The Liberal Democrat councillor candidate for Washington South, Steve Donkin, has called on Sunderland Council's bosses to "come clean" on the lack of investment in Washington's and to stop treating the town as Sunderland's "poor relation".
Commenting on proposals by Sunderland City Council to build a new crematorium on green space between Doxford Park, Farringdon and Gilley Law, Liberal Democrat councillor for Doxford Heather Fagan said:
Thousands of people across Sunderland have been told that their bins won't be emptied at all following disruption to collections this week as a result of cold weather conditions.
Sunderland City Council has approved a plan to make sure its businesses and suppliers it deals with aren't engaging in tax avoidance.
Sunderland's Lib Dem councillors have reacted with fury as Government funding cuts has meant £100m for contactless ticketing systems - including for the Tyne and Wear Metro - has been axed by Department for Transport.
We're backing the Sunderland Echo's 'Shot in the Arm' campaign to make sure that all local pharmacies across Sunderland, Washington, Houghton and Hetton can take part in the COVID vaccine roll out.
