EU leaders last night agreed a 2030 climate package deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels, while significantly watering down the EU energy efficiency target (now…
Cash strapped Newcastle City Council, which this week unveiled another round of cuts to their budget, has been accused of an "appalling waste of money" and of "flouting the wishes of the people" by…
According to data just released by the independent Office for National Statistics, GDP increased by 0.7% in Q3 2014 compared with growth of 0.9% in Q2 2014. Change in GDP (gross domestic product) is…
In the early hours of Thursday 2nd October 2014, long term Liberal activist Susan Annemarie Taylor (née Annemarie Susanne Goldschmidt) quietly passed away at the grand old age of 95 in Newcastle.
The RSA City Growth Commission's Devo Met report is an insightful contribution to the rapidly-moving issue of devolution to English city-regions. Liberal Democrats in the North East will be…
A decision to move the Crown Post Office away from Gosforth High Street has been branded "appalling" and "incomprehensible" by local councillors.
Despite some alarming stories about serious crimes in the media, the overall trend since the Coalition was formed is down. The latest independent crime survey of England and Wales shows crime has…
An easier way to implement a fairer tax - Liberal Democrats show how a "mansion tax" in the form of "super council tax" on the richest 55,000 people would work. At the Liberal Democrat conference in…
Today, the member states of the European Union published the negotiating mandate for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. This mandate sets the parameters for the negotiations, which…
