Nick Brown MP

Nick today visited Church High Junior School in Jesmond to announce the results of their first ever school council elections.
Nick said: “The enthusiasm and commitment to the Church High Junior School Council is really impressive. I think it’s great that young people are being encouraged to debate issues that matter to the school and to [...]

Last Friday a Bill was passed through the House of Commons which would have the effect of overturning the 2007 Law Lords decision to deny compensation for pleural plaques sufferers. To become law, the Bill must now pass through the House of Lords before the middle of November. This is by no means the battle [...]

Newcastle East MP Nick Brown today ‘broke the turf’ on the construction of the world leading Institute of Transplantation at the Freeman Hospital. The £30m project will increase the number of transplantations in Newcastle per year by 53%.
Nick said: “If you need an organ transplant, there is no better place to live than Tyneside. I [...]

This week, at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, Nick spoke at two fringe events.  At the Association of North East Councils meeting Nick and the rest of the panel discussed the push to grow our region’s economy around green energy and sustainable technologies. Later in the week Nick joined the Community Union, the G.M.B. [...]

At the start of the new term Nick visited Walker Technology College to see their Ministry of Defence cadet training centre. Walker Tech was one of only six schools nationwide to be awarded the scheme two years ago, and Nick was delighted to see how well the scheme is working.
Nick and Cllr David Wood, the [...]

Over the past month Nick Brown has been running a series of extra advice surgeries. Nick has held 19 events in all, in every part of the constituency. It’s been a chance to make sure that anyone who can’t make the regular weekend sessions is able to raise issues with Nick face to face.
The [...]

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 [...]

Housing Minister John Healey visited Newcastle today and joined Nick Brown on a tour of the Byker Wall.
Newcastle City Council had a bid rejected for PFI cash to upgrade the area in July, with the Housing Department saying at the time that the bid had failed to meet “any of the required criteria”. Mr Healey [...]

Nick Brown today joined Newcastle United players past and present in support of NewcastleGateshead’s bid to be a host city if England is awarded the 2018 World Cup.
On the day stars from Peter Beardsley to Steven Taylor backed calls to bring World Cup football to Tyneside, Newcastle East MP Nick Brown said: “St James’ Park [...]