Recent polling has shown us that we can elect a Labour MP in Hexham, for the first time ever. And as Labour picks up by-election successes in rural constituencies such as Selby, we know that we can be part of a General Election victory for Labour. But it won’t be easy, and we need every … Read More
Anneliese Dodds, the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities and Chairperson of the Labour Party, visited Prudhoe this week. Speaking to Labour Party members she emphasised the Tories’ disastrous 13 years in power, their broken promises, failed policies and economic mismanagement as interest rates soared again for the fourteenth time in a row. The polls … Read More
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today announced 100 new oil and gas exploration licences in the North Sea and carbon capture schemes. He claimed that these risky bets on fossil fuel extraction and unproven carbon capture technologies were justified in the name of energy resilience. The gas and oil extracted from any new North Sea … Read More
Proposed changes to our railways will see many ticket offices closed and reduced staffing at stations. The proposals include closing the ticket offices at Hexham meaning that (with the additional planned closure of Carlisle booking office) the only staffed ticket office on the Tyne Valley Line will be at Newcastle. Train operators have outlined that … Read More
In a recent trio of by-elections the Conservatives saw two losses and narrowly held Boris Johnson’s ex-seat of Uxbridge. The biggest win went to Labour’s Keir Mather who took the supposedly safe Tory seat of Selby and Ainsty with a swing of 23.7% (16456 votes, 46% of the overall count). This was a blow to … Read More
Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, responding to Jaguar Land Rover’s Gigafactory announcement, said: Labour welcomes any investment in British jobs and industry and decisions like these vindicate Labour’s advocacy of an industrial strategy in place of scattergun announcements. In spite of the Government’s cack-handed approach to industry and our economy this shows the … Read More
We’ll be out and about this week knocking on doors and listening to the concerns of residents in Stocksfield. There’s real unhappiness with Guy Opperman and the Conservative Party. We want to work with everyone who wants to build a better, fairer Britain.
Under the Tories we have seen local services cut, pollution increase in our rivers, a devastating cost of living crisis and a huge increase in local child poverty and foodbank usage. Three million miles of bus journeys have been lost in Northumberland; our roads suffer from lack of funding and the Conservative government has failed both our police officers and victims of crime.
Labour has a real chance to win in the Hexham Constituency after 13 years’ of Conservative failure.
The Bywell Branch organised a successful fundraising garden party in Wylam today. Local Labour party members and supporters were treated to an afternoon of tea, homemade cake and music.
Since 2010, Guy Opperman’s Conservative government has systematically cut the money allocated to councils to provide the vital services we all need in Northumberland. It has been calculated by the Institute for Government these cuts by central government have reduced grants to local government in real terms by 37% between 2010 and 2020. That’s from … Read More
With interest rates set to be hiked again a mortgage catastrophe is engulfing homeowners. Labour plans to help struggling mortgage holders and calm the crisis. Labour accused Chancellor Jeremy Hunt of standing by as millions suffer by taking the softer approach of just asking lenders to go further in supporting struggling borrowers. Keir Starmer clashed … Read More
Labour Party members have been out and about campaigning for a Labour Government in Heddon on the Wall. We’ve been delivering leaflets and talking with our neighbours about politics and the issues that impact their lives. There’s a lot of disillusionment on the doorstep with the Tories and enthusiasm for Labour and our policies. … Read More
Labour Party members have been out and about in Allendale. We’ve been delivering leaflets and talking with our neighbours about politics and the issues that impact their lives. Right across Hexham Constituency Labour Party members are working to Build a Better Britain and get Guy Opperman out after 13 disastrous years of Conservative government. If … Read More
Free trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were trumpeted by the Conservative Government and the then PM Boris Johnson as victories for post-Brexit Britain. These trade deals came into force a couple of days ago with our current PM Rishi Sunak saying that: ‘These landmark deals squarely deliver on my priorities to drive economic … Read More
Members of the Hexham Branch of the Labour Party, supported by members from Prudhoe, Bywell, Ponteland and Allen Valleys, were back campaigning in Hexham today after our success in Hexham East in February. We hit the streets and knocked on doors in Hexham Central. We were joined by Alex Norris, the Shadow Levelling-up Minister and … Read More
The Tories’ 13 years in power have seen bus services across the country suffer. In Northumberland alone it has been calculated that over 3 million miles of bus journeys have been lost since 2016 in a sustained decline. In a betrayal of the government’s ‘levelling up promises’ almost one in ten of Britain’s rural bus … Read More
Blaydon MP Liz Twist and Prudhoe North County Councillor Angie Scott have called for a debate on water safety in the House of Commons. Last year saw the tragic death of 13 year old Robert Hattersley from Crawcrook, who drowned in the River Tyne at Ovingham. His bereaved parents have launched a campaign to raise … Read More