Nick Brown MP

Nick joined the Prime Minister in Walker yesterday as global energy giants Clipper Windpower confirmed their plans to bring a windfarm factory to the banks of the Tyne. As Minister for the North East Nick has worked hard to promote the Region as a centre for green industries. That work is now getting results, with this [...]

Nick Brown has welcomed today’s announcement of a £580m government grant to modernise the Tyne and Wear Metro network. Transport Minister Sadiq Khan visited Tyneside to confirm the plans, saying the Metro was “an iconic transport system and the lifeblood of the local community”.
Up to £350m will be spent on modernising stations, installing new escalators, [...]

With the scheme closing soon, Minister for the North East and Newcastle East MP Nick Brown encourages the North East’s motorists to take advantage of the car scrappage scheme if they wish to do so, or risk missing out.
Figures released show that more than three quarters of the budget for the Labour Government’s hugely successful [...]

Nick today welcomed the entry of the newly strengthened Northern Rock to the savings and mortgage market after the restructuring of the company came into effect on 1 January 2010.
Nick said: “This is an important milestone for Northern Rock and its staff.  It signals a fresh start for the new, strengthened bank and is a [...]

Nick Brown has criticised threats to cut the North East’s development and training funding. The Lib Dems have suggested they would cut money used to support One NorthEast and other regeneration groups, while at the same time slashing the budget for the export guarantee credit department.
Minister for the North East Nick Brown said the cuts [...]

Nick Brown has welcomed today’s announcement of Government funding for a scheme to build the world’s biggest wind turbines  in Walker. The Department for Energy and Climate Change’s move to award a £4.4m grant to American green energy firm Clipper Windpower has been hailed as a key step in the rebirth of the shipyards on the banks of [...]

 
Today’s announcements at Nissan are fantastic news for our region. The company has confirmed plans to make Sunderland its European hub for making batteries for electric vehicles. This will mean 350 jobs created at the plant, and the promise of more as the technology gets going.
Nick visited Nissan in January when things were looking tough [...]

Nick Brown yesterday spoke of his confidence in a bid for thousands of new jobs for the Region. Japanese giant Hitachi is lining up Gateshead as a possible location for a factory to assemble a new generation of high-speed trains.
Nick Brown met representatives of the company in Downing Street this week. He said “It was [...]

As part of the Government’s drive for greater regional accountability, a Regional Select Committee of MPs for the North East has recently been established. As part of their first meeting in Gateshead today, they quizzed regional business leaders on the Government’s response to the economic downturn. There was strong support for Nick’s work as Regional [...]

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the introduction of the National Minimum Wage. It’s an achievement of which this Government can be proud. Last week it rose again, to £5.80 an hour. Nearly a million people will benefit from this increase when it comes into effect in October, including 55,000 in the North East.
Moves [...]