Two councillors are set to lead the Labour Group in Gateshead Council Gateshead Civic Centre(Image: Gateshead Council handout) Gateshead Council’s Labour group has announced its new leader and deputy as the party sits in opposition for the first time since the creation of the local authority. Saltwell Labour councillor John Adams has been elected as…
The race for control at Gateshead Council is heating up ahead of polling day, May 7 Gateshead Civc Centre(Image: Gateshead Civc Centre) Liberal Democrats in Gateshead say that control of the town is now a straight fight between themselves and Reform UK. At the opposition party’s local election manifesto launch on Tuesday evening, Lib Dem…
The local authority has sided with developers and approved the construction of hundreds of new homes Kibblesworth bank, Gateshead(Image: Simon Greener) Property giant Taylor Wimpey has been granted permission for the construction of 270 homes in Gateshead despite local opposition. Gateshead Council’s planning and development committee has given the go ahead for hundreds of new…