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Labour mayor says Keir Starmer 'should have stuck' with pledge to scrap university tuition fees

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll has criticised Sir Keir's U-turn on a commitment made during his leadership campaign to abolish university tuition fees

Chronicle Live · May 10, 2023

Labour celebrates local election gains that put Starmer 'on track' for power – despite mixed North East picture

Labour took a number of key battlegrounds across England as the Tories struggled on local election, though the state of play in the North East was not quite as clear-cut

Chronicle Live · May 5, 2023

'TransPennine Express has completely failed the North East': Mayor's plea over train cancellations

Five Labour mayors from across the North have urged ministers not to renew the First Group's contract, which is due to expire at the end of May

Chronicle Live · Apr 18, 2023

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

Chronicle Live · Mar 15, 2023

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 · Mar 15, 2023

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 · Mar 6, 2023

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 · Mar 6, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Mar 6, 2023

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 · Feb 28, 2023

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 · Feb 14, 2023