Watch as members of the public react to the cut of the winter fuel payment, a one-off £200 or £300 payment to help with heating costs, with one man saying: “The Conservatives are going to get in again”.
A resounding 88% of the region’s top universities believe that higher and degree apprenticeships hold the key to the newly elected Labour government driving economic growth and addressing the urgent skills gap across businesses in Sunderland.
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