Liberal Democrats have hit out at a "new low" in Sunderland politics, after Labour and Conservative councillors changed a plan to axe free theatre tickets for city councillors so that tickets are taken away for children in care as well.
Commenting on tonight's fire at the historic Simpson Street School building in Deptford, local Lib Dem councillor for Millfield Niall Hodson said:
Liberal Democrats in Sunderland will force a vote on ending "shameful" free Empire Theatre tickets which are given to councillors.
As the Government confirmed that it is considering plans to move one half of Parliament to York, Liberal Democrats in Sunderland have called for the House of Lords to be relocated to Wearside instead.
Local Lib Dems are demanding answers from the City Council about their plans for the future of the Thorney Close Primary School site, after it was announced that the school is due to be demolished.
A Pallion councillor who asked the City Council to remove a large amount of discarded tyres next to the Northern Spire bridge was told that they wouldn't be cleaned up as they didn't pose a risk - only for them to be set alight yesterday evening (18th December).
