Nick Brown MP

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’ [...]

Over 2000 new council houses will be built in every region of the country following a £127m Government cash boost announced today. But Nick Brown has criticised Newcastle City Council for failing to even put in a bid for a share of the money. 47 councils across the country were told today that they would [...]

Two years ago Nick Brown visited the Northern Kites project which has re-established the region’s red kite population for the first time in over 200 years. The project winds up this year, and Nick paid tribute to the progress it has made. Nick said: “The success of Northern Kites has not just been about the [...]

Nick Brown has promised to find a way forward for refurbishments to the Byker Wall after Newcastle City Council’s bid for PFI funding was rejected. The Council had applied for PFI cash from the Homes and Community Agency to help fund a £210m revamp of the Byker Wall. But a letter from Housing Minister John [...]

  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 [...]

On Friday Nick attended the launch of Media Experience, a new project run at the Chronicle offices in central Newcastle. The scheme aims to give school groups from around the North East a hands-on guide to life in the media industry. It has a lot to offer in teaching young people about the press, while [...]

Students and staff from Benfield school visited Parliament today, and were able to question Nick on his work as their constituency MP. Following a tour the pupils were able to watch some of the debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, then took part in a question and answer session with [...]

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 [...]

Nick Brown has today revealed that he is to run a summer pilot campaign in his Newcastle East to increase the number of people claiming all types of benefits they are eligible for. Nick said: “The average weekly amount of Pension Credit paid to eligible pensioners in Newcastle is worth £48.25 per week. We know there [...]

The Government’s Marine Bill comes into the Commons today, and it is a landmark piece of environmental legislation. As part of the Government’s sustainable development strategy, the Bill will help to balance environmental needs with economic and social demands to help prevent marine habitats and species being damaged by human activity. This move has been [...]