North Shields mayor Dame Norma Redfearn will write to the Prime Minister to urge him to review a decision which saw North Shields and Wallsend lose out on £20m worth of Levelling Up Funds.
North Tyneside Council's Labour majority voted in favour of an emergency motion last night asking the Mayor to plead with Rishi Sunak and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove MP, to review the decision.
Deputy Carl Johnson said: "Members across the chamber will have seen the disgraceful decision of the conservative government not to award funding to Wallsend and North Shields. We had real and strong cases for investment in Wallsend and the Fish Quay, this money would have secured the cross Tyne ferry which has run for over 100 years, this is now in jeopardy as a result of this Conservative government.
