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Environment good for business?

The environmental goods and services sector contributed £29.0 billion to the UK economy in terms of value added in 2014 (1.6% of GDP), growing 18.7% between 2010 and 2014.

Drunk and drug driving kills

40 people were killed or seriously injured asa reult of drink/drug driving in North East in 240, with 290 other injuries. Don't drink/drug drive! Newcastle City Council will discuss this topic…

North East Lib Dems hit out over Cramlington hospital crisis

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/nhs-accused-crisis-after-patients-1242682

Not on the phone - 1543 motorists nabbed by Northumbria Police April 14- Oct16

Using the phone while driving can ruin lives - the ones you end, and yours when you get up to 10 years in jail.

UK's ambassador to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers resigns

Slagged off by reckless EU Leavers. Neutral observers say his expertise and advice will be big miss in minimising harm to ordinary people from Brexit.

Dene Ward eFocus 6 - December 16/January 17

Dec 16/Jan 17- No 6

Should UK tax take from top 1% (27%) move closer to US (46%) in interests of fairness? Clearly not stopping enterprise in USA

5 million taxpayers now on top rate of 40%, up from 3.9 million. In 1978-79 top 1% paid only 11% of the total income tax take

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A very Merry Christmas from the Newcastle Liberal Democrats

74,630 households in temporary accommodation, an increase of 9%, and 124,090 children across Britain are homeless, an increase of more than 10%, in the past year.

John, Lord Shipley, also pointed out in House of Lords a rise in rough sleeping, described by a Tory peer as "a stain on our society" The Minister replied that the latest statistics show that between…

"I've got Alzheimer's but it hasn't got me" - Newcastle Liberal Democrat stalwart and former councillor for Gosforth Marian Border has died aged 87. We said goodbye to her today