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MP calls for ‘chronic under-supply’ of Gypsy and Traveller sites to be addressed

Labour’s Mary Kelly Foy said planning decisions on these sites ‘have frequently been underpinned by prejudice’.

Evening Standard

Ban on outdoor smoking in hospitality settings not being considered – minister

Smoking outside schools, children’s playgrounds and hospitals will be prohibited under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Evening Standard

UK government shame as Afghan refugee faces being sent back to Taliban after admin error

Exclusive: ‘They led him down this road of believing he had a chance and they put him up for months in Islamabad at an eye-watering cost of money. At the end of all this process they’re booting him out’

The Independent UK

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Secondary school hit by concrete crisis now ‘one of top on list for rebuild’

Parents at St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham held a demonstration in support of staff as a schools minister visited the site.

The Independent UK

Tory party urged to investigate Welsh secretary’s ‘racist’ leaflet about Travellers

Exclusive: Labour peer and MP intervene after David TC Davies accused of whipping up opposition against minority group

The Guardian - UK

Teachers walk out on 'biggest strike in a decade' as they call on government to 'save our schools'

Union members are calling for an above-inflation pay rise funded by the Government rather than existing school budgets

Chronicle Live

MP demands Tory Jonanthan Gullis makes public apology for 'fanning hatred'

Jonathan Gullis sparked outrage when he heckled a Labour MP asking about the disappearance of migrant children from Home Office-run hotels - saying they 'shouldn't have come here illegally'

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'It is arrogant and offensive': North East disappointment following the Autumn Statement

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement included announcements about tax, stamp duty and the NHS

Chronicle Live

Durham MP writes to lettings agents as desperate students camp outside overnight to secure accommodation

Durham City MP Mary Kelly Foy has written to Durham's major letting agents as the student housing crisis continues to unfold in the city

Chronicle Live

This Morning criticised as ‘dystopian’ for offering viewers the chance to have their energy bills paid

Evening Standard

Lack of NHS dentists is ‘putting at risk Government’s levelling up agenda’ – MP

House of Commons leader Mark Spencer insisted the Government ‘does understand the challenges that we face’.

The Independent UK

Passport Office staff 'facing all-time low morale due to backlog pressure', MPs told

A Labour MP said the Government had 'failed to prepare' for an increase in applications

Wales Online

Durham MP calls for more early intervention to tackle 'major issue' of Type 2 diabetes

Mary Kelly Foy has backed two Durham doctors in their call for there to be more early intervention and lifestyle support in cases of Type 2 diabetes

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