wear on new roads this year. Read

Ministers to be questioned over failure to respond

Transport ministers are to be questioned over their failure to take up an invitation to the North-East to witness first-hand the region's infrastructure problems. Read

Invitation to visit problem roads repeated

Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman was last night urged to take up an invitation to visit the North after his department's deadline for replying to the letter passed without response. Read

Darling backs use of Article 14 orders

Transport Secretary Alistair Darling today defends controversial Article 14 orders being used to hold up development in the North-East. Read

Fair play demand over road spending

The North last night demanded equal treatment from the Government after Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman announced a multi-million pound investment in roads in the South. Read

Sharing your car can ease the jams

Workers will be urged to change the way they commute to help North roads support new business developments. Read

Roads chiefs lift jobs block

Plans to revive the site of a North factory which shifted its work overseas were finally approved yesterday after road chiefs withdrew a block on the development. Read

MP urges Darling to halt jobs block

Transport Secretary Alistair Darling has been asked by a North MP to step in to stop road bosses damaging job creation in the North. Read

See what the fuss is all about

The leading figures behind the Go For Jobs campaign today invite Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman to the North-East to see for himself what all the fuss is about. Read

Top boss turns heat up

The boss of one of the North's top companies yesterday turned the heat up on transport ministers over their refusal to deal with blocks on North-East jobs. Read

Journal's campaign attacked by Minister

A senior Government Minister yesterday described the outcry over blocks on development estimated to be jeopardising 10,000 North-East jobs as an "awful lot of fuss". Read

Darling ducks key Article 14 questions

Transport Secretary Alistair Darling came under fire last night after he ducked questions over road chiefs' blocks on development in the North-East. Read

Agency chief vows to fight road block

The boss of regional development agency One NorthEast yesterday said she was doing everything in her power to overcome attempts by road bosses to block vital developments in the region. Read

Time we got our show on the road

Almost half of the North-East's leading property development companies have warned they will move jobs out of the region because of the refusal of road chiefs to stop blocking vital developments. Read

3,600 jobs stalled by highways chiefs

Road bosses have put the block on a new office complex which could create 2,500 jobs, because they fear the region's major roads will not cope. Read

Fury as more jobs blocked

Plans to bring jobs back to a North-East factory which closed when work was moved overseas have been put on hold over fears the A1 could not cope with the traffic. Read

Top Tory says case for jobs compelling

A senior Conservative last night pledged to take the Go For Jobs campaign to the top of his party. Read

Roads battle is stepped up

The battle for better transport in the North-East is being stepped up in Parliament, with four of the region's MPs signing a motion aimed at highlighting blocks on development near major roads. Read

Showdown over business blocks

Highways Agency bosses are to have showdown talks with business leaders today, over Agency tactics of blocking developments they say will increase congestion. Read

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