2025: Week 4 - Post Office and Royal Mail
As I walked to the train on Monday it nearly felt like spring – snowdrops in flower, a moment of warm sunshine and vibrant crocus flowers ready to bloom.
25 Jan 2025
Labour fails to rule out Metro ticket price hikes until all new trains in service
Sunderland Council's Labour leader was asked to vote against any increases in Metro ticket prices until all new trains were in service – but failed to do so, prompting fears of fresh fare hikes.
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25 Jan 2025
Paul Hodgkinson
Local hospitals must be protected
A leading councillor has called for local hospitals across the county to be protected against future cuts.
25 Jan 2025
Over 500 infrastructure incidents at delayed hospitals last year which now are “hanging by a thread”
There were more than 500 infrastructure and estate incidents last year at hospitals where construction as part of the New Hospital Programme will be delayed, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
25 Jan 2025
NHS: “bonfire” of targets shows shocking lack of ambition for patients
Responding to a report in the Times that the government is set to scrap half of NHS targets, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
25 Jan 2025
Scottish Conservative leader urged to explain whether he believes triple lock should be means tested
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today written to the Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay to ask whether he agrees with Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch’s comments in which she said that she would look at means testing the
25 Jan 2025