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The MP says despite all the Tory promises, people are still worse off. Photo by Getty Images

BRIDGET PHILLIPSON MP: The Tories are a party out of ideas and out of time

A section of the disused Leamside Line

Government 'must fund £20million Leamside Line work'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt visit the car manufacturer Nissan on November 24, 2023 in Sunderland, England. The Prime Minister and Chancellor visit the Japanese car manufacturer as they announce they will be building three new electric car models at its plant in Sunderland as part of a Â£2bn investment. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Chancellor's delight with Nissan 'massive vote of confidence'

JULIE ELLIOTT: Nothing the Government announced will fix the damage they have ca...

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Washington Village War Memorial

SHARON HODGSON: Remembrance is a time to reflect on how we respect our veterans

Exhausted migrants in Kent. Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful

A newborn baby in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on May 22, 2020 in Frimley, United Kingdom. (Stock Image. Credit: Steve Parsons - Pool/Getty Images)

Bereaved families call for inquiry into NHS maternity services

Farringdon Row. Picture submitted by Creo.

Derelict sites to become new housing developments

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

The NSPCC Helpline has received more than 8,800 contacts from adults worried about child sexual abuse – a 6% increase on the previous year.

CHILDLINE: Child sexual abuse is not a thing of the past and Childline will alwa...

A general view of scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School on September 04, 2023 in Bathgate, Scotland, after its buildings were found to contain RAAC. Credit: Getty Images

43 more schools found to have crumbly RAAC concrete

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Calls to keep council tax rises 'as low as possible' in Sunderland

Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool with his hands covered in glitter after a protester ran onto the stage. Picture date: Tuesday October 10, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

KATE OSBORNE: How Labour will heal the country after 13 years of Tory chaos

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan
Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer pledges to tackle NHS wait times with £1.5bn plan

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Combustion engine cars would be banned by 2030 but it has been pushed back to 2035. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Government U-turns are going to cost us

Channel 4's Partygate told the story of the lockdown parties inside No.10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. From left, Grace Greenwood (played by Georgie Henley), Alice Lyons (Alice Orr-Ewing), Rory Baskerville (Tom Durant-Pritchard), Annabel D'Acre (Ophelia Lovibond), Josh Fitzmaurice (Hugh Skinner) (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Channel 4's Partygate should leave you raging

A section of the old Leamside railway line. Photo by Stu Norton

Anger as 'fairy-tale' Leamside Line promise scrapped within 24 hours

Southmoor Academy, Ryhope Road, Sunderland. Picture: Google Maps

Plans approved for sustainable heating upgrades at school

Wearside as it looked in 1949.

Life in Sunderland in 1949

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Sunderland could be set to benefit from a new financial deal between the EFL and the Premier League

The key financial changes looming for Sunderland & Championship teams

Rishi Sunak's government will preside over the highest tax rises on record, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Credit: Getty Images)

Sunak's government will oversee highest tax rises on record

The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow
The £2.3million facility in Glasgow's east-end will allow users to take their own drugs in a hygienic and supervised environment

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

Chris Packham presented a new documentary this week, pondering whether the campaign influence governments on climate change needs to change (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

TV naturalist fights the law, and the law mainly wins

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

Millions of people are receiving payments to help with high bills amid the cost of living crisis - what further support is coming in 2023?

Cost of living payment: What other support is coming in 2023?

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Liz Truss

Liz Truss defends her record as prime minister in think tank speech

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. Credit: LGA

SHARON HODGSON MP: Crumbling schools in a concrete crisis of the Tories’ own cre...

Insulators on an electricity sub station are seen near homes in Manchester.

Homes to save £100s on energy as new scheme begins - are you eligible?

Doreen Thompson adjusts her thermostat at her home as she limits her use of heating to keep up with her increasing energy bills, at her home in south London.

Ofgem chief’s warning energy bills could be ‘even higher’ this winter

An open cash register containing pound coins and notes is pictured in a convenience store in London

DWP confirms £300 cost of living payment in update on £94bn support

A supporter celebrates outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in 2021 following a court ruling clearing subpostmasters of convictions for theft and false accounting. Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP via Getty Images

LEGAL EAGLE: Post Office victims fight on to rightly clear their names

Southmoor Academy.

Picture: Google Maps

Sunderland school looks to reduce its carbon footprint with sustainable heating

'Students in the North East achieved the lowest combined number of GCSE exams in the top-grade boundaries in the country.'

KATE OSBORNE: This Government is failing our kids in the North East

The obsession with not using cash hasn't necessarily been seamless. Sunderland Echo images.

Cash is still king, and Sunderland AFC ticketing illustrates the point

Pubs in Sunderland will not open earlier for Sunday's big England-Spain final. Sunderland Echo image.

Sunderland pub licensing hours not expected to change for World Cup final

Survey reveals the booziest UK cities - is your area on the list?

A shopper leaves a branch of Wilko, the high street retailer facing closure.

KATE OSBORNE: This Tory government is letting down our communities

Colm Gildernew MLA has called on Allied Irish Bank to improve services and saving rates for customers following the extortionate profits it has made so far this year. Credit: marcin jucha - stock.adobe.com

Parents urged to claim benefit worth thousands as criteria extended

MPs are warning the Government to do more to tackle the increase in smart devices being used in domestic abuse cases

MPs warn of baby monitors and smart speakers enabling domestic abuse

The small Chester Road/Springell Road roundabout is the scene of regular tailbacks. Picture, Sunderland Echo.

‘Sunderland’s worst roundabout’ to be replaced with new traffic light system

Oil companies are posting huge profits while ordinary families suffer, says Kate.

KATE OSBORNE MP: This dreadful government has destroyed services and pushed fami...

How much wine, beer & spirits will cost after government tax increase

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

We have to adapt to changes and become more resilient to weather. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Pledge to protect lives and wellbeing in UK

A host of Vevor DIY and electrical appliances have been recalled after putting users at risk of electric shock

Warning as 34 branded DIY items recalled due to risk of fire

Foxcover service station, Sunderland. Picture: Google Maps

Plans refused for 'obtrusive and over dominant' 5G mast near petrol station

UK Weather: Flood alerts issued for parts of the UK