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Island of strangers? PM’s immigration speech Starmer’s immigration speech echoed Powell and Farage, fuelling xenophobia instead of fixing Britain’s broken systems northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...

Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Mayor who branded public questions insane to face public questions live on radio Monthly Mayor’s Question Time with Ben Houchen to start this week northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...

Hi #BenHouchen fans. That's if there are any Ben Houchen fans still left out there. You need to read every word of this from Peter Morris of @northeastbylines.co.uk Government audit bombshell for Houchen’s Tees Valley northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

In a letter sent to members of the TVCA Cabinet, and copied to Secretary of State Angela Rayner, auditors confirmed that TVCA did not comply with its statutory reporting obligations, setting out numerous problems

Starmer faces growing rebellion over welfare cuts

EXCL: Auditors for Ben Houchen's TVCA have written to Angela Rayner after it had "limited engagement" from the authority when trying to complete its audit. It comes only a month after Rayner's department issued TVCA with a Best Value Notice.

Local elections: requiem for a dream "Labour was in our DNA and on our side" - reflections on where we are now northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

The government was wrong to cut winter fuel payments. It was wrong to keep the 2-child benefit cap. It was wrong to slash disability benefits. Pushing people into poverty is the wrong thing to do. The right thing to do is redistribute wealth and power so that everyone can live in dignity.

The Labour government was wrong to cut winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners last September — and it’s still wrong now. I voted against it then. It must be *fully* reversed now. This isn’t difficult.

What should the Labour Party do? Starmer says “I get it”—but voters, activists, and results say otherwise. Labour's soul is slipping through his hand northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...

1966 – North Korea shock Italy. Ayresome Park goes global. @deameral.bsky.social walks where the ghosts still whisper 📖 buff.ly/z5rCVul #Liberoguide @mfc.co.uk @untypicalboro.bsky.social

Give the official Finnish #Boro fan club a follow.

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

Since the decline of the last Tory government and his own personal loss in the election, I haven't had much opportunity to use this Simon Clarke photo of him wearing a retro Middlesbrough shirt and trying to kick a ball. As the clip below suggests, Simon still has it.

Hi everyone My latest article for @northeastbylines.co.uk I would welcome comments on this, either positive or negative (within reason) A new Metro for Teesside: Let’s get serious northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...

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