5% Council Tax rise will horrify people
Lib Dems on Wearside are urging Sunderland Council bosses to reject a 5% increase in Council Tax which people 'just won't be able to pay'.
NH
17 Nov 2022
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I’m a Celebrity star to be awarded Freedom of the City of Sunderland
City councillors on Wearside have unanimously voted in favour of awarding I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star Jill Scott the honour of freedom of the City of Sunderland.
JP
16 Nov 2022
New nursery plans for Thorney Close approved
Families will be over the moon after Sunderland Council bosses approved plans for a new nursery offer for 2 year old children at a local primary school on Thorney Close, says the estate's local Lib Dem councillor.
SOB
10 Nov 2022
Film studio plan for Pallion Shipyard: local councillors welcome proposals
Lib Dem councillors have welcomed the news that the city's Pallion Shipyard could be brought back to life as film studio development. Local councillors for Pallion Martin Haswell, George Smith and Colin Nicholson met with Pallion Engineering who own the site to discuss the vision for re opening the site. The facility on the banks of the River Wear next to the Queen Alexandra Bridge was opened in 1976 and closed in 1988. Liberal Democrat councillor for Pallion Martin Haswell said: "This is fantastic news for Pallion and for Sunderland. It is really encouraging to hear that Pallion Engineering are looking to bring back the shipyard site back into use for a film use, creating new jobs and breathing life back into the mothballed site."
MH
8 Nov 2022
Lib Dems welcome new Parliamentary boundaries that keep Sunderland and Washington communities together
Responding to the publication of revised proposals for Parliamentary constituencies today (8th November) Leader of the Lib Dems on Sunderland Council Niall Hodson said:
NH
8 Nov 2022
Make sure Metros run to Sunderland on Wednesday, Lib Dems urge Nexus
Lib Dem councillors have hit out at Nexus bosses for treating Sunderland as second best as Metros aren't running to Sunderland today (7th November) - and are now calling on Nexus to make sure Wearside isn't cut off again on Wednesday this week.
NH
7 Nov 2022