Metro suspension: Mayor needs to get a grip & get this sorted in days, not weeks
Labour bosses need to get a grip and solve their unsafe Gateshead flyover problem in days, say local Lib Dems.

Labour bosses need to get a grip and solve their unsafe Gateshead flyover problem in days, say local Lib Dems.
Lib Dem councillors are calling on transport bosses to apologise for the huge delay in new Metro trains entering service - and to rule out new year ticket price hikes until are new trains are running.
Government Transport ministers have refused to step-in to force publicly-run LNER to continue to provide direct trains between Sunderland and London beyond December, prompting anger from city…
Liberal Democrat councillors for Pallion & Ford in Sunderland have called for a Police action plan following a spate of break-ins to shops on Saint Lukes Terrace in Pallion and other nearby shopping…
Save Sunderland City Centre's Post Office! Sunderland Liberal Democrats are campaigning to save our city centre Post Office on Fawcett Street in the town, which has been threatened with…
Doxford and Tunstall Councillor Paul Gibson Paul Gibson is an accountant who spent decades teaching at secondary schools in the city before becoming a councillor. Paul was elected as a…
City Centre, Hendon & Millfield Ciaran Morrisey Ciaran Morrisey works as a commercial underwriter and lives locally in SR2. Ciaran was the councillor for the area from 2021 to 2024 and…
Pallion and Ford Estate Councillor Steve Donkin Steve Donkin was elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Pallion, Ford Estate, St Gabriels, Pennywell and Hylton Lane Estate in May 2024.…
Millfield and Thornholme Councillor Niall Hodson Niall lives in Thornhill with his wife Francesca and dog Skye. He was elected as a councillor for Millfield and Thornholme in May 2016. …
Grindon, Springwell and Thorney Close Councillor Paul Edgeworth Paul Edgeworth was born and bred in Sunderland and works for CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. Paul is leader of the opposition…