Councillor defection: people deserve better than Sunderland Labour bickering and backstabbing
Local people suffering from rising Council Tax bills and slashed services deserve better than months of this Sunderland Labour bickering and backstabbing.

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.
The Labour politburo has imposed on Sunderland residents a lame duck leader who doesn't have the support of his own councillors.
It's Lib Dem or Labour in Sunderland, with the Lib Dems becoming the official opposition after this year's local council elections.
Lib Dems are asking the Government to intervene to reverse LNER’s decision to axe its direct services between Sunderland and London from December.
Councillors have responded to the speculation that a new operator has been found for the cinema in Sunniside, Sunderland.
Labour councillors in Sunderland have rejected a plan put forward by opposition Liberal Democrats to bring back the popular ‘Free After 3’ parking which was axed in January.
Retired dentist & Lib Dem councillor Malcolm Bond has slammed the Government’s new dental plan as figures show 240,289 children in the North East and North Cumbria had not been seen by an NHS dentist…
Lib Dems are calling for mainline train services to stop at Seaburn Metro station for the rest of the year because locals are “constantly being failed by the Metro”.
Councillors from all parties have backed a Lib Dem plan to use HS2 cash to make extending the Tyne and Wear Metro to Hendon, Grangetown and Doxford Park a priority as well as re-opening the Leamside…