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Tories too incompetent to get Britain working
New analysis reveals the Tory failure to tackle health-related worklessness in Hexham constituency. Analysis by the House of Commons Library for Labour shows that there has been a rise of 372 people in the Hexham constituency claiming Universal Credit for health reasons over the last year. Between December 2022 and December 2023, all 632 parliamentary … Read More
Reaching our rural voters with Labour’s message
Joe Morris, Labour’s candidate for the Hexham constituency, comprising Tynedale, Kielder, West Newcastle and Ponteland, has pledged to ‘never take rural communities for granted’ should he become the first ever Labour MP for the constituency. Earlier this week, volunteers from the local Labour Party were campaigning in Bellingham, Byrness, Rochester, and Otterburn, speaking with residents … Read More
Joe Morris promises Labour support for farming and agriculture
Across the North East the news of the closure of the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales was met with sadness and remembrance for the past damage done by the Conservatives to industry in our region. This compelling evidence of the Conservative’s failure to enact a meaningful industrial strategy, or support industries critical to our national … Read More
Vote today for Mike Clarke in the Ponteland East by election!
The Ponteland East Town Council by-election is today. Make sure you cast your ballot at your nearest polling station and remember to Vote for Labour and Michael Clarke. Ponteland deserves to have a representative who is willing to listen to fresh ideas. Local resident Michael Clarke is Labour’s candidate and he has been out on … Read More
Campaigning in Ponteland for Mike Clarke and Joe Morris
Campaigning for the Ponteland East Town Council By-Election is in full swing. We’ve been out talking to voters and leafletting in the town, listening to residents concerned and unhappy about 14 years of Conservative mismanagement and incompetence. The Labour Candidate, Michael Clarke, has lived in Ponteland for more than thirty years and knows how desperate … Read More
Guy Opperman Neglects Dentistry Rescue Plan as 70% of Hexham Dentists Reject New Patients
In a recent House of Commons vote on a crucial motion to rescue NHS dentistry, Guy Opperman’s lack of support is callous and disheartening. Communities across the Constituency and struggling to access dental care. The proposed motion by the Labour Party aimed at addressing the dental crisis includes: Creating 700,000 additional urgent dentistry appointments Offering … Read More
Vote Mike Clarke in the Ponteland East by election!
Following the sad death of Councillor Alan Varley a by election has been called for the Ponteland East Ward of Ponteland Town Council. Local resident Michael Clarke is Labour’s candidate and he has been out on the streets of Ponteland campaigning to bring a much needed Labour voice to Ponteland Town Council. Having worked for … Read More
Keir begins General Election year with message of hope
The New Year celebrations are rapidly receding as the United Kingdom braces itself for what will be a decisive General Election year. Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Labour Party spoke in Bristol yesterday, offering a message of hope to a nation exhausted and disillusioned with fourteen years of shambolic Conservative government.
Labour unveils bold plan to counter 36% decline in local buses under the Conservatives.
Our Parliamentary Candidate Joe Morris has revealed shocking figures that show 35.9% of bus services in Northumberland have been axed under the Conservatives. Despite the Conservatives promising “bus services so frequent you wouldn’t need a timetable” in 2022, the total number of miles driven by buses in Northumberland plummeted by from 13.8 million kilometres driven … Read More
A week of action campaigning for Joe
There’s been no let up in pace of campaigning this week. In Westminster Rishi Sunak’s disastrous government staggers under the weight of another crisis of its own making. Yet again Conservative MPs are openly talking a leadership contest. We could be at the polls sooner rather later. Some think May next year, others think a … Read More
Working for victory with Joe in Hexham and Tynedale
This week UK Polling Report announced that Joe Morris and Labour are likely to win the Hexham Constituency at the next General Election. This would be a historic Labour gain, with the seat turning red for the first time in its 138 year history. This prediction was covered in detail by the Hexham Courant but … Read More
Building Bridges: Joe Morris campaigning in Haydon Bridge & Hexham
They say that a week is a long time in politics. The national news this week was full of the Conservative’s Autumn Budget statement. This was a predictably cliched, shallow pre-election affair, heralding so-called tax cuts, while freezing personal allowances and promising to usher in a new era of bitter austerity. Cold charity indeed for … Read More
People deserve better: Northumberland needs homes argues Joe Morris
As winter bites, bringing with it rain, wind, storms and inevitably snow and ice millions of individuals are homeless, living in houses with insecure tenancies and struggling with poor quality accommodation. Stuck in rented accommodation families worry that if they complain they may be evicted – like 130 families in Northumberland this year. For many … Read More
A weekend of action for a better Britain in Throckley
Recent boundary changes have brought Callerton and Throckley, parts of the western edge of the Newcastle conurbation, into the Hexham Constituency for the first time at the next General Election. Residents and voters in these area have been moved from the safe Labour constituency of Newcastle North, served by the excellent Catherine McKinnell MP, to … Read More
Tory maths bungle hits Northumberland Schools
Joe Morris, our Parliamentary Candidate, slammed the staggering Conservative mathematical incompetence that will see Northumberland Schools lose almost £2million a year. Last month the Department for Education admitted to miscalculating the amounts of funding due to be granted to state schools in England next year, admitting to a £370m error in the information they gave … Read More