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£30m of Funding for Play Areas

The Government today brought forward £30m of funding for play areas nationwide, and announced that Newcastle would be one of the local authorities to benefit from the move. It’s a great present for children in our city, and comes at an appropriate time of year. The new plans mean about £2.5m for Newcastle to create [...]

£21bn Investment in Building Works for Schools

The Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme is committing £21bn of investment to refurbish and rebuild schools. That’s more money than was spent during the entire 18 years of the last Conservative Government. This term alone more than 180 new schools are opening across the country, more than at any time in the last [...]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Like most MPs I end up back at school just before Christmas. In my case it’s the Walker School Whole College Christmas Assembly, where the entire school assembles in the Lightfoot Sports Centre for what must be one of the biggest and best carol concerts in the North East of England. As the Bishop of [...]