Liberal Democrats are attempting to block the Government’s cut to Winter Fuel Payments for local pensioners after it was revealed around 46,000 pensioners in Sunderland will miss out.
People deserve better than a new age of Labour austerity, say city Lib Dems.
Lib Dem councillors are calling for an emergency Sunderland Council meeting to be called to get to the bottom of why plans for a new venue for Council-run short respite breaks for disabled children in the city have been withdrawn.
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors have slammed the new Leader of Sunderland Council for refusing to answer questions in public on his decision-making by silencing democratically elected councillors.
Local people suffering from rising Council Tax bills and slashed services deserve better than months of this Sunderland Labour bickering and backstabbing.
There has been a 875 fall in the number of childcare places in Sunderland since 2019, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
