A debate will be launched next year on what the future should hold for a Tyneside town.
The plan has emerged as Jarrow MP Kate Osborne joined South Tyneside Council leaders and officers in a walkabout of Hebburn town centre. It follows a letter by the MP to council leader Tracey Dixon and chief executive Joanathan Tew expressing concerns about the “run down” appearance of the town’s Mountbatten shopping centre.
Ms Osborne said the walkabout involving council leader Tracey Dixon and lead member for neighbourhoods Coun Ernest Gibson would “directly relay the concerns raised by constituents.”