Labour_North_East 🌹
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Labour_North_East 🌹
@NE_Labour
Formerly NW Durham. Not endorsed by Labour Party official. RTs and QTs not necessarily endorsements.


If anyone's interested in the facts, when Labour came to power in 97, UK national debt was 38.2% of GDP. After ten years of improving living standards and public services, it fell to 34.7%. By Dec 2019, before Covid, the Tories increased it to 84.8%. It is now 98.3%





Labour's man hoping to oust Tory Ben Houchen in Tees Valley keeps his focus on the only poll that matters mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Dan Poulter is not standing at the next election. For any party. He will dedicate more time to his work as an NHS doctor specialising in mental health. I've already seen a dozen tweets claiming he's defected to somehow save his (23,000 majority) seat.







I won’t sit back and let another vital British industry be hollowed out - Labour will fix our broken rail system. Great to speak to Hitachi workers in the North East with @LouHaigh and @KiMcGuinness today - I know Kim will be an excellent advocate for them as their Mayor.

Extraordinary development in the Tees Valley mayoral election race tonight Boro chairman Steve Gibson has come out and endorsed Labour's @chrismcewan11 and launched a scathing attack on Ben Houchen and Teesworks ✍️ Exclusive @Echochrislloyd thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24274083.…

Extraordinary development in the Tees Valley mayoral election race tonight Boro chairman Steve Gibson has come out and endorsed Labour's @chrismcewan11 and launched a scathing attack on Ben Houchen and Teesworks ✍️ Exclusive @Echochrislloyd thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24274083.…






With Labour, communities will be able to take back control of their buses. We will: ✅ Empower local transport authorities ✅ Support public ownership ✅ Speed up the franchising process This could create and save up to 1,300 bus routes & allow 250 million more journeys a year.







