MINISTERS are being urged by a North East MP to re-launch an official consultation over the proposed closure of factories which employ 1,500 disabled people.Read
GOVERNMENT plans to cut benefits descended into chaos last night after proposals to pay people less in regions like the North East were raised and then promptly dropped.Read
WANSBECK MP Ian Lavery and Easington MP Grahame Morris will be the speakers at a National Union of Mineworkers lecture which will kick off the annual Northumberland Miners Picnic later this month. The lecture will take place on Friday June 8 at 7pm in Ashington Football Club and is open to anyone to attend.Read
ENERGY Secretary Ed Davey was last night accused of insulting people in the North East after he seemed to imply that record unemployment levels were actually good news.Read
THE Government’s flagship job creation policy risks failure in Northumberland after ministers withheld extra tax incentives needed to attract major firms.Read
A CAMPAIGN against Government proposals to reform services for crime victims and witnesses has been backed by a North East MP who says they are unnecessary and potentially damaging.Read
NICK Clegg’s flagship £1.4bn growth fund has been condemned as an “abject failure” after a spending watchdog found it should have created thousands more jobs.Read
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