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Labour too focused on Westminster politics, says North of Tyne mayor

Jamie Driscoll says party should highlight work of mayors like him, Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan

The Guardian - UK

Labour row as mayor's event with Ken Loach branded 'hugely upsetting' to Jewish community

The Jewish Labour Movement has called for an apology from Jamie Driscoll, after he hosted an event at Newcastle's Live Theatre with the acclaimed film director

Chronicle Live

North East hopes to follow Andy Burnham with 'trailblazer' devolution powers in 2024

A new mayor for the region is due to be elected next year and there are hopes that they will quickly be given a raft of powers going to Manchester and the West Midlands now

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Top official defends 'absolutely perfect' plan to spend £3m of public money on Strawberry Place project

Befrore Newcastle United bought back the land next to St James' Park, the North of Tyne Combined Authority had come close to giving controversial building plans a multi-million pound boost

Chronicle Live

North East promised transport 'revolution' as anger mounts over train and bus chaos

Labour's North of Tyne mayor and the shadow transport secretary pledged major upgrades, including the reopening of the Leamside Line, at a transport summit in Newcastle

Chronicle Live

Cutting rail and bus fares would 'be vote winner at next election' says Burnham

The Greater Manchester Metro Mayor spoke exclusively to the Mirror on the margins of the Transport for the North conference in Newcastle

Daily Mirror

Tories told to 'get on' with HS2 as Labour vows to build high speed rail line in full

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told the Tories to 'Get on with it, stop wasting taxpayers’ money as she renewed the party's promise to construct the track's eastern leg

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Hundreds of teachers take to the streets of Newcastle to demand better pay and conditions

Teachers took over Newcastle's Monument this lunchtime to demand a pay rise in line with inflation that doesn't come from school budgets

Chronicle Live

North East Today: Newcastle mayor on United's stadium breakthrough, rape report in Sunderland, 300 jobs lost in Gateshead

Your daily briefing on all the latest from across the North East

Chronicle Live

Meet the man behind £3.5m decision that has helped Newcastle make huge stadium breakthrough

Newcastle United have agreed a deal to buy back the long-term lease on land at Strawberry Place and ChronicleLive spoke to North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll about his £3.5m decision that helped pave the way

Chronicle Live

Newcastle United fans' relief at U-turn over public funding for Strawberry Place redevelopment

The North of Tyne Combined Authority had been set to award funding to a much-debated regeneration scheme that it has long been feared will scupped a future expansion of St James' Park

Chronicle Live

Mayor shelves £3m deadline day deal for development that NUFC fans fear could stop St James' Park expansion

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll said there were "economic ramifications that don’t stack up” for the Strawberry Place regeneration proposals

Chronicle Live

Race to become first North East mayor kicks off as police commissioner enters Labour Party battle

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness has confirmed she wants to be North East mayor, pitting her against Jamie Driscoll in Labour's selection contest

Chronicle Live

Mayors demand end to levelling up 'beauty pageant' forcing Northern councils to compete for cash

Only 80 bids from 370 across England were successful in the second round of the Levelling Up Fund, and only six out of 22 in the North East were awarded any cash

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Failure of battery factory plan hailed by Boris Johnson just a year ago

In the middle of January 2022, then-prime minister Boris Johnson trumpeted the thousands of skilled jobs the Britishvolt gigafactory was expected to create.

Chronicle Live

Ex-Tory candidate rules out bid to become North East mayor under new £4bn devolution deal

Charlie Hoult says that business commitments will prevent him from seeking the Conservative Party's nomination for the North East mayoral election due to be held next year

Chronicle Live

Landmark £4bn North East devolution deal will bring 'power to the people'

The details of the deal were revealed on Wednesday morning

Chronicle Live

New powers, jobs, and an elected mayor: What the North East’s £4.2bn devolution deal means for you

A major new deal that was finally announced on Wednesday will mean big changes to local politics

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North East finally agrees £4.2bn devolution deal hailed as 'step change in our levelling up journey'

The long-awaited devolution deal will bring major new funding and powers to the region and will see a new mayor elected in 2024 covering Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham

Chronicle Live

Labour councillors fail in bid to have Durham shun North East devolution deal that could be worth £4bn

A massive deal to elect a mayor covering a huge patch stretching from Berwick to Bishop Auckland is edging closer

Chronicle Live

North East mayor talks: Path clearing for Durham to join multi-billion pound devolution deal

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove is understood to be keen on having County Durham join six of its northern neighbours in a deal to reshape the region's political landscape

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: How the north’s rail services went off track

In today’s newsletter: Perhaps nowhere in the UK are trains more in a crisis than in the north of England, where problems are thought to be costing the region up to £400m a year. What could be done to fix it?

Manchester Evening News

Commuter says she regularly forks out £50 for taxis A DAY amid chaos on the railways

The Transport Secretary will meet mayors in Manchester today - but one won't be there because of short-notice cancellations

Chronicle Live

Calls for rail companies to be stripped of contracts over 'diabolical' cancellations across the North

One North East mayor was unable to get to Manchester for a key meeting with the transport secretary because he feared being stranded on a platform amid widespread cancellations

The Guardian - UK

Train problems mean northern mayor will Zoom in to talks on train problems

North of Tyne mayor says he cannot be sure trains would get him to Manchester for meeting with minister

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