Lib Dem candidates backing Fairtrade
All three Lib Dem Euro candidates, Angelika Schneider, Owen Temple and Christian Vassie, have signed up to support the fairtrade manifesto ahead of Thursday's election.
20 May 2014
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Tories vote against reducing plastic bag waste
North East Euro-MP Martin Callanan has voted against EU proposals to significantly reduce use of plastic bags.
11 Mar 2014
Lib Dems Call For Northern Revolution
Northern Liberal Democrat MPs, peers and council leaders have united to lobby the Chancellor for better funding for economic regeneration of the North.
10 Mar 2014
News from Stockton-on-Tees Borough Public Transport Users’ Forum 15th February 2014
Eaglescliffe Station
18 Feb 2014
Tata Steel - EU boosts UK trade
Tata Steel, which employs 1,500 people in the North East, has highlighted the UK's continued membership of the EU as an important factor in its future success. In a submission to the government's review of Britain's relationship with the EU, Tata became the latest in a long line of major North East employers to warn that an EU exit would leave the UK isolated and weakened. Tata said: "In revenue terms approximately 50% of the steel Tata Steel produces in the UK is sold into continental Europe. "As the largest single market in the world, the EU has a strong bargaining position in trade negotiations. Conversely, on its own, as a relatively small market, the UK would not be as attractive for third countries to negotiate with and would not have the same bargaining power. "Outside Europe other countries are becoming more integrated and forming other trading blocs, and there would be a danger that the UK would find itself isolated and without the necessary power to successfully negotiate trade deals. "The UK is ver
14 Feb 2014
Illegal scrap metal crackdown and boost for local steel industry
Stockton Liberal Democrats welcome the news that Members of the European Parliament have this week voted in favour of new measures that will boost Teesside's steel industry.
7 Feb 2014