Newcastle will have a new council leader in May – after Nick Forbes confirmed his time in the top job is coming to an end.
The long-serving Labour figurehead was dealt a stunning blow earlier this month when he was deselected by party members in his Arthur’s Hill ward, leaving him without a seat to contest in this May’s local elections and his political future in severe jeopardy.
Coun Forbes announced on Monday evening that he did not want to be parachuted into another ward in the city and will, therefore, be making an exit from the civic centre’s corridors of power.
